Transgender Day

of Remembrance

An Interfaith Service of Remembrance

Martin Luther King Park

Saturday, November 20, 4:00pm

Service of Remembrance

Gathering Music Susie Kiernen

Welcome Rebeka Fergusson-Lutz

City of Rochester Proclamation Deputy Mayor James Smith

Song Give us This Day Miss Rickey Snowden

Reading “As Esther Revealed Herself” Rabbi Drorah Setel

History of Transgender Day of Remembrance Rev. Lane Campbell

Haikus Coriander Rainbeaux

Prayer of Lament Rev. Brent Bowden

Ringing of Remembrance Rev. Katie Jo Suddaby

We gather in remembrance for the lives lost to transphobia. At the vigil fol-lowing this service of preparation, we will hear the names of those lost.

Moment of Silence

TDOR Yizkor by Ariel Tovlev Rabbi Debbi Till

(Prayer of Remembrance)

Song Thomas Warfield

Call to Preparation Rev. Shari Halliday-Quan

Parting Music Susie Kieren

In Memorium

Tyianna Alexander, aka Davarea Alexander, a 28-year-old Black trans woman, was shot to death in Chicago Jan. 6.

Samuel Edmund Damián Valentín, a Latinx transgender man, was killed in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, Jan. 9.

Bianca “Muffin” Bankz, a Black transgender woman, was shot to death in Atlanta Jan. 17.

Dominique Jackson, a 30-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot in Jackson, Mississippi,

Fifty Bandz, a 21-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot to death in Baton Rouge, Louisi-ana, Jan. 28 by

Alexus Braxton, also known as Kimmy Icon Braxton, a 45-year-old Black trans woman and hair-stylist, was killed in her Miami apartment Feb. 4

Chyna Carrillo, aka Chyna Cardenas, a 24-year-old transgender woman, was beaten to death in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, Feb. 18.

Siblings Jeffrey “JJ” Bright, a 16-year-old trans boy, and Jasmine Cannady, a 22-year-old non-binary person, both from Ambridge, Pennsylvania, were killed Feb. 22 by their mother.

Jenna Franks, a 34-year-old white transgender woman experiencing homelessness, was killed in Jacksonville, North Carolina, in February.

Diamond Kyree Sanders, a 23-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot to death in Cincin-nati March 3.

Rayanna Pardo, a 26-year-old Latina trans woman, was killed in Los Angeles March 17.

Jaida Peterson, a 29-year-old Black trans woman, was killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, April 4.

Dominique Lucious, a 26-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot and killed in Springfield, Missouri, April 8.

Remy Fennell, a Black transgender woman in her 20s, was shot to death in Charlotte, North Caro-lina, April 15.

Tiara Banks, a 24-year-old Black transgender woman, was killed in Chicago April 21.

Natalia Smut, a 24-year-old Black and Puerto Rican transgender woman, was stabbed to death in Milpitas, California, April 23.

Iris Santos, a 22-year-old Latinx transgender woman, was killed in Houston April 23.

Tiffany Thomas, a 38-year-old Black transgender woman, was killed in Dallas at a car wash April 24.

Keri Washington, a 49-year-old Black transgender woman who was also known as Bobo, was killed in Clearwater, Florida, May 1.

Jahaira DeAlto, a 42-year-old transgender woman, was stabbed to death in Boston May 2.

Whispering Wind Bear Spirit, a 41-year-old nonbinary person who was Shawnee by birth and Potawatomi by relations, was shot in York, Pennsylvania, while trying to stop a robbery on May 3 and died early on May 4.

Sophie Vásquez, a 36-year-old Latinx transgender woman, was shot and killed in Georgia May 4.

Danika “Danny” Henson, who also went by Pryynce Daniel and Niia Da Don, a 31-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot and killed in Baltimore May 4.

Serenity Hollis, a 24-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot and killed in Albany, Georgia, May 8.

Oliver “Ollie” Taylor, a 17-year-old white trans boy, died May 19 after being kidnapped and shot during a police-involved shooting in Gervais, Oregon, May 12.

Thomas Hardin, who according to friends identified as a woman and used both feminine and masculine pronouns, was killed in York, South Carolina, May 2.

Poe Black was stabbed to death in Niland, California. He was a 21-year-old nonbinary transgender man who also went by Oliver Jackson and Legion; he identified as mixed Indigenious and was, according to friends, a member of the Wyandotte Nation. He was an artist and originally from Nashville. His body was found May 11 in a homeless camp called Slab City, where he was a resident.

EJ Boykin, a 23-year-old Black transgender man, was killed in Lynchburg, Virginia, by a gunshot wound, June 14. Boykin was also known as Novaa Watson.

Aidelen Evans, a 24-year-old Black transgender woman, was found dead in March in Port Arthur, Texas.

Taya Ashton, a 20-year-old Black trans woman, was killed in Suitland, Prince George’s County, Maryland, on July 17.

Shai Vanderpump, a 23-year-old Black trans woman, was killed in Trenton, New Jersey, on July 30.

Tierramarie Lewis, a 36-year-old Black transgender woman, was killed in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 12.

Miss Coco, a 44-year-old trans woman of color, was in killed in Dallas, Texas on August 7, 2021.

Pooh Johnson, a 25-year-old Black trans woman, was killed in Shreveport, Louisiana on August

23, 2021.

Disaya Monaee, a 32-year-old Black transgender woman, was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois, on September 6.

Briana Hamilton was a 25-year-old Black transgender woman who was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois.

Kiér Laprí Kartier, a 21-year-old Black transgender woman, was fatally shot in Arlington, Texas on September 30, 2021.

Mel Groves, a 25-year-old Black trans man, was fatally shot in October 11 in Jackson, MS.

Royal Poetical Starz, a 26-year-old Black trans woman, was fatally shot in Miami Gardens, Flor-ida on October 2.

Zoella “Zoey” Rose Martinez, a 20-year-old Latina trans woman, was fatally shot in Maple Val-ley, Washington on August 31.

Jessi Hart, a white 42-year-old transgender woman, was killed in Banks, Oregon on October 17.

Jo Acker, a white 26-year-old transgender woman, was killed in Boise, Idaho, on October 26.

Rikkey Outumuro, aka Tru Starlet, was a 39-year-old Latina transgender woman who was fatally shot in Centralia, WA on October 30 or 31.

Jenny De Leon, a 25-year-old transgender woman of Puerto Rican descent, was killed in Tampa, Florida on November 2.

Marquiisha Lawrence, a 28-year-old Black transgender woman, was fatally shot in South Caroli-na on November 4.

Angel Naira, a Black trans woman was shot to death in her apartment in Aliquippa, PA on No-vember 11.

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