Transgender Day of Rememberance 2006

[Stlalice]

On a more somber note - November 20 is Transgender Day of Rememberance. It is a time when we pay respect to those in our community that have died violent deaths in the last year because of the hate, predjudice, and the perception of the victims gender identity by others. There are fewer names this year than last - but even one is too many. If you are in a large metro area check for a memorial service and be there if you can - you can be in drab if you wish. If you are in the St. Louis Mo. area please join us at Metropolitan Community Church of Greater St. Louis on Sunday Nov. 19 at either the 9:30 or 11:30 AM services as we hold a special memorial and communion service in honor of those who have died. One of our victims this year is specially tragic - he was only 3 years old and died from a beating after refusing to rough up his Elmo doll - his favorite toy. Even if you can't be there - say a prayer and maybe visit www.rememberingourdead.org to see their stories. If I could be granted one wish it would be that there would be no list of victims names to be read or the need for it in years to come.

[Sharon]

Thanks for posting this, Alice. I have also placed a similar post in the forum calendar for that date.

[Megan1958]

Thank you for letting me know this information, I did not know about the special date, I will light a candle for those we have lost,
megan1958

[GypsyKaren]

Thank you Stalice, it's something I think about every time I go out.

Karen

[joanlynn28]

Thanks for the reminder Alice, for those of you in the San Diego area TASC-SD will be holding a DOR march starting at 7:00PM at The Center followed by the reading of the names of those who are victims of anti transgender violence. There is also a DOR fund raiser Nov 11 at The Bacchus House starting at 8:00pm which is presenting "Evening of Divas" Hope you can attend this important event.

[Siobhan Marie]

Thanks for posting this Alice, I can never remember when it is and I will be sure to have a look that the site and say a prayer for them on the day.

:hugs: Anna Marie x

[terrinoble]

The Day of Remembrance site (http://www.gender.org/remember/day/index.html) has not been updated, and I need the details for the Atlanta ceremony.

[Stlalice]

Terri,
Actually there are three events listed for Atlanta - the list is somewhat confusing as it appears to be in no particular order - I suspect that events are being added as the information comes in and appended at the end of the list. If you can't find them let me know and I'll see if I can extract and send them to you.

Correction -
Links in the list are for 2005 - the link in the listing for Georgia Tech works though and lists some activity for Nov. 14,2006. I've posted a question to the TDOR Coordinators list to find out what happened.

[Kimberly]

Anyone know about London??

[Sierra Evon]

Excellent post , I to myself have been a victim of descrimination issues
by others and still face the issues today , Transsexuals , are people too
I will hold that day of remebrence in my heart , thank you ......Sierra/ts

[Stlalice]

Anyone know about London??
One listed for London - go to http://www.gender.org/remember/day/index.html and click on the locations link.

[Stlalice]

For a current list of activities go to:

http://www.transfm.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=42&MMN_position=57:57

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[terrinoble]

Thank you, Alice. I see it will be on the 18th this year in Atlanta. I plan to be there.

[suzy]

Thanks for sharing the information on Nov. 20th. I was unaware until now. I have marked my calendar and note that it is also on a full moon! I will be praying during the day!:love:

[gennee]

Thanks, Alice. I will be attending a memorial on Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20th. It will be my first time. don't know what to expect but I want to pay my respects to those who have fallen.

Gennee


:straightface:

[terrinoble]

Here's an article about the Atlanta ceremony:

http://www.sovo.com/2006/11-10/news/localnews/victim.cfm

I went there for the remembrance two years ago. I missed it last year.

[Cami_wi]

Hi Everyone,

Monday November 20th is the National Day of Remembrance ( 8th Annual)of all the TG People Murdered out of Hate. The site Remembering Our Dead
is a Real EYE Opener. Can find that on the page also. This is a page
from last year, Allot of the Places Hold the gathering each year. You can
find a place Near you to go give your support. I know this isn't for everyone
allot of You Gals in here may be interested in attending it.

