https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports?from=2017-08-01&to=2017-08-31&country=&filter=&view=list Remembering trans people lost to violence or suicide en-us https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/images/tdor_candle_jars.jpg https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info tdor@translivesmatter.info479da09chttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/31/name-unknown_chihuahua-mexico_479da09cviolence/murderedName Unknown
31 Aug 2017
Chihuahua,Mexico)
Murdered

The victim’s body was found in a decomposed state with a bag over her head. The cause of death is unknown.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info1c9da0d2https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/30/chanda-sharmeeli_karachi-sindh-pakistan_1c9da0d2violence/shotChanda Sharmeeli
Age 25
30 Aug 2017
Karachi, Sindh,Pakistan)
Shot

Chanda was shot dead when a group of men in a car threw rotten eggs at a group of transgender people standing in the street and then opened fire on them.]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.infoefbda2cfhttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/27/misty_usulutan-el-salvador_efbda2cfviolence/strangledMisty
Age 29
27 Aug 2017
Usulután,El Salvador)
Strangled

Misty was kidnapped by strangers who strangled her and put her body into a bag.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info5cc3d76fhttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/27/p_acapulco-guerrero-mexico_5cc3d76fviolence/shotP.
Age 27
27 Aug 2017
Acapulco, Guerrero,Mexico)
Shot

P. was shot on her way to work. Only her deadname is known.]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.info039e7386https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/27/r-ventura-marquez_durango-mexico_039e7386violence/beatenR. Ventura Márquez
Age 36
27 Aug 2017
Durango,Mexico)
Beaten

R. was beaten to death in her home. Only her deadname is known.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.infoae8c9a27https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/27/malvilis-trujillo_flandes-tolima-colombia_ae8c9a27violence/asphyxiatedMalvilis Trujillo
Age 17
27 Aug 2017
Flandes, Tolima,Colombia)
Asphyxiated

Malvilis was found dead in a hotel room. The previous night she had been seen with two men.]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.info1aa7e4eahttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/27/xaynna-shayuri-morganna-lili_cachoeira-bahia-brazil_1aa7e4eaviolence/shotXaynna Shayuri Morganna (“Lili”)
Age 41
27 Aug 2017
Cachoeira, Bahia,Brazil)
Shot

Lili was last seen alive at around 10pm running in front of the city forum. Several minutes later she was found shot dead in a fetal position on the banks of the Paraguaçu River...]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.infoc7881a8dhttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/25/pepper-k-phoenix_mansfield-ohio-usa_c7881a8dcustodial/died in custodyPepper K (“Phoenix”)
Age 33
25 Aug 2017
Mansfield,, Ohio,USA)
Died in custody

Phoenix was killed by another inmate while incarcerated in the Mansfield Correctional Institution. They were taken to an area hospital but died of their injuries on 25 August.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.infod27fc2bchttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/23/peluchina_tecoman-colima-mexico_d27fc2bcviolence/stabbedPeluchina
23 Aug 2017
Tecomán, Colima,Mexico)
Stabbed

Peluchina’s throat was slit inside the Primaveras hotel. The identity of her killer is unknown.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info68e89398https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/22/evelin-ferrari_caruaru-pernambuco-brazil_68e89398violence/shotEvelin Ferrari
Age 23
22 Aug 2017
Caruaru, Pernambuco,Brazil)
Shot

Evelin was a homeless drug user. Local residents said that at around 2 am they heard gunshots and then a car leaving the scene at high speed.]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.infof3c1e182https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/22/kiwi-herring_st-louis-mississipi-usa_f3c1e182violence/shotKiwi Herring
Age 30
22 Aug 2017
St Louis, Mississipi,USA)
Shot

Kiwi was shot 7 times by police in her home in front of her children. Friends and family dispute a report by the police claiming that Kiwi pulled a knife on them when they arrived...]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.info4fcb92b3https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/22/name-unknown_veracruz-mexico_4fcb92b3violence/shotName Unknown
22 Aug 2017
Veracruz,Mexico)
Shot

Armed people went to abar and shot indiscriminately killing two people - one of them a trans woman working as a waitress.]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.info6a3629cdhttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/21/j-d-nava-adame_chihuahua-mexico_6a3629cdviolence/shotJ. D. Nava Adame
Age 17
21 Aug 2017
Chihuahua,Mexico)
Shot

J. D. was shot along with her cousin Magaly Muñoz Adame and five other people. Only her deadname is known.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info12c1e47ahttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/20/j-lopez-anzola_chiquinquira-boyaca-venezuela_12c1e47aviolence/stabbedJ. López Anzola
Age 20
20 Aug 2017
Chiquinquirá, Boyacá,Venezuela)
Stabbed

J. was a nurse who worked in Chiquinquirá Hospital.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.infoea81262fhttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/20/r-s-duran_cuautla-morelos-mexico_ea81262fviolence/shotR. S. Durán
20 Aug 2017
Cuautla, Morelos,Mexico)
Shot

R. S. was a sex worker. Her body was found with gunshot wounds near an industrial estate.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.infof2b4d43ahttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/18/akio-willy-costa-cruz_ananindeua-para-brazil_f2b4d43aviolence/stabbed and mutilatedAkio Willy Costa Cruz
Age 35
18 Aug 2017
Ananindeua, Pará,Brazil)
Stabbed and mutilated

It is not clear whether Akio identified as gay man or a transgender woman, but female pronouns were used in the original news report, which also referred to Akio as trans.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info81fa12d7https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/18/dianna-della-vega_limoeiro-pernambuco-brazil_81fa12d7violence/shotDianna Della Vega
18 Aug 2017
Limoeiro, Pernambuco,Brazil)
Shot

