The family of Sam Nordquist expressed a range of emotion Thursday night in New York City as the transgender man's name was added to the National LGBTQ Plus wall of honor.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The family of Sam Nordquist expressed a range of emotion Thursday night in New York City as the transgender man’s name was added to the National LGBTQ Plus wall of honor.

Rebecca Mearns, a Geneva resident who has become close with the family in the months since Nordquist's death, decided to ...

The victim, Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man originally from Minnesota, was reported missing on Feb. 9. Police said he arrived in New York in September and had lost contact with loved ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Sam Nordquist, the transgender man from Minnesota who was tortured to death in Ontario County, was commemorated Thursday at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. RELATED: ...

New York — Sam Nordquist’s name will be added to the national LGBTQ+ wall of honor at the historic Stonewall Inn in New York City over the summer.

Nordquist, a 24-year-old man from Minnesota, traveled to the Canandaigua and Geneva area in search of love. Instead, police say he was held captive, tortured for a month, and ultimately killed.

That was all it took. Nordquist, a 24-year-old trans man from the outskirts of Minneapolis, flew to New York state to meet Arzuaga for the first time Sept. 28.