For IDAHO commemorations in previous years, see IDAHO 2006, IDAHO 2007 and IDAHO 2008.
IDAHO 2009
17th May 2009
IDAHO is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, and 2009 focused on hate crimes against transgendered people.
David
Kay, our LGBT Liaison Officer handed out hundreds of cards
all over the Borough, promoting IDAHO and the
LGBT crime reporting schemes supported by GALOP,
London Lesbian and
Gay Switchboard, Broken
Rainbow (LGBT domestic violence) and Stonewall
Housing (their contact details are on the Reporting
page).
The Met Police's Operation Athena began a series of raids in a crackdown on, homophobic, transphobic, race and other forms of hate crime. They focused on offenders who were known to them or who had evaded arrest.
The raids were timed to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia and well over hundred arrests were made.
The
Croydon Area Gay Society,
at the Bird in
Hand pub celebrated the victims of transgender hate crime on Monday
11th in its own celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia
and Transphobia.
Aurora and IDAHO
In the Aurora meeting on the Wednesday before IDAHO, we celebrated 26 transgendered people who had been murdered in the previous year.
Three black cards contained details of 24 of the victims shown below. (Two names were unknown at the last Transgender Day of Remembrance.)
There were 26 candles and a vase of white lilies.
We are indebted to FTM London, who organised the Transgender Day of Remembrance in London 2008 for the list of names.
REMEMBERING OUR DEAD
1. Kellie Telesford
Location: Thornton Heath, UK
Cause of Death: Strangled
Date of Death: November 21, 20072. Brian McGlothin
(Liked to dress in Women’s clothes)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Cause of Death: Shot in the head with an automatic rifle by Antonio Williams who is serving a six year sentence. Brian was 25 years old.
Date of Death: December 23, 20073. Gabriela Alejandra Albornoz
Location: Santiago, Chile
Cause of Death: Attacked and stabbed
Date of Death: December 28, 20074. Patrick Murphy
(Found Dressed in Women’s clothes)
Location: Albuquerque, NM
Cause of Death: Shot Several times in the head
Date of Death: January 8, 2008
Patrick was 39 years old.5. Stacy Brown
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Cause of Death: Shot in the head
Date of Death: January 8, 2008
Stacy was 30 years old.
6. Aldolphus Simmons
Location: Charleston, SC
Cause of Death: Shot to Death (Aldophus was 18 yrs. old)
Date of Death: January 21, 20087. Fedra (a known transvestite)
Location: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Cause of Death: Was found lying face up in a pool of blood,
cause of death was not reported.
Date of Death: January 22, 20088. Ashley Sweeney
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Cause of Death: Shot in the head
Date of Death: February 4, 2008
The age of Ashley Sweeney is unknown, she was only described in a press release as a young transgender woman.
9. Sanesha (Talib) Stewart
Location: Bronx, NY
Cause of Death: Stabbed to Death
Date of Death: February 10, 2008
Sanesha was 25 years old.
10. Lawrence King
Location: Oxnard, California
Cause of Death: Shot to death by a classmate because he liked to wear
women’s clothes. (Lawrence King was 15 years old).
Date of Death: February 12, 2008
11. Simmie Williams Jr
Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Cause of Death: Shot to death. Simmie was found wearing women’s clothing. (Simmie was 17 years old)
Date of Death: February 22, 2008
12. Luna (no last name reported)
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Cause of Death: Brutally beaten to death and tossed into a dumpster. (Age 42)
Date of Death: March 15, 200813. Lloyd Nixon
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Cause of Death:Repeatedly beaten in the head with a brick.
Date of Death: April 16, 2008
Lloyd was 45 years old.14. Felicia Melton-Smyth
Location: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Cause of Death: brutally stabbed to death by Francisco Javier Hollos, who said he killed her because she would not pay for sex. Felicia was an HIV activist on vacation from Wisconsin.
Date of Death: May 26, 2008
15. Silvana Berisha
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Cause of Death: Stabbed to Death
Date of Death: June 24, 2008
16. Ebony (Rodney) Whitaker
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Cause of Death: Shot (Ebony was 20 yrs. old)
Date of Death: July 1, 2008
17. Rosa Pazos
Location: Sevilla, Spain
Cause of Death: Was found in her apartment, she had been stabbed in the throat.
Date of Death: July 11, 200818. Juan Carlos Aucalle Coronel
Location: Lombardi, Italy
Cause of Death severely beaten causing fractures to the head and face before being run over by a car.
Date of Death July 14, 2008
Juan Carlos was 35 years old.
19. Angie Zapata
Location: Greeley, Colorado
Cause of Death: She was found in her home with two severe fractures in her skull.
Angie was murdered by 31 year old Alan Ray Andrade. Angie was 18 years old.
Date of Death: July 17, 200820. Jaylynn L. Namauu
Location: Makiki Honolulu, Hawaii
Cause of Death: Stabbed to Death
Date of Death: July 17, 2008
Jaylynn was 35 years old.
21. Samantha Rangel Brandau
Location: Milan, Italy
Cause of Death: beaten, gang raped and stabbed numerous times before being left for dead.
Date of Death: July 29, 2008
Samantha was 30 years old.22. Nakhia Williams
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Cause of Death: Brutally murdered
Date of Death: August 30, 2008
23. Ruby Molina
Location: Sacramento, California
Cause of Death: Drowned
Date of Death: September 21, 2008
Ruby’s naked body was found floating in the American River.
She was 22 years old.
24. Duanna Johnson
Location: Memphis
Cause of Death: Shot in the head
Date of Death: 9th Nov 2008
Duanna had previously been beaten in police custody. She was 43 years old.
