Grampoula

Age 48

Porto Velho, Rondônia (Brazil)

Beaten. 6 Jun 2020

Grampoula was beaten to death in the street. She died at the scene.




Jade

 

Porto Real do Colégio, Alagoas (Brazil)

Shot. 6 Jun 2020

Jade was shot multiple times while she slept in her home.




Keila Nunes

 

Barra de Santa Rosa, Paraíba (Brazil)

Shot. 6 Jun 2020

Keila was shot in front of her home by two men on a motorcycle.




Luanny Sousa/Luanna Kelly

Age 22

Camocim, Ceará (Brazil)

Stabbed. 6 Jun 2020

Luanny was stabbed with a broken beer bottle by a group of men after an argument. Three men were arrested.




Koko Nia Labeija

Age 19 (born 29 May 2001)

Chicago, Illinois (USA)

6 Jun 2020

Koko's body was found in an abandoned building on Saturday 6th June. She remained unidentified until April 2021.




Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells

Age 27 (born 30 Jul 1992)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

Stabbed and dismembered. 9 Jun 2020

Dominique's body was found on the banks of the Schuylkill River. She had suffered stab wounds and trauma to the head and face, and her body was found with both legs severed.




Riah Milton

Age 25

Liberty Township, Cincinnati, Ohio (USA)

Shot. 9 Jun 2020

Riah was shot multiple times during a premeditated robbery. Nearly all police and news reports about her murder misgendered and deadnamed her.




Kethley Santos

 

Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)

Shot. 11 Jun 2020

Kethley was shot in the back while in the street in the early hours of the morning. She tried to call for help but died from her injuries outside a local pharmacy.




Paulina Reis Sousa

Age 19

Anápolis, Goáis (Brazil)

Shot. 12 Jun 2020

Paulina was dragged from her car and shot during an attempted robbery.




Ariadna Ojeda

 

Santa Marta, Magdalena (Colombia)

Stabbed. 13 Jun 2020

Ariadna was found lying on the floor of her room. She had been stabbed in the chest.




Brian Powers ("Eagle")

 

Akron, Ohio (USA)

Shot. 13 Jun 2020

Brian was found dead on the sidewalk of a church near the University of Akron. He had been shot.




Essi Granlund

Age 26

Hakunila, Vantaa, Uusimaa (Finland)

Stabbed. 13 Jun 2020

Essi was stabbed with a kitchen knife. The police failed to report her killing for over a month, and when they finally did described the attack as "an argument between two men".




Brandy Carolina Brown

Age 30

Barranquilla, Atlántico (Colombia)

Stabbed. 14 Jun 2020

Brandy was stabbed in the neck after an argument over a cellphone charger. She died at the scene.




Marcinha Shokenna Bastos da Silva

Age 28

Maricá, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Beaten. 14 Jun 2020

Marcinha's body was found in a backyard on the afternoon of Sunday 14th June.




Aysu Mammadli

Age 28

Baku (Azerbaijan)

Stabbed. 18 Jun 2020

Aysu was stabbed 11 times by a client. Police blamed her for her own murder and her family refused to collect her body from the morgue because she was trans.




Dr María Elizabeth Montaño

Age 47

Tres Marías, Morelos (Mexico)

Possible suicide. 18 Jun 2020

María disappeared on 8th June after leaving work at the National Medical Center in Mexico City. Her body was found on the side of the Mexico-Cuernavaca highway 10 days later.




Burcu

Age 22

Konya (Turkey)

Suicide. 19 Jun 2020

Burcu was studying English at Istanbul University. After being forced to move back in with her transphobic birth family by the COVID-19 pandemic she took her own life.




M. R. Sanabria

Age 26

Villanueva, Cortés (Honduras)

Beaten and suffocated. 21 Jun 2020

M.'s body was found in a field with a bag over her head. She had been beaten with a bat and then suffocated.




Babalu Domingos da Silva

Age 40

Pacajus, Ceará (Brazil)

Shot. 22 Jun 2020

Babalu was shot in front of a hospital. She had been visiting in order to have bandages removed following an attack 15 days earlier.