Neighbours searched for Dianna after noticing that she was missing. When they found her they discovered that she had been shot.]]>2026-03-07 22:58:13 tdor@translivesmatter.info07a71b68https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/16/name-unknown_ciudad-juarez-chihuahua-mexico_07a71b68violence/murderedName Unknown
16 Aug 2017
Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua,Mexico)
Murdered

The victim's body was found dumped with a plastic bag over her head. Her social name was not reported, but reportedly her last names were López Ruíz.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info7bd143e0https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/15/kenicha_pococi-limon-costa-rica_7bd143e0violence/asphyxiatedKenicha
Age 16
15 Aug 2017
Pococí, Limón,Costa Rica)
Asphyxiated

Kenicha’s body was found in a wasteland by neighbours. She had been asphyxiated.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.infodab695c7https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/14/sufaid_nowshera-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-pakistan_dab695c7violence/shotSufaid
Age 17
14 Aug 2017
Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan)
Shot

Sufaid was shot dead in Khweshgi area of Nowshera district. The police arrested two people (identified as Amir and his accomplice Abid, both of whom had shared a home with Sufaid).]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.infoe447b91chttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/13/j-negrete_puebla-mexico_e447b91cviolence/beatenJ. Negrete
13 Aug 2017
Puebla,Mexico)
Beaten

J. was found dead with a bruise to her head in Hidalgo Street in the municipality of San Grabiel Chilac, in the area known as “La Chapopota”.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info2eb27558https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/13/cristal_mazatepec-morelos-mexico_2eb27558violence/shotCristal
Age 25
13 Aug 2017
Mazatepec, Morelos,Mexico)
Shot

Cristal and a cisgender woman named Viridiana were shot by two masked men. Cristal died at the scene and Viridiana in hospital.]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.infod41b2b94https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/12/ayelen-gomez-lisa_san-miguel-de-tucuman-tucuman-argentina_d41b2b94violence/asphyxiatedAyelén Gómez ("Lisa")
Age 31
12 Aug 2017
San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucuman,Argentina)
Asphyxiated

Ayelén's body was found near a sports club showing signs of extreme violence after she had gone out to visit a friend but never arrived. She had died from asphyxiation.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info04544974https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/12/gwynevere-river-song_waxahachie-texas-usa_04544974violence/shotGwynevere River Song
Age 26
12 Aug 2017
Waxahachie, Texas,USA)
Shot

Gwynevere was a nonbinary identifying trans person allegedly shot and killed at home by their father after an argument.]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.infob1b30588https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/12/thalyta-pavanelly_joao-pessoa-paraiba-brazil_b1b30588violence/shotThalyta Pavanelly
Age 21
12 Aug 2017
João Pessoa, Paraíba,Brazil)
Shot

Thalyta was shot at least three times in the head. She died instantly.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info7701be62https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/08/paulinha-da-silva_palmares-pernambuco-brazil_7701be62violence/stabbedPaulinha da Silva
Age 38
8 Aug 2017
Palmares, Pernambuco,Brazil)
Stabbed

Paulinha was a bar with a man, and after a while they left together. Later that evening a man approached her and stabbed her to death. It took seven hours for her body to be...]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.info6b0acfa0https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/06/bruna-laclose_pinheiro-machado-rio-grande-do-sul-brazil_6b0acfa0violence/stabbedBruna Laclose
6 Aug 2017
Pinheiro Machado, Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil)
Stabbed

Bruna was stabbed and died at the scene from her injuries. The suspect who killed her stabbed another victim later the same night.]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.info66dd0de4https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/06/sihle_eastern-cape-south-africa_66dd0de4violence/stabbedSihle
6 Aug 2017
Eastern Cape,South Africa)
Stabbed

Sihle was on her way home after a night out at a bar in Duncan Village when a man made sexual advances at her. When she refused his advances, the man became aggressive and stabbed...]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.info42d3fcedhttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/04/jaylow-mcglory_alexandria-louisiana-usa_42d3fcedviolence/shotJaylow Mcglory
Age 29
4 Aug 2017
Alexandria, Louisiana,USA)
Shot

Jaylow was shot by her boyfriend. Despite confessing to using her for money and sex and shooting her, he was acquitted after using a form of trans panic defence.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info5e565577https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/02/charliene-silva-barreto_itabuna-bahia-brazil_5e565577violence/shotCharliene Silva Barreto
Age 25
2 Aug 2017
Itabuna, Bahia,Brazil)
Shot

Charliene was shot multiple times in the head. Her posture suggested that she did not see the attack coming.]]>2021-01-13 00:00:00 tdor@translivesmatter.info71129d9dhttps://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/02/mary-montilla_palmeira-dos-indios-alagoas-brazil_71129d9dviolence/stabbedMary Montilla
Age 26
2 Aug 2017
Palmeira dos Índios, Alagoas,Brazil)
Stabbed

Mary was chased and stabbed twice in the neck by two men after leaving a bar on Rua Francisco Ferreira Barbosa in the São Cristóvão neighborhood. The weapon used to kill her...]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21 tdor@translivesmatter.info283488b4https://www.tdor.translivesmatter.info/reports/2017/08/01/name-unknown_joao-pessoa-paraiba-brazil_283488b4violence/stabbedName Unknown
1 Aug 2017
João Pessoa, Paraíba,Brazil)
Stabbed

The victim was shot and killed at dawn in the Citex community in the Geisel neighborhood of Joao Pessoa. She had a bullet wound to the head and her body had several bruises.]]>2026-05-18 08:33:21