As noted above, November is Transgender Awareness Month, and it is the month that our community memorializes those of us who have been killed because they are transgender.

Although I usually focus on trans positive subjects on this subreddit, throughout this month I'm going to be posting occasionally about its significance, as well as the people and history behind it.

To start, I have posted images below of a list that was sent out by Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA), to various websites in early 2000. This list was comprised of all the known murdered trans people killed between January 4, 1982, and December 8, 1999.

Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA) list [2000]

https://preview.redd.it/913lvoqlapyd1.jpg?width=688&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1655d0550d422da52c003263c42ca937d8619b37

I wish I could say that such horrendous killings were a vestige of a barbaric past. But sadly, they are not.

According to Trans Murder Monitoring, in the year between October 1. 2022, and September 30, 2023, there were 321 known killings worldwide. That was down just slightly from the previous year which saw 327 transgender people murdered.

During that same period, the United States reported 21 transgender murders.

So far in 2024, the Human Rights Campaign reports that 27 known transgender people have been killed. It should be noted that all of these numbers are likely undercounts due to the fact that a trans person is often deadnamed or misgendered on police reports.

I apologize if this subject disturbs you and you find it triggering. But it is an all-to-real aspect of our existence and out of respect to the dead, we should always remember them.

--- Anni 🏳️‍⚧️ 💔