As violence against transgender and gender-diverse people continues to rise worldwide, communities across the globe are preparing to observe Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) on Nov. 20, a solemn annual memorial honoring trans lives lost to violence, suicide and systemic neglect. This year, more than 365 names have been reported, a staggering number advocates fear represents only a fraction of the true total.

A Day Rooted in Community Grief and Resistance

TDOR was founded in 1999 following the murders of three Black transgender women in Massachusetts: Rita Hester, Chanelle Pickett and Monique Thomas. In response, trans advocates including Gwendolyn Ann Smith, Nancy Nangeroni and Jahaira DeAlto launched the “Remembering Our Dead” project and organized vigils to prevent their deaths from being erased.

What began as a local act of remembrance has since become an international day of mourning, solidarity and activism. Today, events take place globally in cities large and small. Vigils often include candle lighting, reading the names of victims, marches, art installations, worship services and community discussions focused on education and healing. Many schools, community centers, faith groups and LGBTQ+ organizations also integrate TDOR into Transgender Awareness Week programming each November.

Violence Continues to Escalate Worldwide

Despite broader awareness and increased visibility of trans lives, transgender and gender-diverse people continue to face disproportionate violence. The risk increases in regions where anti-trans rhetoric is politically, socially or religiously sanctioned. According to community reports and data collected by Remembering Our Dead, Trans Murder Monitoring, and TGEU, more than 365 trans, nonbinary and gender-diverse people have been killed or lost to suicide since TDOR 2024.

Advocates stress that the number is likely far higher. Many deaths remain unreported or are misgendered by law enforcement, media or families, limiting accurate documentation and erasing victims’ identities in the process.

TGEU reports that 68% of murders occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean, with Brazil leading for the 18th consecutive year. Globally, 90% of reported victims were trans women or transfeminine people, 88% were Black or Brown, 34% were sex workers, and 44% were killed with firearms.

The data reflects persistent inequities: non-cisgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to experience violent victimization, including sexual assault. Additionally, an estimated 63% of trans people report discrimination that affects work, housing, healthcare access and overall quality of life, conditions that increase exposure to violence and undermine safety.

Below is the list of people we have lost as of this year.

January

Jan. 2: Jeane Lui (“Jeje Sucesso”), 32, Brazil — gunshot wounds
Jan. 4: Eliarlan dos Santos, 48, Brazil — gunshot wounds
Jan. 6: Gabriela Araújo Santos, 26, Brazil — stab wounds
Jan. 8: Parker Savarese, 15, New York — suicide
Jan. 9: Natalia Santodomingo, age unknown, Colombia — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Jan. 10: Gabriela Rojas (“La Rorra”), age unknown, Mexico — gunshot wounds
Jan. 10: Zulma Hernández Mendoza, 43, Mexico — gunshot wounds
Jan. 11: Betsy Mariel, 32, Colombia — gunshot wounds
Jan. 13: C. Hernández Cutiño, 31, Mexico — gunshot wounds
Jan. 13: Diany Ruiz, age unknown, Colombia — gunshot wounds
Jan. 13: Alejandra Jiménez Susan (“Khloe”), 20, Mexico — stab wounds
Jan. 15: Stephanie Francesca (“Steph”), 36, United Kingdom — suicide
Jan. 15: Ren Tampus, 35, Philippines — gunshot wounds
Jan. 15: Sarang Punekar, 30, India — suicide
Jan. 21: Pamela Mirella, 31, Brazil — arson attack
Jan. 22: Blake Wava Quinlan, Ontario — suicide
Jan. 23: Carolina, age unknown, Colombia — gunshot wounds
Jan. 25: Paula Nascimento Batista, 26, Brazil — vehicular homicide
Jan. 26: Andrea, 34, Ecuador — gunshot wounds
Jan. 27: Elisa Rae Shupe, 61, New York — suicide
Jan. 27: Chila Cagua, age unknown, Ecuador — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Jan. 28: Kendra Oliva, 28, Honduras — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Jan. 29: Ayla Pereira dos Santos, 18, Brazil — homicide by torture
Jan. 29: Jully Roberta Santos de Vilhena, 22, Brazil — gunshot wounds
Jan. 31: Aubrey Dameron, 25, Oklahoma — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Jan. 31: Thayla da Costa Vieira, 25, Brazil — stab wounds