Remembering Our Dead, click on Names to find out more, it is SHOCKING

http://www.rememberingourdead.org/index.html

Please Try to Get out and Show your Support to the TG Community !

click at the bottom on Loacations.

http://www.gender.org/remember/day/

[Sharona GG]

What a very sad website to visit. :(
To think some of them were still in their teens and had their whole life ahead of them..
It is a very sad world we live in :sad: :sigh:
I have never heard of that day until now, come November 20th I will be thinking of them, they will be in my thoughts & prayers :rose2: :rose2: :rose2: :rose2:

Love Sharona :love:

[Stlalice]

There is a paralell thread running in the Transsexual forum - for any who are interested the link below will bring up a current list of TDOR memorials and services. :sad: :sad:

http://www.transfm.org/index.php?mod...position=57:57

[JeanneF]

Does anyone have any information on events in San Francisco? I'm going to be there on Monday, and I would like to pay my respects.

[Stlalice]

Does anyone have any information on events in San Francisco? I'm going to be there on Monday, and I would like to pay my respects.


If you click on the link in my post right ahead of yours at the top of the resulting page there is a link to the list of names and events - several listed for the Bay Area during the weekend. :sad: :sad:

[Joanie B]

Hello Ladies:

In Honor of the National Transgender Day of Awareness which falls on
Monday, November 20th, the Pastor and Congregation of the MCC Church
of the Fox Valley invite everyone to attend our service this Sunday,
November 19th.

We will be highlighting the violence committed against our
Transgender siblings and memorializing those who have been killed.
At the same time, we will be looking for those places where God is
providing hope for all of us, even in the face of the horrible
violence that is being perpetrated against our community.

MCC of the Fox Valley is located at 220 Division Street, Elgin IL,
in the building immediately west of and connected to St Paul UCC.
See our web-site www.mccfoxvalley.org if you need directions.
Services begin at 10:30 am and we invite you to bring a dish and
participate in our pot-luck and social time immediately following
the service.

Joanie B.

[Stlalice]

Hello Ladies:

In Honor of the National Transgender Day of Awareness which falls on
Monday, November 20th, the Pastor and Congregation of the MCC Church
of the Fox Valley invite everyone to attend our service this Sunday,
November 19th.

We will be highlighting the violence committed against our
Transgender siblings and memorializing those who have been killed.
At the same time, we will be looking for those places where God is
providing hope for all of us, even in the face of the horrible
violence that is being perpetrated against our community.

MCC of the Fox Valley is located at 220 Division Street, Elgin IL,
in the building immediately west of and connected to St Paul UCC.
See our web-site www.mccfoxvalley. org if you need directions.
Services begin at 10:30 am and we invite you to bring a dish and
participate in our pot-luck and social time immediately following
the service.

Joanie B.


Didn't see your event on the list so am forwarding it to the event list coordinator for TDOR. Our services in St. Louis bracket yours - 9:30 and 11:30 AM. Feel free to contact me via PM - I'll swap emails with you.

[ShannonDragon]

The TGDR service in Indianapolis will be held on Nov 18th at 4:30 at the Central Christian Church Chapel on 701 N Delaware, downtown Indy.

:(

[Joanie B]

Didn't see your event on the list so am forwarding it to the event list coordinator for TDOR. Our services in St. Louis bracket yours - 9:30 and 11:30 AM. Feel free to contact me via PM - I'll swap emails with you.

Alice,
I looked on the site, and did not see any list of events or a link on the homepage.

Where is it?

Thanks.

Joanie

[Stlalice]

The following are the names that we will read at our service on 11/19 - I'm praying that we don't have any more additions.


Names List and info
People we have lost since the last TDOR as a result of anti-transgender hatred or prejudice
Rani
Location: Calcutta, India
Cause of death: Blunt force trauma
Date of death: November 20, 2005
Rani, a young hijra from north Calcutta, had been left to live
separate from her family, and usually slept on the pavement. Her
killers found her asleep, dropped a heavy stone on her head, and left
her to die. She died from injuries from this blow.