Amanda Marfree

Age 35

São Paulo (Brazil)

COVID-19. 23 Jun 2020

Amanda died from COVID-19. She was a tireless advocate for LGBT people and a pre-candidate for councilor in São Paulo with the collective DiverCidade SP.




F. J. Brito

Age 45

Teresina, Piauí (Brazil)

Possible suicide. 23 Jun 2020

F. was found sitting at home with medication lying alongside her body. The cause of her death was reported as a suspected suicide.




Renatynha Valadares

Age 23

Aparecida de Goiânia, Goiás (Brazil)

Stabbed. 24 Jun 2020

Renatynha was pulled from a car by her hair and stabbed several times. She died in an alley close to her home.




Anel Valenzuela

Age 45

Fortín, Veracruz (Mexico)

Shot. 25 Jun 2020

Anel was killed by assailants on a motorcycle who sprayed her salon with gunfire.




Brayla Stone

Age 17

Sherwood, Arkansas (USA)

Shot. 25 Jun 2020

Brayla's body was found in a parked car on a remote trail. Her killer boasted about her murder on social media saying that he was paid $5,000 dollars for the crime.




Fernanda Machado da Silva

Age 27

Rio Branco, Acre (Brazil)

Beaten. 25 Jun 2020

Fernanda was beaten in the street by two assailants who accused her of stealing a phone. She died in an ambulance.




"Lady Gaga"

Age 30

Recife, Pernambuco (Brazil)

Stabbed. 25 Jun 2020

Gaga was stabbed at least six times after getting on to a Marcos Freire - Bacurau bus while crying for help.




Marceli Silva

Age 41

Cruzeiro, São Paulo (Brazil)

Strangled. 25 Jun 2020

Marceli's body was found in her home. She had been strangled.




Antonela Chelton

 

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Suicide. 26 Jun 2020

Antonela died by suicide. According to Observatório Trans, the cause was the exclusion she faced in society.




Eilyn Catalina

Age 21

Medellín, Antioquia (Colombia)

Stabbed. 28 Jun 2020

Eilyn was stabbed. The trans groups Red Popular Tran and Trans Community Network of Bogotá condemned her murder.




Dr. Igor Lima Potêncio

Age 24 (born 30 Jun 1995)

Palma, Tocantins (Brazil)

Suicide. 28 Jun 2020

Igor was a newly qualified lawyer. He died by suicide two days before his birthday and the day before he was due to take office at the OAB / TO Sexual Diversity Commission.




Thina Rodrigues

Age 57

Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil)

COVID-19. 29 Jun 2020

Thina was the president of the Association of Transvestites of Ceará (Atrac). She died in an intensive care unit 6 weeks after being hospitalised with COVID-19 symptoms.




Beti Santos

Age 36

São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo (Brazil)

Shot. 30 Jun 2020

Beti's body was found with in the street with four gunshot wounds. A gun found on a man after the attempted murder of another trans woman subsquently matched the murder weapon.




Draya McCarty

Age 28

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA)

30 Jun 2020

Draya was found dead amidst an epidemic of violence against black trans women in the USA. Five other black trans women were killed between 25th June and 3rd July.




Fernanda Coelhinha

 

Pacajá, Pará (Brazil)

Shot. 30 Jun 2020

Fernanda was shot twice in the chest while she was sitting outside a bar with a companion. She died at the scene.




Gabriela Reyes

 

Villahermosa, Tabasco (Mexico)

Shot. 30 Jun 2020

Gabriela was shot on the street at around 5am. She used social networks to raise awareness of human rights issues - including violence against LGBT+ people.




Merci Mack

Age 22 (born 9 Apr 1998)

Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas (USA)

Shot. 30 Jun 2020

Merci was found unconscious and with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of an apartment complex after neighbours had reported hearing gunfire. She died at the scene.




Tatiana Hall

Age 22

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)

Murdered. 30 Jun 2020

Tatiana is reported to have been murdered in Philadelphia on or around 30th June. Very little is known about what happened to her - possibly due to deadnaming by police and media.




Veronica Ferreira de Lima ("Veronica Xexel")

Age 50

Londrina, Paraná (Brazil)

Murdered. 30 Jun 2020

Veronica's half-naked body was found with bodily and head injuries in a residence on the morning of Tuesday 30th June. She had been missing since the 28th.