from facebook: #saytheirnames

Thank you to the Orlando Sentinel for committing to publish a story about each of these beautiful human beings whose lives were brutally and deliberately cut short in an abhorrent act of violence, inhumanity, and anti-gay hatred; thank you for helping us remember that these people are our friends, our siblings, our children… they are, to be sure, us.

These are the names, faces, and stories I wish to remember.

Stanley Almodovar III
Age 23
Amanda Alvear
Age 25
Oscar Aracena
Age 26
Darryl R. Burt II
Age 29
Jonathan Camuy
Age 24
Angel Luis Candelario-Padro
Age 28
Omar Capo
Age 20
Simon Carrillo
Age 31
Cory James Connell
Age 21
Tevin Eugene Crosby
Age 25
Anthony Luis Laureano Disla
Age 25
Leroy Valentin Fernandez
Age 25
Mercedez Marisol Flores
Age 26
Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz
Age 22
Juan Ramon Guerrero
Age 22
Miguel Angel Honorato
Age 30
Javier Jorge-Reyes
Age 40
Jason Benjamin Josaphat
Age 19
Eddie Jamoldroy Justice
Age 30
Juan Chavez Martinez
Age 25
Kimberly Morris
Age 37
Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera
Age 36
Jean Carlos Mendez Perez
Age 35
Enrique L. Rios
Age 25
Gilberto Silva
Age 25
Edward Sotomayor Jr.
Age 34
Shane Evan Tomlinson
Age 33
Martin Benitez Torres
Age 33
Luis Vielma
Age 22
Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon
Age 37
Jerald Arthur Wright
Age 31
Deonka Deidra Drayton
Age 32
Alejandro Barrios Martinez
Age 21
Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez
Age 50
Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado
Age 35
Joel Rayon Paniagua
Age 32
Juan P. Rivera Velazquez
Age 37
Luis Daniel Conde
Age 39
Jean Carlos Nieves Rodriguez
Age 27
Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala
Age 33
Brenda Lee Marquez McCool
Age 49
Yilmary Rodriguez Sulivan
Age 24
Christopher Andrew Leinonen
Age 32
Frank Hernandez
Age 27
Paul Terrell Henry
Age 41
Antonio Davon
Age 29
Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz
Age 24

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