Vanessa Facen
Location: San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Date of death: November 21, 2005
Cause of death: Stopped breathing during a melee with sheriff's deputies
Facen, 35, was in the custody of San Diego police after being found
naked and bleeding inside her neighbor's home on November 17th. While
it is unclear as to why Facen became violent while in police custody,
signs indicate that it was her treatment by officers -- who insisted
on treating her as male while in custody -- that contributed to her
actions.

Unknown person wearing womens' clothing
Location: Northridge, California, U.S.A.
Cause of death: Beat to death with a garden hoe by John Freeman
Date of death: November 27, 2005
The victim, 31, was at Freeman's house when neighbors reported
hearing a heated argument. She was allegedly attacked by John
Freeman, who struck her with his fists, feet, and a hoe. Freeman had
a casual relationship with the victim prior to the murder.

Simone Walton
Location: Oak Cliff, Texas, U.S.A.
Cause of death: Shot to death
Date of death: December 4, 2005
Walton, a forty year old, died shortly after midnight in the 3200
block of Linfield Road in east Oak Cliff.

Roberta Oliveira
Location: Milan, Italy
Cause of death: Stuck by a car
Date of death: December 8, 2005
Oliveira was a twenty eight year old Brazilian transgender woman
living in Italy. She was deliberately struck by a vehicle.

Paulina (Juan Pablo Méndez Cartagena)
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Cause of death: Shot to death
Date of death: December 18, 2005
Paulina worked for Integral Sexuality AIDS Support Organisation
(OASIS). She was in Guatemala city with a second transwoman when
four men on motorbikes, wearing police uniforms, ordered them to stop
-- then shot both of them. Paulina was shot twice in the head, and
died minutes later. Sulma, the other victim, survived three gunshot
wounds.

Alexis (Brandon) L. King
Location: Nicetown, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Cause of death: Shot to death
Date of death: February 3, 2006
King, 21, was shot to death in the pre-dawn hours of February 2nd by
Terron Oates who was found by police at the scene. Oates confessed to
the murder.

Tiffany Berry
Location: Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Cause of death: Shot 3 times
Date of death: February 9, 2006
Twenty one year old Tiffany Berry, identified as a pre-operative
transsexual, was shot and killed at the Camelot Manor Apartments in
South Memphis. While investigators have said this was a robbery
homicide, Berry's purse was wound, intact, with her body. Police
claim that Berry's transgender status had nothing at all to do with
the murder, while others outside of law enforcement disagree. Anyone
with information in this case is asked to call Memphis Police
Homicide at 545-5300.

Yardena Marsh
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Cause of death: Shot to death
Date of death: February 15, 2006
Yardena Marsh, the first known Israeli to have genital reassignment
surgery, was found dead by her sister in Marsh's Tel Aviv apartment.
Her confessed killer, Ze'ev Bisso, initially claimed that his gun had
accidently fired and struck marsh.


Giisberta Gisberta Salce Junior
Location: Porto, Portugal
Cause of death: Beaten and stoned to death
Date of Death: February 22, 2006
Gisberta was a homeless transgender woman who had been living in a
shelter for many months. Her death was a violent one, lasting for
several days as she was repeatedly beaten, sodomized with sticks,
burned, kicked, stabbed, and stoned by a group of up to fourteen
teenagers. After she expired, they dumped her into a ditch.



Melissa "Mo" Green
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
Cause of death: Shot to death
Date of death: March 21, 2006
Twenty-two year old Melissa Green was shot from behind, by a single
bullet, in what seems like a planned killing. She bled to death from
her injuries before paramedics arrived on scene. Anyone with
information in this case is asked to call Phoenix police at (602)
262-6141, or Silent Witness at 1-800-343-TIPS. There is a $2,000
reward being offered for information leading to an arrest of
indictment of the murderer.

Rupesh Mandal
Location: Mahotari district, Nepal
Cause of death: Suffocated
Date of death: March 30, 2006
Rupesh was a thirteen year old transgender girl living in the
Mahotari district of Nepal. Rupesh's father, Tapeshore Mandal, had
banished her after discovering that she was going to meetings of the
Blue Diamond Society, the only organization in Nepal for sexual
minorities. While she did rejoin the family after promising to stop
going to the BDS, her father continued to abuse and neglect her, and
said that he would kill her unless she stopped presenting herself as
female. Her mother found her body. The father claimed that she had
poisoned herself, but a most-mortem indicated that she died of
suffocation, not poisoning.

