This post will be updated throughout the Pride season as we participate in various events. July 15 2022: We will be tabling at NoWoCoPride tomorrow, July 16 2022. They have planned many days’ worth of events, including a full performance schedule for tomorrow’s festival. Yesterday, we went to NoWoCo Paws Up for Pride at the…
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Trans Day of Visibility 2022 – highlighting some of our less-visible work
Update by LAMMP admin/missing persons specialist Jessica Veltstra The Trans Day of Visibility is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of Trans and gender nonconforming people while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve justice. Today we would like to highlight the cases we have been working on and have…
2021 Transgender Day of Remembrance
There are 55 individuals listed as “Name Unknown” on the list of transgender people who lost their lives this year. This is the fourth year the Trans Doe Task Force has remembered the unnamed dead. The number has increased every year. Here are the links to our previous events and lists: 2020 TDOR unknown list:…
1 Year Anniversary: Reflections from LAMMP Admin
Written by Jessica Veltstra, LAMMP Admin September 27 marked the one year anniversary of the beginning of the LAMMP database. The LAMMP database has been the capstone project for my Forensic Genetic Genealogy internship with Redgrave Research, as well as being a resource for the Trans Doe Task Force and Missing, Murdered, Unclaimed and Unidentified…
Trans Doe Task Force Presenting at TPATH Conference: Converging Crises in Transgender Activism, Health, and Rights in 2021
Virtual Event July 30 to August 1 2021 The Trans Doe Task Force will be presenting a talk at the Transgender Professional Association for Transgender Health (TPATH)‘s annual conference. We will be in the section entitled “Resisting Institutional Violence” alongside three other presenters addressing similar topics. Read more about the conference and register to attend!…
Case Announcement: Jasper County John Doe, Rensselaer IN 1983 (LAMMP case)
When we began our research as the Trans Doe Task Force, we intended to focus solely on cases in which the victim might be transgender. Then, when our collaboration to build the LAMMP database began to rapidly expand, we realized that we wanted to be able to extend our ability to help any case that…
TDTF/LAMMP Informational Flyer
We have created an informational flyer that you can share digitally or print out to bring to your local pride events – and anywhere else. The most recent version was uploaded on June 1, 2023. If you’ve downloaded our flyer before then, you should update your files! Right click to download the image below to…
TRANScending Jane and John Doe: The impact of Gender Identification in Forensic Cold Cases
Interested in how forensic anthropology and forensic genetic genealogy can help serve transgender and nonbinary decedents and law enforcement efforts with gender-informed strategies? Register for this free day-long webinar with topical sessions that is hosted by the ISU Gender Resource Center, Department of Anthropology, and the Trans Doe Task Force. SpeakersIn order of appearance Samantha…
TDTF Presents at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting
The Trans Doe Task Force has collaborated to present at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) Annual Scientific Meeting for the second year in a row. Consulting Anthropologists Dr. Mari Isa and Dr. Amy Michael and TDTF co-founders Anthony Redgrave and Lee Bingham Redgrave co-presented on Friday Feb. 19, during the Anthropology session. Our…
TDOR2020.com – Trans Day of Remembrance Project
We know that #TDOR2020 was particularly rough, and we want to thank you for participating in our Trans Awareness Week activities by liking and sharing our case profile posts. It is clear there is so much more work to be done and a trans awareness week is not enough. There is an epidemic of trans…