February

Feb. 2: Cansu, age unknown, Turkey — suicide
Feb. 3: Shila, 35, Bangladesh — stab wounds
Feb. 4: Daniela Muttis, age unknown, Colombia — gunshot wounds
Feb. 8: Larissa Patrícia Polianna (“Buiu a Bonita”), age unknown, Brazil — vehicular homicide
Feb. 11: Tahiry Broom, 29, Michigan — gunshot wounds
Feb. 13: Gulalai, 23, Pakistan — gunshot wounds and strangulation
Feb. 14: Sofia, 30, Brazil — gunshot wounds
Feb. 14: Sam Nordquist, 24, New York — homicide by beating
Feb. 16: Ervianna Johnson, 25, North Carolina — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Feb. 19: Pamela Nunes Valadares, 28, Brazil — homicide by beating
Feb. 20: J. Rodrigues da Silva, age unknown, Brazil — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Feb. 21: Shalani Dolina, 37, Philippines — homicide by dismemberment
Feb. 21: Amyri Dior, 23, Wisconsin — gunshot wounds
Feb. 26: Arina Nefs Demchuk, 26, Russia — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Feb. 26: Jennifer Michaell Chávez Ramos, 23, Mexico — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Feb. 27: Linda Becerra Moran, 30, Los Angeles — gunshot wounds
Feb. 28: Paola Brattcho, age unknown, Brazil — stab wounds

March

March 1: Sheik Oliveros Quintana, 30, Colombia — gunshot wounds
March 4: Tailyn Valencia, 30–40, Colombia — homicide by beating
March 8: Jordan “JJ” Maye, 17, Mississippi — suicide
March 9: Saba, age unknown, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
March 15: Kildery Dionny Dourado Pereira, age unknown, Brazil — homicide by beating
March 17: Ana Paula, age unknown, Brazil — stab wounds
March 19: Davide Garufo, 21, Italy — suicide
March 19: Indira Deepa, 36, India — homicide, cause unconfirmed
March 23: Dandara Vick, 24, Brazil — homicide by suffocation
March 24: Katelyn Rinnetta Benoit, 15, New York — suicide
March 27: Alice Serov, 17, Netherlands — suicide
March 30: Alicia, age unknown, Mexico — stab wounds
March 31: Rebeca de Paulo, 46, Brazil — homicide by beating
March 31: María Paula Peláez, 35, Colombia — homicide by asphyxiation
March 31: Kaitoria Le’Cynthia Bankz (“Kai”), 31, Alabama — gunshot wounds

April

April 1: Babalú, age unknown, Brazil — gunshot wounds
April 2: Mia Zuri Gutierrez Ramirez, 20, Argentina — suicide
April 2: Shagufta, age unknown, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
April 4: Faith Roberts, 19, United Kingdom — suicide
April 4: Marcela Valentina, 20, Brazil — homicide by beating
April 5: Jennifer, 23, Ivory Coast — stab wounds
April 5: Sara Millerey, 32, Colombia — homicide by beating
April 7: Shakira Pereira Guajajara, 23, Brazil — homicide by drowning
April 7: Norah Horwitz, 38, Virginia Beach — suicide
April 12: Archita, 32, India — suicide
April 16: J. Jady de Souza Oliveira, 22, Brazil — stab wounds
April 17: Robson Brendo da Silva, 29, Brazil — gunshot wounds
April 18: Alexandra Ruiz, 51, Uruguay — gunshot wounds
April 20: Tanushree, 38, India — stab wounds
April 21: Ivanna Pérez, age unknown, Guatemala — homicide, cause unconfirmed
April 21: Francisco Cadavid, 64, Colombia — blunt-force trauma
April 24: Kelsey Elem, 25, Missouri — gunshot wounds
April 24: Sarut, age unknown, Thailand — suicide
April 25: Lucy Fox, 46, United Kingdom — homicide by beating
April 26: Waranan Pannacha, 25, Thailand — homicide, cause unconfirmed
April 27: Dahlia Supelanas (“Ka Dahlia”), 25, Philippines — homicide, cause unconfirmed
April 30: Sophia, age unknown, United Kingdom — suicide

