Media Releases

WASHINGTON, DC — Tomorrow, November 20th, is Transgender Day of Remembrance - a day to honor our trans family who have lost their lives to acts of anti-transgender violence. It’s also Transgender Day of Resilience - a day when we celebrate and support the brilliance, resistance, and importance of our trans sibilings who are alive.

WASHINGTON, DC-- Angel Unique, a 25-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 25. She was found dead at a Motel 6 in the Memphis Whitehaven neighborhood, where she stayed overnight. Angel was a cosmetologist and would have celebrated her 26 birthday this December.

WASHINGTON, DC —The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) mourns the loss of Felycya Harris and the stabbing of Daniela Hernandez, who survived.
Felycya Harris, a 33-year-old Black transgender woman was found dead from a gunshot wound in Meadowbrook Park in Augusta, Georgia on Saturday, October 3. Her death is being investigated as a homicide. Harris was an interior decorating entrepreneur.  She enjoyed making others feel comfortable in their own space. Friends and family mourn her life and legacy.  Felycya’s friend Ricola Collier said “everybody’s going to remember Felycya. That laugh. The smiles. The talks. The arguments. That attitude… Nobody would ever forget who that is.”

WASHINGTON, DC —The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is devastated to learn that Monica Roberts - activist, journalist, auntie, and inspiration - gained her wings on October 5.
Roberts was a trailblazer, creating the award-winning blog TransGriot, which chronicled trans community accomplishments, hardships, and histories when no one else did. She pushed for media competency in the coverage of trans people, addressed head-on the media misgendering of trans victims, and called on all of us to end the epidemic of violence that trans women of color face.