By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use. Her family had reported her missing after she stopped responding to calls and messages, and she didn't report to her job.
Her colleagues and family alike have expressed that Day seemed like she was beginning a new chapter -- one where she could finally be her authentic self.
To have her life cut short in this moment -- and under such troubling circumstances -- makes her loss all the more heartbreaking. We categorically condemn such carelessness, and we will do everything in our power to make sure these forces recognize our colleague as she deserves.
We commit to honoring Day's life by continuing her work helping our community, and to ensure that transgender people are treated in our society with the dignity and justice that they deserve. Rodas is at least the 36th trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming person to die by violence in the U.
That total includes a trans man and a trans woman killed in the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs November 19 as well as a trans woman, whose name has not been released, who was killed in Vallejo, Calif.