May

May 2: Danielly Rocha, 38, Brazil — homicide, cause unconfirmed
May 10: Tania Monserrat Márquez, age unknown, Mexico — stab wounds
May 11: Ángel Jacinto Reina García (“La Fideo”), 35, Ecuador — gunshot wounds
May 17: Shy’Parius Dupree, 32, Tennessee — gunshot wounds
May 17: Hillary Perpétuo, 34, Brazil — homicide by strangulation
May 18: Marcial Eustaquio Paucara Cora, 48, Peru — homicide by strangulation
May 18: Palwasha, age unknown, India — homicide, cause unconfirmed
May 19: Catalina Espinoza (“The Bear”), 28, Costa Rica — gunshot wounds
May 19: Bayron Jhoel Rodríguez Tejada, 21, Colombia — gunshot wounds
May 21: Lorena Irisbell Salazar Luisa, 24, Ecuador — gunshot wounds
May 22: Soumya, 22, India — suicide
May 22: Nawar Jiménez, 30, Colombia — homicide, cause unconfirmed
May 24: Karmin Wells, 25, Michigan — gunshot wounds
May 24: Wafa, 28, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
May 25: Charlotte Fosgate, 17, Oregon — suicide
May 28: Qudsiyah Mahmood, 13, United Kingdom — suicide
May 30: Phuwanon Kamonphard, 32, Thailand — stab wounds

June

June 3: Paulina, age unknown, Mexico — gunshot wounds inflicted by hitmen
June 3: Kayra, 20–30, Turkey — suicide
June 4: Tessa June, 21, North Carolina — suicide
June 6: Jax Gratton, 34, Colorado — homicide, cause unconfirmed
June 7: Hope Lyca Youngblood, 49, Los Angeles — vehicular homicide
June 7: Laura Schueler, 47, Ohio — gunshot wounds
June 9: Emma Slabach, 24, Indiana — suicide
June 9: Rakhi, age unknown, India — suicide
June 12: Carmen de Oliveira Alves, 25, Brazil — homicide, cause unconfirmed
June 13: Sogand Pakdel, 27, Iran — gunshot wounds
June 13: Zaibi Malik, age unknown, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
June 13: Jimena, 30, Mexico — gunshot wounds
June 17: Enileidis Quintero Brito, 38, Colombia — gunshot wounds
June 18: Chabela Rodríguez, 38, Mexico — gunshot wounds
June 19: JJ Godbey, 26, Ohio — homicide, cause unconfirmed
June 19: Carla, age unknown, Mexico — gunshot wounds
June 21: Christina Hayes, 28, Michigan — homicide by strangulation
June 22: Lily-Dawn Harkins, age unknown, Colorado — suicide
June 22: Gabrielle Nguyen (“Cam”), age unknown, Colorado — suicide
June 23: Ezra Hulett, 24, Dominican Republic — death in immigration detention
June 23: Kierra Apostol, 18, Philippines — homicide, cause unconfirmed
June 23: Chayene Pereira Lima, 29, Brazil — homicide, cause unconfirmed
June 23: Ali Jejhon Macalintal, 39, Philippines — gunshot wounds
June 24: Kia-Leigh Tabitha Roberts, 55, Utah — suicide
June 24: Jessy Beltrán, age unknown, Colombia — homicide, cause unconfirmed
June 26: René, age unknown, Ecuador — gunshot wounds
June 27: Marion Lapo Morocho, 53, Ecuador — gunshot wounds
June 27: Kamore Woods, 27, Indianapolis — gunshot wounds
June 28: Valeria (“La Vale”), 17, Mexico — homicide, cause unconfirmed
June 29: Nathaniel Pabón Cruz (“Nata”), 27, Puerto Rico — suicide
June 29: Vivia Paiva, 31, Brazil — gunshot wounds
June 29: Arty Cassidy Beowulf Gibson, 23, Oregon — suicide
June 30: Robyn Precious, 25, United Kingdom — suicide

