Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
During our service on Sunday, November 14th First Parish of Watertown commemorated these trans siblings who were lost in 2021:
EJ Boykin, 23
Oliver Taylor, 17
Taya Ashton, 20
Samuel Valentin
Shai Vanderpump, 23
Bianca Bankz, 30
Miss CoCo, 44
Natalia Smut, 24
Pooh Johnson
Fifty Bandz, 21
Zoella Martinez, 20
Alexus Braxton
Disaya Monaee, 27
Chyna Carrillo, 24
Brianna Ulmer, 25
Jeffrey Bright, 16
Kier Solomon, 21
Jasmine Canady, 22
Mel Groves, 25
Jenna Franks, 34
Keri Washington, 49
Aidelen Evans, 24
Jessi Hart, 42
Diamond Sanders, 23
Jo Acker, 26
Rayanna Pardo, 26
Tierramarie Lewis
Jaida Peterson, 29
Sophie Vasquez, 36
Iris Santos, 22
Danny Henson, 31
Remy Fennell, 28
Serenity Hollis, 24
Tiara Banks, 24
Poe Delwyn Black, 21
Thomas Hardin
Dominique Lucious, 26
Tiffany Thomas, 38
Jahaira DeAlto Balenciaga, 42
Whispering Wind Bear Spirit, 41
Rayanna Pardo, 26
Dominique Jackson, 30
Royal Poetical Starz, 20
Tyianna Alexander, 28