Alfred Dibble
Location: Stockton, California, U.S.A.
Cause of death: Beaten to death
Date of death: May 20, 2006
Dibble was a 34 year old nurse. was severely beaten and left to die
on the corner of Miner Avenue and Sierra Nevada Street in Stockton,
California. Dibble died from injuries sustained in the beating while
at a stockton hospital. Anyone with information in this case is asked
to call either Detective Robert MacDonald or Detective Ed Rodriguez
of the Stockton Police Department at (209) 937-8323

Sudha, aka Lakshmi
Location: Tiruchy, India
Cause of death: Throat slit; also multiple stab wounds to the genitals
Date of death: May 26, 2006
Sudha was a transgender sex worker in India. She was picked up at the
Central Bus Stand on May 25, and her and a male, likely her murderer,
checked in at a private lodge. She was found there, in a pool of
blood, after her throat was slit, and after several cuts to the
genitals. Police suspect that Pandian of Taranallur was her killer.

Barbara (Geovanny) Calderon
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Cause of death: Drive-by shooting
Date of death: June 10, 2006
Calderon, a Honduran, was murdered in a drive-by shooting attack,
part of a string of violent acts against sex-workers and transgender
people in Guatemala. Two other transgender women, and one gay male,
were injured in the attack.

Lupita (Juan Carlos Charria)
Location: Gardolo-Trento, Italy
Cause of death: Stabbed multiple times, allegedly by Engjell Ndreca
Date of death: July 29, 2006
Lupita, a twenty nine year old Colombian, was a sex worker in Italy.
A client of her's, Engjell Ndreca, is believed to have stabbed her
five times. When captured by police, he nitially claimed Lupita was
his "boyfriend" and that she was HIV-positive, but several
contradictions have appeared within his story.

Lezlie Anne Field
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Cause of death: Multiple gunshot wounds
Date of death: August 2, 2006
Field, a thirty one yer old transsexual American living and working
in Thailand, was initially believed by police to have committed
suicied in the apartment she shared with a Thai friend. The suicide
note left with her appeared to be a forgery, and was not written by
Field.

Mikey Vallejo-Seiber
Location: Riverside, California, U.S.A.
Cause of death: Internal injuries, allegedly by Alex Mendoza
Date of death: August 15, 2006
Vallejo-Seiber was a three year old who was repeatedly called a
"sissy" by his father, Alex Mendoza. Mendoza also often slapped his
son in an effort to "toughen him up," and urged him to beat up on
Vallejo-Seiber's Elmo doll. Mikey Vallejo-Seiber died in a local
hospital from internal injuries sustained from being kicked, punched,
and dropped on his head. He was in Mendoza's care at the time. His
mother Pamela Seiber, pleaded guilty to child endangerment and was
sentences to six years in prison. Mendoza has entered a plea of not
guilty.

Edgar Cano Camacho
Location: Milan, Italy
Cause of death: Stabbed multiple times
Date of death: October 19, 2006
Camacho was a forty one year old Peruvian living in Italy. She died
in her home after being repeatedly stabbed in the face.

[kerrianna]

I live a privelaged life and while there is sometimes anguish, remorse and confusion expressed on this forum, there is a lot of joy and fun, and I am always bouyed by the support.
This Day of Remembrance reminds me that cruelty and hatred for people who try to live their lives as who they truly are is still out there in the world. It is a sobering thought, and my heart and prayers go to all who suffer just for being who they are.

Everyday I wish for a kinder, more loving world, where everyone is accepted and celebrated. We can make it happen, each of us - all of us :hugs:

[Sharona GG]

I just wanted to say that today being November 20th - Transgender Day of Rememberance - for those people no longer with us, today you are in my thoughts and prayers.... God bless you all. :rose2: :rose2: :rose2:

Sharona :love: