Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. On this solemn day, we remember the lives of our transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming kin taken by murder or violence, and those lost to suicide. The website for Trans Lives Matter lists 47 such deaths in the US since last year’s Transgender Day of Remembrance, and 298 worldwide. That means over 15% of all violent deaths of transgender people occur in our country, a shameful and shocking reality. As Catholics, we have a special duty to honor the dignity and value of all lives, and to do more to end the discriminatory climate that makes such violence acceptable. May our remembrance spur us to action.

Click the names below to learn more about the people we lost this year:

Parker Savarese
Elisa Rae Shupe
Aubrey Dameron
Tahiry Broom
Sam Nordquist
Ervianna Johnson
Amyri Dior
Linda Becerra Moran
Jordan “JJ” Maye
Charlene Cook
Katelyn Rinnetta Benoit
Kaitoria Le’Cynthia Bankz (“Kai”)
Norah Horwitz
Kelsey Elem
Shy’Parius Dupree
Karmin Wells
Charlotte Fosgate
Jonathan Joss
Tessa June
Jax Gratton
Hope Lyca Youngblood
Laura Schueler
Emma Slabach
JJ Godbey
Christina Hayes
Lily-Dawn Harkins
Gabrielle Nguyen (“Cam”)
Kia-Leigh Tabitha Roberts
Kamora Woods
Nathaniel Pabón Cruz (“Nata”)
Arty Cassidy Beowulf Gibson
Dream Johnson
Rosa Machuca
Blair A. Sawyer
Aurora Pellegrina (“Alexa”, “Luna”)
Onyx Cornish
Kasí Rhea (“Kaeyy Holmes”)
Robyn James Post
Lynn Spencer
Blake Sturm
Lillia Holland
Blaze Aleczander Balle-Mason
Scarlett
Tiara Love Tori Jackson
Lia Smith
Marisol Payero