July

July 2: Titli, age unknown, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
July 2: Alice Carrier, 24, Quebec — suicide
July 2: Ali Khan, 21, Pakistan — homicide by physical assault
July 2: Alexis Noé Velázquez Delgado, age unknown, Mexico — homicide, cause unconfirmed
July 5: Chio, age unknown, Mexico — gunshot wounds
July 5: Dream Johnson, 28, Washington, D.C. — gunshot wounds
July 6: Carol, age unknown, Brazil — homicide, cause unconfirmed
July 8: Asady, age unknown, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
July 9: Kameela, age unknown, India — suicide
July 10: Liam Marin, 16, Colombia — suicide
July 12: Luana, age unknown, Brazil — homicide by physical assault
July 13: Jadiclecia Silva, 26, Brazil — gunshot wounds
July 14: Rosario Blanco (“La Charis”), 58, Mexico — homicide by physical assault
July 17: Bruna Santos França, 46, Brazil — stab wounds
July 18: Samylla Alves Guimarães de Jesus, 27, Brazil — gunshot wounds
July 19: Giovani Fortes da Silva, 29, Brazil — stab wounds
July 22: Duda, 21, Brazil — gunshot wounds
July 25: Fernanda Domicó, age unknown, Colombia — stab wounds
July 28: Joana, 29, Uruguay — gunshot wounds
July 28: Toni Asik, 25, United Kingdom — suicide
July 29: Ángelo Posso, 43, Colombia — stab wounds
July 30: Leyla Alejandra Parra, 49, Argentina — homicide by strangulation
July 31: Trish Doll, 23, Jamaica — suicide
July 31: Nida Nazlıer, 45, Turkey — stab wounds

August

Aug. 2: Claudia Dayansy Acosta, age unknown, Cuba — stab wounds
Aug. 2: Rosa, 27, Brazil — gunshot wounds
Aug. 4: Daira Martinez, age unknown, Colombia — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Aug. 4: Annu, 25, India — stab wounds
Aug. 5: Elizabeth Sánchez (“Eli”), 44, Mexico — stab wounds
Aug. 9: Moisa Reyes Castillo, 51, Honduras — stab wounds
Aug. 9: Katia Daniela Medina, age unknown, Mexico — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Aug. 10: Kajal, 25, India — homicide by strangulation
Aug. 11: Rosa Machuca, 24, Texas — gunshot wounds
Aug. 11: Blair A. Sawyer, 27, Kentucky — vehicular homicide
Aug. 12: Ma Khin Moe Than, 22, Myanmar — suicide
Aug. 12: Ma Yi Yi San, 23, Myanmar — suicide
Aug. 13: Gouri, age unknown, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
Aug. 14: Jericho Elliorate, 25, Philippines — stab wounds
Aug. 14: Ravena, 20, Brazil — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Aug. 15: Mónica Hernández (“Moni”), 31, Mexico — gunshot wounds
Aug. 16: Wendelly Gabrielly, 22, Brazil — homicide by asphyxiation
Aug. 16: Joselinne Páez, age unknown, Mexico — homicide by physical assault
Aug. 18: Aurora Pellegrina (“Alexa,” “Luna”), 35, New Jersey — cause unconfirmed
Aug. 18: Onyx Cornish, 18, Idaho — gunshot wounds inflicted by father
Aug. 18: Kasí Rhea (“Kaeyy Holmes”), 31, Virginia — gunshot wounds
Aug. 19: Robyn James Post, 48, Pennsylvania — suicide
Aug. 19: Michelle Iturbe, 38, Mexico — gunshot wounds
Aug. 20: Monserrat Martínez (“La Monse”), age unknown, Mexico — gunshot wounds
Aug. 21: Guadalupe Arias (“Lupe”), age unknown, Mexico — homicide by physical assault
Aug. 23: Nubia, 34, Mexico — homicide by physical assault
Aug. 24: Solange Rodrigues da Silva, 23, Brazil — gunshot wounds
Aug. 24: Michelle Tróchez, 24, Honduras — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Aug. 26: Cintia, 39, Brazil — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Aug. 28: Rubi Viena, age unknown, Peru — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Aug. 30: Paula Rada, 28, Colombia — possible suicide

