In Memoriam

This page is intended to mourn, honor, and remember our fallen transgender sibilings. May they rest in peace.
Names are sorted by year of death.

2025

Broom, Tahiry (29)
Advocate, Obituary, pghlesbian

Dior, Amyri
advocate, TMJ4, Trans Lives Matter

Elem, Kelsey (25)
KSDK, law & crime, pghlesbian

Gratton, Jax (34)
CBSnews, Denver7, Denverite

Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major (78)
CNN, The Bay Area Reporter, Them, Wikipedia.

Hayes, Christina (28)
Click on Detroit, Detroit Metro Times, Pride Source

Johnson, Dream (28)
Metro Weekly, NBC Washington, Trans Lives Matter

Moran, Linda Becerra (30)
LA Public Press, LA Times, Trans Lives Matter

Nordquist, Sam (24)
pghlesbian, Wikipedia

Reah, Kasí (31)
Edge Media Network, NBJC, PGHlesbian

Sawyer, Blair A. (27)
PGHlesbian, Trans Lives Matter

Schueler, Laura (47)
cincinnati enquirer, Trans Lives Matter, WCPO

Shupe, Elisa Rae (61)
pghlesbian, Wikipedia, zerodoesntsleep

Wells, Karmin (37)
advocate, PGHlesbian, pride source

2024

Arnold, Tee (36)
advocate, them

Benedict, Nex (16)
abcNEWS, NPR, Oklahoman, Wikipedia

Conway, Lynn (86)
APNews, Legacy, Michigan Engineering, The Independent, Wikipedia

Johns, Liam (35)
Charlotte Observer, Trans Unity Coalition

Moon, Apollo (26)
Advocate, Instagram, TikTok, PinkNews

Sir Lady Java (82)
Wikipedia

Sivret, Griffin (24)
Current Obituary

Wright, Ra'Lasia (25)
advocate, HRC, Trans Lives Matter

2023

Brown, Banko (24)
CBS News, Wikipedia

Ghey, Brianna (16)
Wikipedia

Rider, Camdyn (21)
Law and Crime, PGH Lesbian

Ross, Akira (24)

Advocate, HuffPost

2022

Black, Poe (21)
Advocate, HRC

Lee, Jay (20)
Mississippi Free Press, Mississippi Today

2021

Hervey, Samuel (25)
Detroit News, Washington Post

1999

Eads, Robert (53)
Southern Comfort - Wikipedia, Southern Comfort - YouTube, Wikipedia

1992

Johnson, Marsha P. (46)
OutHistory, Wikipedia

1991

Sullivan, Lou (39)
FTMnewsletter, Making Queer History, PinkNews, Wikipedia, Wikipedia - We Both Laughed in Pleasure

1989

Jorgensen, Christine (62)
All That's Interesting, Biography, IMDb, Wikipedia

Tipton, Billy (74)
Wikipedia

1984

Amelio Robles Ávila (95)
Wikipedia

1977

Prenner, Ljuba (71)
Wikipedia

1962

Dillon, Michael (47)
Bristol Museums, FTMsurgery.net, Legacy Project Chicago, Transgender History Month, Wikipedia

Hart, Alan L. (71)
Wikipedia

1949

Piotr Odmieniec Włast (72)
Wikipedia

1917

Erickson, Reed (74)
Britannica, LGBTQ Nation, UVIC, Wikipedia

1888

Alcott, Lou (55)
LGBTQ Nation, Wikipedia

1885

Bruce, Andreas (76)
Wikipedia

1866

Aleksandrov, Aleksandr (82)
Wikipedia

1865

Barry, James (76)
National Archives, Wikipedia

See Also

Holocaust Memorial Day Trust - Gay People, PGH Lesbian - In Memoriam, Trans Lives Matter.