Category: Uncategorized

As part of our series of posts for Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance, Anthony Redgrave created a new forensic image of Justine Doe to accompany the case writeup, as there was only a postmortem image available. Justine Doe on NamUs Justine on Unidentified Wiki

This year, leaders and members of the Trans Doe Task Force were asked by the mods of r/UnresolvedMysteries to coordinate case write-ups to post on the subreddit. Profiles of both Does and missing people from our recently launched LAMMP database will be posted daily leading up to an AMA on the Transgender Day of Remembrance,…

& Transgender Awareness Week This year, leaders and members of the Trans Doe Task Force have been asked by the mods of r/UnresolvedMysteries to coordinate case write-ups to post on the subreddit. Profiles of both Does and missing people from our recently launched LAMMP database will be posted daily leading up to an AMA on…

We have been a little quiet lately, but we are excited to announce a big project we have had in the works. Announcing a new comparison database: LAMMP (LGBT+ Accountability for Missing and Murdered Persons). From the website: “LGBT+ people are underserved by the standard and most widely used databases available to compare missing persons…

On September 29, 2020, Anthony Redgrave, co-founder of the Trans Doe Task Force, was invited by Dr. Amy Michael of the University of New Hampshire to give a guest lecture on the history of transgender and intersex individuals to her Bioarchaeology class. This talk was hosted by the UNH Women’s and Gender Studies Department and…

Guest post by Kaylara, TDTF volunteer, admin of Trans Cold Cases & Forensic Genealogy intern at Redgrave Research/FG4LE Welcome, citizen sleuth allies! Thank you so much for your interest and willingness to help. It is very much appreciated and welcomed. I truly believe that collaboration between people of diverse backgrounds, and a sincere desire to…

The Trans Doe Task Force hosted a virtual pride event all weekend. We had Q&A with forensic genealogists, student volunteer guests, and exciting announcements.  Scroll down to see the weekend schedule of events and archived videos. A blind bag containing pins, stickers, and other surprises was awarded during each event to viewers who asked questions….

We hope that everyone has been able to stay safe and well during these unusually trying times. We want to say “happy Pride month!” but a lot of people do not feel like celebrating right now. Even though we’ve been on hiatus, we’ve been very busy. We are doing our best to focus on whatever…

Left to right: Anthony Redgrave, Lee Bingham Redgrave, Dr. Amy Michael, Dr. Mari Isa by Dr. Amy Michael Lee Bingham Redgrave and Anthony Redgrave developed the poster together with anthropologists Dr. Amy Michael and Dr. Mari Isa. After 6 months of conversations about how anthropologists could aid genealogists in the identification process, we decided to…

This year, the Trans Doe Task Force is hosting a virtual TDOR event in the form of an online peer support chat and vigil. “Every year on or around 20th November trans people worldwide gather for the Transgender Day of Remembrance to remember those we have lost to violence in the past year.”(from Remembering Our Dead) We will…