September

Sept. 1: Dr. Leighley Leli Darling, 52, Fiji — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Sept. 2: Blake Sturm, 25, Virginia — suicide
Sept. 4: Kakay Britto, 26, Brazil — gunshot wounds
Sept. 6: Sabir, age unknown, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
Sept. 7: Churris Arasme, age unknown, Venezuela — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Sept. 8: Amanda Falcão Rocha, 33, Brazil — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Sept. 10: Maria del Mar Perdomo, age unknown, Colombia — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Sept. 10: Madhu Sharma, 60, India — gunshot wounds
Sept. 11: “La Monse,” age unknown, Mexico — homicide by physical assault
Sept. 11: Any Sá, 29, Brazil — gunshot wounds
Sept. 12: Raquelly Letícia, 24, Brazil — stab wounds
Sept. 12: Grampola, 41, Brazil — stab wounds
Sept. 14: Bruna da Conceição Souza, 27, Brazil — stab wounds
Sept. 15: Rebeca, age unknown, Brazil — homicide by physical assault
Sept. 15: Natasha Alvarenga Ferreira, 44, Brazil — burned alive
Sept. 16: Valeria, age unknown, Mexico — gunshot wounds
Sept. 17: Shantal, age unknown, Colombia — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Sept. 18: Blaze Aleczander Balle-Mason, 17, Colorado — suicide
Sept. 19: Nacho, age unknown, Colombia — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Sept. 20: Rayane Pimenta da Silva, 39, Brazil — gunshot wounds
Sept. 21: Scarlett, 21, Nevada — suicide
Sept. 21: Carol, age unknown, Brazil — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Sept. 21: Samina, 28, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
Sept. 21: Asma, age unknown, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
Sept. 21: Ainee, 20, Pakistan — gunshot wounds
Sept. 22: Christine, 44, Philippines — stab wounds
Sept. 22: Kendra Cabeza, age unknown, Ecuador — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Sept. 22: Karen (“Mariana”), age unknown, Colombia — gunshot wounds
Sept. 26: Kika, age unknown, Mexico — gunshot wounds
Sept. 26: Tiara Love Tori Jackson, 37, North Carolina — gunshot wounds
Sept. 26: Samantha, age unknown, Colombia — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Sept. 26: Ketlen, 22, Brazil — homicide, cause unconfirmed
Sept. 28: Vanesa Jazmín Quiroga, 44, Argentina — vehicular homicide
Sept. 28: Shaira Patiño, age unknown, Colombia — gunshot wounds
Sept. 29: Victoria Strauss, age unknown, Colombia — possible suicide
Sept. 29: Ruby Guajajara, age unknown, Brazil — stab wounds
Sept. 29: Maria Clara Azevedo, age unknown, Brazil — stab wounds

October

Oct. 2: Gabielly Souza da Silva, 25, Brazil — gunshot wounds
Oct. 4: Abeeha, 24, Pakistan — suicide
Oct. 5: Carolina Chenoa Soto, age unknown, Ecuador — homicide by strangulation
Oct. 6: Dandara, 30, Brazil — stab wounds
Oct. 10: Becky G, 25, Ecuador — gunshot wounds
Oct. 13: Pâmela Coelho, 37, Brazil — homicide by physical assault
Oct. 15: Raju Machh, age unknown, India — suicide
Oct. 15: Azul Semeñenko, 49, Argentina — stab wounds
Oct. 20: Andressa Bernardes, 43, Brazil — homicide by strangulation
Oct. 21: Christina Maciel Oliveira, 45, Brazil — homicide by physical assault
Oct. 23: Lia Smith, 21, Vermont — suicide
Oct. 27: Marisol Payero, 22, Georgia — suicide
Oct. 31: Juana Cecilia (“Ceci”), 25–37, Mexico — gunshot wounds

A Call to Collective Action and Care

TDOR is not only a memorial; it is a rallying cry. Advocates emphasize that anti-trans legislation, political hostility and demonizing rhetoric fuel societal stigma and increase vulnerability to violence. These systems create conditions that push trans people into unsafe housing, unstable employment and inadequate access to medical care, heightening risk at every level.

As communities gather worldwide, TDOR remains both a moment of grief and a demand for justice. It honors loved ones lost, strengthens collective resolve and urges society to protect the dignity, safety and future of transgender and gender-diverse people everywhere.

For many, commemorating Trans Day of Remembrance is an act of resistance, a commitment to remember, uplift and fight for a world where every trans life is safe, valued and celebrated.