His Name is Jordan Cofer. Not Megan Betts.

From the Advocate.

[One of the first victims] of a mass shooter in Dayton, Ohio, was his sibling, a trans man named Jordan Cofer, according to the National Center for Transgender Equality and a report on the website Splinter.

Splinter writer Katelyn Burns concluded that Cofer was likely not targeted for his gender identity because he was not out to many, including his family. But Cofer, 22, used male pronouns and identified as trans, according to friends of his who spoke to Burns.

“Jordan was my closest friend,” an anonymous friend told Burns in a Twitter direct message. “He identified with he/him pronouns to people he trusted and knew would support him. Jordan was probably one of the sweetest people you would ever meet, a true saint, but he was also very scared constantly. He tried to give the best to everyone.”

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From Medium.com

Jordan was the youngest of the nine people murdered at Ned Peppers Bar in Dayton, Ohio. Jordan’s brother, Connor Betts, robbed him of the opportunity to be remembered as he lived. As he wrote on his Tumblr bio, he was a trans man with “a loving heart and way too much work to do.”

Today Jordan is incorrectly memorialized in countless news stories featuring high school prom photos taken from his mother’s Facebook page. Jordan, who was studying earth and environmental sciences and sang in the school chorus, had come out as transgender to just a handful of people. The only people he told were those that he could trust to support him.

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From Human Rights Campaign:

HRC is deeply saddened to learn that Jordan Cofer, a 22-year-old transgender man, was among the nine victims killed in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday.

Cofer, who is remembered by friends as “extremely bright” and “well-liked,” appears to have been out to a handful of close friends, including one who said in a message to Splinter News: “He identified with he/him pronouns to people he trusted and knew would support him. Jordan was probably one of the sweetest people you would ever meet, a true saint ... He tried to give the best to everyone.”

Tragically, Cofer’s death is the 14th known case in which violence took the life of a transgender person in 2019. Of the more than 140 known transgender victims of violence from 2013 to present, approximately two-thirds of those killed were victims of gun violence.

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Rest in Peace, Jordan Cofer.