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Erykah Tijerina, Trans Latina, Becomes the Latest Killed in the Plague of Anti-Trans Murders This Year

After we learned about three trans women, all of them Black, being murdered in July, the number of trans people reported murdered in the US this year became 17, now with Tijerina, it’s 18.

By Mey| August 10, 2016 | 5 Comments
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Skye Mockabee Is At Least the Third Black Trans Woman Murdered In July, 17th Trans Person This Year

“Not even a week after I reported that Dee Whigham became at least the 16th trans person murdered in the United States this year alone, I’m devastated to have to report the murder of another much-too-young Black trans woman, Skye Mockabee of Cleveland, Ohio.”

By Mey| August 1, 2016 | 30 Comments
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Dee Whigham, Black Trans Woman, Becomes At Least The 16th Trans Person Murdered in 2016

At this point last year, we knew about fifteen trans women who had been murdered, which means that despite all the “progress” that trans people have been making in the media, in courthouses and in the halls of congress, trans people are being murdered at the same rate.

By Mey| July 25, 2016 | 11 Comments
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Shante Thompson Becomes 8th Trans Person Murdered in US So Far This Year

Shante Thompson, a Houston native and Black trans woman, was shot along with a man named Willie Sims late last night and was pronounced dead at the scene.

By Mey| April 11, 2016 | 6 Comments
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Kitty Genovese’s Murder: Everything You Know About The “38 Bystanders” Is Wrong

The alleged behavior of witnesses to the 1963 murder of Kitty Genovese, a lesbian barmaid who lived in Queens with her girlfriend, inspired the concept of “the bystander effect.” The only problem is that the story of the 38 apathetic bystanders isn’t even remotely true.

By Riese| April 4, 2016 | 26 Comments
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