Remembering Girlalala and Confronting the Violence Our Community Faces
Royal Siblings, our hearts are heavy as we gather around a truth none of us should ever have to face. We lost one of our young Trans sisters on November 14, 2025, a vibrant 21 year old known to so many as Girlalala , whose life was taken in an act of domestic violence in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, she was allegedly shot and killed by her boyfriend, 25 year old Shanoyd Whyte Jr., after what authorities described as a verbal argument that turned physical inside his car. She was sitting in the front passenger seat when the shooting occurred. Whyte is currently being held in Broward County Jail on a first degree murder with a firearm charge.
Girlalala had built a powerful online presence, especially within rapper JT’s “Juvies” fan base. With more than 289,000 followers on TikTok, she showed up with humor, creativity, and joy, often rapping over JT’s tracks and uplifting people across timelines. After news of her passing, JT stepped forward to help cover funeral expenses and used her platform to call out the harmful jokes and dismissive attitudes that often surround domestic violence stories.
“NOTHING is funny about a (domestic) violence story,” JT wrote in a since expired Instagram story. She added that society does not take domestic violence within the LGBTQ+ community “serious,” and that even among Black cis women, “I see Black cis women telling their story for laughs too and we tune in like it’s a reality show… ITS NOT!”
Here’s the T so far
Royal Siblings, these are the confirmed facts gathered from official law enforcement updates and local reporting.
Location and Timeline
The Broward Sheriff’s Office reports that the incident occurred around 7 p.m. on Friday, November 14, 2025, near the 3300 block of NW 37th Street in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. Deputies arrived to find her in the front passenger seat of a vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds.
What Law Enforcement Found
Reports describe blood soaking through the passenger seat and pooling on the floorboard. Surveillance video from a nearby vehicle captured the suspect, Shanoyd Whyte Jr., exiting the car holding what appears to be a gun. Footage also shows him placing her back into the vehicle before the shooting took place.
Details About the Suspect
Whyte Jr., 25, is being held on a first degree murder with a firearm charge. Records indicate he previously played defensive line for Bethune Cookman University and had been in a relationship with Girlalala for several years.
Community Impact
Her death has reignited conversations about the reality of domestic violence in the Trans community and how often these stories are minimized or dismissed. Her life deserves dignity, truth, and collective remembrance.
A Global Moment of Truth
This tragedy happened just days before November 20, the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day dedicated to honoring the Trans lives stolen by violence worldwide. It is a day rooted in grief, in truth, in courage, and in the commitment to say their names, remember their humanity, and recognize the systems that allowed their deaths to happen.
Worldwide, at least hundreds of transgender and gender diverse people are murdered every year. In the United States alone, dozens of Trans and gender expansive people are killed annually. These numbers are likely much higher due to misgendering, under reporting, and erasure.
And we must say it clearly: The men who kill us are not always strangers. They are often men who love us, or once did, men who believe they can control us, hide us, silence us, or decide whether our lives matter. The stigma around loving a Trans person, the shame some men internalize about being connected to us, can become deadly.
A Message About the World We’re Living In
With the current administration’s anti Trans legislation and the louder, harsher rhetoric against our community, a dangerous message is sent into the world. When leaders treat Trans people as less than, others begin to believe they have permission to harm us. That message spreads globally, and it is costing lives.
If you care about the decency of humanity, please vote against any legislation that restricts our freedoms to exist, and against any policymaker who believes Trans people deserve fewer rights, fewer protections, or fewer opportunities. Every one of us deserves the same decency, respect, resources, and chance to thrive that any human experience is afforded.
Our lives are not debatable. Our safety is not optional. And our humanity should not be political.