Juneteenth Cold Case Fundraiser

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June 19, 2024 • 7:10PM

2025 update: We are still dedicating individual donations to our Juneteenth cold case fund launched in 2024 to prioritize cases of Black Trans Women - and we're not stopping! In 2024, we announced that individual donations made between this date and the end of the month would be designated for Black LGBTQ+ victims. We later extended this, and then in January of 2025 we announced that all individual donations received during the 2025 calendar year would be set aside for cases involving BIPOC Trans women. This year, we would like to reiterate our commitment to prioritize cases of Black Trans women especially, and we welcome donations towards this for the month of June and beyond.

June 19th marks the anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States. This is a day of joy and celebration as well as remembrance, and we at the Trans Doe Task Force want to keep positive change and progress moving forward. For the rest of the month, we will be holding our first annual fundraiser for our new Juneteenth cold case fund. Donations made through the links on this page from Juneteenth through the end of June will be specifically earmarked for costs associated with working cold cases involving Black victims who are unidentified, such as laboratory DNA processing and Forensic Genetic Genealogy. This will enable us to take on more cases at no cost to the overseeing agencies, and will result in us being able to move Black LGBTQ+ cold cases forward. Black Trans women are still the most at-risk demographic for homicidal violence, and not enough is done to give their cases the attention needed to be able to restore their identities and memorialize their lives appropriately. Please donate and share!