LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — I wrote this for The Huffington Post. You can also read it on the HuffPost site here: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2014: A Reporter’s List | Courtney O’Donnell. I did this for the first time two years… Read More ›
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Trans advocate Allison Woolbert takes on trans violence through technology
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Violence is a major part of the lives of most transgender people in the United States and elsewhere. But being able to point to evidence supporting it is something else entirely. In most cases,… Read More ›
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2013: A Reporter’s List
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — I compiled a list of the 29 violent transgender deaths that crossed my desk during 2013 for an article in The Huffington Post. The HuffPost article has a link back to the source for each… Read More ›
Brazilian trans model popularity explosion tempered by high rate of transgender killings
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — On one hand it’s gratifying to see mainstream media’s spotlight on Brazil’s transgender models, bringing positive attention and “normalcy” to the huge number of trans people in that country, while on the other hand, the… Read More ›
A Transgender Day of Remembrance Perspective from a Writer
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [I wrote this for Wipe Out Transphobia] During 2012, I’ve written twenty articles on the deaths of twenty different sisters killed during the course of this period. I also know that a year from today,… Read More ›
Courtney O’Donnell: Transgender Day of Remembrance: A Reporter’s List
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [I wrote this for The Huffington Post.] I had the unpleasant task of having to report on 20-odd transgender deaths during the past year. Sometimes, just presenting the victims’ names and how they died is… Read More ›
TDOR 2012 — One picture is worth a thousand words
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT – These are just some of our sisters and brothers killed by the hands of others in 2012. I wrote about each one of these deaths during 2012. Transgender Day of Remembrance is on Nov. 20th…. Read More ›
[UPDATED] Trans woman found dead, burned in France
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — [Updated, see below.] The dead woman, reportedly migrated from Peru, was found October 4th in a forest near Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville. The body appeared burned and while authorities are investigating and have made no official announcement as… Read More ›
March 2011 murder of trans woman Marcal Tye — unsolved and not a hate crime?
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — This trans murder in Arkansas came to my attention because of a supposed decision by the county sheriff that the murder wasn’t a hate crime. Tye was shot in the head and her body dragged… Read More ›
A worthwhile read: “The Harsh Reality of Some Transgender Lives”
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance and I thought I’d share one of the better articles I’ve read about the slippery slope that leads to many transgender lives shortened, or a life in society’s gutter…. Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS 