Pride Season 2025

This post will be updated throughout the Pride season as new events, articles, etc. are published. Maintaining a single article page per Pride season helps us to let you know everything that we are doing while keeping posts about our casework easily accessible in the Articles archive.

Click here to learn more about how to help the Trans Doe Task Force during Pride season.

To see previous years' Pride posts, click here: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020

1 June:

On Sunday, June 1st, to coincide with the beginning of Pride month, an article about the Trans Doe Task Force ran on the front page of The Republican (Springfield, MA), as well as being published digitally on MassLive. (The same article is available to read without a subscription here, republished via Yahoo News). While we do work nationally and internationally, we were glad to be interviewed by a journalist who is local to our headquarters here in Western Massachusetts!

5 June:

A guest lecture from the Trans Doe Task Force, We Will Look for You: Investigating LGBTQ Cold Cases was presented both in person and via Zoom on June 5 at 12:15-1:30 PM EDT. We discussed the alarming statistics of the rate of fatal violence of LGBTQIA+ people and what people can do to help get our cases solved. Thank you to the Springfield Museums!

7 June:

We weren't able to participate in Franklin County Pride this year, but Greenfield Gardens Cinema hosted the Come Again Players for a shadow cast performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show to benefit Franklin County Pride and we were able to attend.  Fun fact: Dr. Redgrave was a member of the Come Again Players in 2006-2007! Thanks again to Greenfield Gardens to letting us put out Trans Doe Task Force flyers as they have in previous years.

14 June:

Trans Doe Task Force is excited to be included in the Boston Pride for the People parade on Saturday, June 14! We won't have a table at the festival, so wave at us when we drive by.

19 June (Juneteenth):

On June 19th, 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. 

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21 June:

Last day to enter to win two tickets to the invite-only launch party on July 13 of the new podcast Credible Threat. Funds raised at the event will benefit Trans Doe Task Force (thank you!) and Tending the Garden. Details below via @Lookieboo of @brokencyclemedia on Instagram:

23 June:

The documentary to which we contributed research, I'm Your Venus, about the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, is set to be released on Netflix on June 23rd. The IMDB page for the film will have links when it is available to watch. Thank you again to the production team, investigators and family for giving us the opportunity to assist!

How can you help the Trans Doe Task Force during Pride season?

Donate to the Trans Doe Task Force

You can donate directly to TDTF using the button below.  Trans Doe Task Force, Inc. is a 510(c)3 tax-exempt organization and all direct donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Threadless Shop

You can buy Trans Doe Task Force shirts, accessories and home items via our Threadless shop. We have added two new designs since last year. Proceeds for all sales benefit the Trans Doe Task Force.

Spread the Word

You can help raise awareness by printing and sharing our flyers at your local Pride events or community centers. 

Report Cases

If you are a loved one of someone who is missing and is a member of the LGBTQ+ community, you can report their case to us directly via this form.

If you are aware of the case of an unidentified person who may have been a member of the LGBTQ+ community, you can report this case to us via this form.

If you are an investigator and you are working a case of an individual who may have been LGBTQ+, please email us to discuss how we might be able to assist!

Have a safe Pride season!