Here are the 30 transgender Americans lost to violence so far this year

The transgender Americans lost to violence so far this year

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África Parrilla García, a 25-year-old Black transgender woman, was killed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in February. She was shot several times about 1 a.m. February 2 on a San Juan street, according to Puerto Rican newspaper El Nuevo Día.

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Meraxes Medina, a 24-year-old transgender Latina, was shot to death March 21 in Los Angeles.

Yella Clark, 45, an incarcerated Black transgender person, was killed in a fight with other inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., in April.

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Jazlynn Johnson, an 18-year-old transgender woman, was shot to death May 6 in Las Vegas, and a 17-year-old has been charged with murder.

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Liara Kaylee Tsai, a 35-year-old transgender woman who was a well-regarded Trevor Project volunteer, was killed in Minnesota June 22, and her former romantic partner is charged with second-degree murder.

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Kenji Spurgeon, a 23-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot to death shortly before 12:30 a.m. July 1 in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, shortly after Pride Month ended.

Shannon Boswell, a Black trans woman just days from her 31st birthday, was shot and killed July 2in Stone Mountain, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta. Initial reports misgendered her and characterized her death as the result of a hit-and-run accident. But the DeKalb County medical examiner later discovered she had been shot, according to several local news outlets.

Monique Brooks, a 49-year-old Black trans woman, was fatally shot in a parking lot in Orlando July 19.

Dylan Gurley, a 20-year-old transgender woman, was stabbed and strangled to death July 23 in Denton, Texas.

Black trans woman Tai’Vion Lathan, 24, was shot and left to die in an alley in Baltimore August 4.

Kassim Omar, 29, a Black transgender woman who immigrated to the U.S. from Somalia, died September 6 in Columbus, Ohio, as a result of injuries she sustained in a shooting in 2022. The shooting left her paralyzed from the neck down and incapable of breathing without assistance. Two teenagers have now been charged with murder.

Redd, 25, a Black trans woman who was also known as Barbie to her friends, was shot multiple times in the back after a lone gunman opened fire on Redd and a group of friends around 1:30 a.m. September 8 on Chicago’s West Side. She was pronounced dead at the scene. A second, unidentified victim aged 34 was taken to a local hospital in critical condition suffering from a single gunshot wound to the chest.

Honee Daniels, a 37-year-old Black transgender woman, was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Rochester, N.Y., October 2.

Santonio “San” Coleman, a 48-year-old Black gender-nonconforming person, was found critically injured on a walking trail in Athens, Ga., October 19 and died shortly afterward at a local hospital. Athens-Clarke County police are investigating Coleman’s death as a homicide.

Quanesha “Cocoa” Shantel, a Black transgender woman and popular drag performer, was shot to death November 10 in Greensboro, N.C., and her former boyfriend has been arrested.Shantel, who was in her mid-to-late 20s — news outlets are stating various ages — was active in the ballroom community and was a member of the House of Mizrahi. She participated in drag and ballroom events throughout the Southeast and as far away as Chicago. She had recently entered nursing school.

Cameron Jamal Miikquise Thompson, an 18-year-old Black transgender woman, was found shot to death Monday in Tuscaloosa, Ala.She was a recent graduate of Job Corps and a UPS worker. “She was a very sweet person, very nice person, never met a stranger,’’ her aunt, Tara Matthews, told AL.com.