Debates Rage On In The Media, In Politics & In The Courts But Black Trans People Continue To Die
We have written this headline or some version of it before. Trans lives are headline news in 2025. The Executive Orders, in Sports, in Schools, in Medicine and in passports. You can scarcely turn on the news or TikTok or go to the supermarket without debates raging about Trans lives. But Transmisia wasn’t born in January of 2025, nor did it ride in on a MAGA caravan, Trans folks have been being mistreated, neglected and murdered in this country for as long as they have existed- forever. As these debates and stances perched high upon moral high grounds rage on, Trans people, specially Black Trans people continue to die.
On the Blaque/OUT website the TRAII system lists, records and remembers each and every known murder of a Trans, Non-Binary or Gender Non-Conforming person since 2018. The pictures are haunting, the stories are heartbreaking and the stats are infuriating. The list continues to grow. Say the names and read the stories of the folks we’ve lost in just May, June and July of this year alone. Because if we don’t- who will?
Milwaukee Mourns Amyri Dior, 23
The month of February has been marked with an unspeakable amount of violence against the Trans community. Yet another individual of the Trans-feminine experience has been found murdered. Twenty-three year old Amyri Dior was discovered around 12:30 a.m. near 95th and Brown Deer Rd. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on February 21st. She had suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Her family describes her as joyful and always showing up in her full authenticity. MPD has not released further information about the shooting or identified a suspect. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360. Those who wish to remain anonymous can provide tips through Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS or by using the P3 Tips mobile app.
Body of Missing Tabor City, NC Woman Found By Relatives Searching For Her
(February 21, 2025) - Blaque/OUT Magazine is sad to report that the missing 25yr old in North Carolina, Ervianna "Baydee" Johnson, was located on Wednesday on Bermuda Bay Lane by family members that had been searching for her since her disappearance in the early morning hours of February 13th.
As Politicians Debate Definitions, Trans Community Members Continue to Die; Already Hurting Trans Community Rocked by Deaths of Tahiry Broom & Sam Nordquist
Since Day 1 of the Trump Administration, the Trans community has been hit over and over again with vicious Executive Orders that challenge everything from their right to serve in the military, to ability to receive life-saving care, to questioning their very existence. While organizations and Attorney Generals from across the nation bring the legality and constitutionality of these actions to Federal Justices for intervention, the consequences of the hateful rhetoric spewing from our highest offices is parroted by the masses and puts the lives of every single Trans community member in more and more danger every day. This week alone, the murders of both Tahiry Broom and Sam Nordquist hit the news and an already hurting community.