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On July 27, 2026, 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼, 23, was found dead in the grass in Barangay Sumpong, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. She was 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻, 𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 who was building a life in her own hometown. And then 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱, with the news reducing her to simply just “𝙖𝙣 𝙇𝙂𝘽𝙏𝙌+ 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧.”

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆. She was a woman, and she will not be swallowed by the silence that swallows so many of us, because Betty is not the first. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮-𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰, a list many would rather we never read and count aloud.

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀, 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁.

In Istanbul, they found 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 in a 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 as well. 23 years old, 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, who once shouted at journalists, “𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙉𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨.” In August 2016, she was violated, murdered, and her body burned. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘄𝗮𝘆.

In North Jakarta, they burned 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮 alive, April 2020. A mob 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁, and for that accusation, they 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁. Three years earlier in West Java, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗭𝗼𝘆𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗺𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿: 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲.

In Karachi, September 2025. Police found the 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁-𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸. In Peshawar, they 𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗿𝗮 as she came home from a wedding where she had danced. In Pakistan, where an 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝟵𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘆, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀.

In Tokyo, they found 𝗬𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗧𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗮. A 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in 2015, and even in death, 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗯𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀, because in too much of East Asia, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿.

On the Suva foreshore in Fiji, they found 𝗔𝗸𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗮 “𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘆” 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘃𝘂𝗸𝗶. 23, beloved, always trying to make people smile. She was 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮 on May 17, 2018. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀. Her community said what everyone already knew: 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲.

𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄. Every year, the Trans Murder Monitoring Project records 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿-𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟱,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟴, and warns every single year that the real number is far higher, because 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱, 𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱, 𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿.

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐄, 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌.

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺, 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗲 “𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱” 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. This is what happened to 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲’𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿, 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻, who was 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. It’s 𝗮 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 to be tidied away, our 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 that excuse our own murders. It’s a system that was built, but 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘁𝗮𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲.

𝗪𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. We demand that 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮-𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀, and 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 “𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀-𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰” 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀. We demand 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, and𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗘 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in every nation of our region. We demand 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀-𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, including from their own families. We demand that 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀, 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱.

𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀. 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼. 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿. 𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮. 𝗭𝗼𝘆𝗮. 𝗚𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗿𝗮. 𝗬𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗧𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗮. 𝗔𝗸𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗮 “𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘆” 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘃𝘂𝗸𝗶. 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲. 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲. Document and report anti-trans violence, and refuse to let a single one of us disappear without a witness. Follow trans-led organizations. Amplify trans voices. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘅, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲.

To every trans person across the Asia-Pacific reading this tonight: 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. You are the descendant of everyone they tried to erase, and many of us are still here, refusing to be the next.

They keep finding our siblings in the forest, so 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘂𝘀, and until not one more of us is buried in silence.

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲, 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁.