Day of Remembrance-11/20/02

Terrianne Summers
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Cause of Death: Shot
Date of Death: December 12, 2001
Source: Florida Times-Union, December 14, 2001

Raymond Nonato
Location: Taguatinga, Brazil
Cause of Death: Machete wounds from Hermano Sabino Vieira
Date of Death: December 23, 2001
Source: UOL, December 23, 2001

Michelle Paz
Location: Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Cause of Death: Shot four times
Date of Death: January 11, 2002
Source: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)

Bibi Barajas (Hugo Cesar Barajas)
Location: Houston, Texas
Cause of Death: Shot multiple times
Date of Death: January 26, 2002
Source: KTRK News and Vanessa Foster

Fay Paquette
Location: Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Cause of Death: Murdered by Dale William Eliason
Date of Death: February 5, 2002
Source: The Province, February 7, 2002

Leonela Valero Parra
Location: Zulia, Venezuela
Cause of Death: Shot twice
Date of Death: February 8, 2002
Source: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)

Amy Soos
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Cause of Death: Murdered
Date of Death: February 16, 2002
Source: Phoenix, Arizona police report

Unidentified Filipino Transsexual
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Cause of Death: Choked to death after being stabbed in the neck and chest
Date of Death: February 25, 2002
Source: Kyodo News Service, February 26, 2002

Anjie Milano (Andy Rafael Milano)
Location: Valencia, Venuezula
Cause of Death: Murdered
Date of Death: March, 2002
Source: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)

Alejandro Ray Lucero
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Cause of Death: Murdered
Date of Death: March 3, 2002
Source: Phoenix, Arizona police report

Antonia K.
Location: Eastern Germany
Cause of Death: Attacked and killed
Date of Death: March 23, 2002
Source: Anonymous

Pilar (Vladimir) Ibáñez Carrasco
Location: Rinconada, Chile
Cause of Death: Murdered
Date of Death: April 5, 2002
Source: La Cuarta, April 22, 2002

Hector Arturo Diaz
Location: Sunland Park, New Mexico
Cause of Death: Shot in the back, allegedly by Justen Grant Hall
Date of Death: April 10, 2002
Source: El Paso Times, April 27, 2002

Gary "Brazon" McMurtry
Location: Clintonville, Ohio
Cause of Death: Stabbed, allegedly by Michael Jennings
Date of Death: May 17, 2002
Source: Columbus Dispatch, May 18, 2002

Unidentified transvestite
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia
Cause of Death: Beaten to death
Date of Death: May 20, 2002
Source: Vanessa Foster

Aretha "ReRe" Scott (Franklin Freeman)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Cause of Death: Bled to death after being shot in the leg
Date of Death: June 7, 2002
Source: The Charlotte Observer, June 30, 2002
Notes: Five months before her death, she was picked up by an off-duty vice officer, who fired her service pistol twice during an argument over money. The officer quit during an internal investigation. Another office was fired, and two other officers were suspended. Scott was killed five days before she was to be a witness in a hearing about one of the suspensions.

Nguyen Bui Linh
Location: Vinh City, Vietnam
Cause of Death: Stabbed by Tran Quoc Dung and Nguyen Binh Hung
Date of Death: July 15, 2002
Source: Sapa-AFP, July 22, 2002

Raimundo Rocha Alves
Location: Sorocaba, Brazil
Cause of Death: Head wounds from a blunt weapon
Date of Death: July 18, 2002
Source: O Estado de Sao Paulo, July 18, 2002

Paola Matos
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Cause of Death: Strangled
Date of Death: July 22, 2002
Source: The New York Post, July 23, 2002

Deasha (Gerald Andrews)
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Cause of Death: Shot multiple times
Date of Death: August 8, 2002
Source: WLTV 12, Jacksonville, Florida

Ukea Davis and Stephanie Thomas
Location: Washington, DC
Cause of Death: Shot multiple times
Date of Death: August 12, 2002
Source: WJLA ABC 7, Washington, DC

Sidnei Geber Aguilar
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Cause of Death: Shot three times by a motorcyclist
Date of Death: September 1, 2002
Source: O Estado de S. Paulo, September 1, 2002

Daniel Phillip "Danielle" Redding
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Cause of Death: Single gunshot wound to the head, allegedly by Jason Lee Starkey
Date of Death: September 7, 2002
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, September 23, 2002

Ontwon Curtis
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Cause of Death: Shot several times in the chest
Date of Death: September 13, 2002
Source: WVEC Channel 13, September 13, 2002

You can also find out about all the other reported cases of anti-transgender murder by visiting the Remembering Our Dead website.

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