Coverage dated November 19, 2025

A ballroom legend, an ‘auntie’ and a young athlete: Here are some of the trans people lost to violence and suicide this year

Headline from KESQ Palm Springs

By Zoe Sottile, Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose, Amanda Jackson, Sydney Bishop, Taylor Galgano, Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — On a cool November night in 1999, dozens of transgender people and their friends stood thousands of miles apart in Boston and San Francisco.

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  1. KESQ Palm Springs

    A ballroom legend, an ‘auntie’ and a young athlete: Here are some of the trans people lost to violence and suicide this year (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    By Zoe Sottile, Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose, Amanda Jackson, Sydney Bishop, Taylor Galgano, Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — On a cool November night in 1999, dozens of transgender people and their friends stood thousands of miles apart in Boston and San Francisco.

  2. KEYT Santa Barbara

    A ballroom legend, an ‘auntie’ and a young athlete: Here are some of the trans people lost to violence and suicide this year | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Zoe Sottile, Elizabeth Wolfe, Andy Rose, Amanda Jackson, Sydney Bishop, Taylor Galgano, Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — On a cool November night

  3. CNN

    A ballroom legend, an aspiring model and a student athlete: These are some of the trans people lost to violence and suicide in the past year (opens CNN)

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    On a cool November night in 1999, dozens of transgender people and their friends stood thousands of miles apart in Boston and San Francisco. They lit slender candles and spoke into the surrounding darkness the names of trans people whose lives had abruptly – and violently – ended.

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