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# 37th trans person killed in the US
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/37th-trans-person-killed-in-the-us/
- Published: 2020-11-23T14:14:47.000Z
- Updated: 2020-11-23T12:03:13.000Z
- Description: 39-year old Yunieski Carey Herrera, also known as Yuni Carey, is the 37th trans person to have been murdered in the US this year.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Florida, Human Rights Campaign, International Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR), Joe Biden, LGBTQ, Miami, Trans, Trans Rights

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39-year old **Yunieski Carey Herrera**, also known as Yuni Carey, is the 37th trans person to have been murdered in the **US** this year after she was stabbed in **Miami, Florida** on **Tuesday November 17**. The cuban-born trans woman, who was a model, salsa dancer and local activist, was [reportedly](https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/11/18/man-confesses-to-killing-beloved-transgender-woman-at-miami-condo-police-say/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) killed in an apartment complex by her partner, 27-year-old **Ygor Arrudasouza**. He called 911 and confessed to stabbing Herrera while under the influence of meth. He also had a history of violence and was arrested on battery charges earlier this year.

Arrudasouza has been arrested and told police officers he *“deserves the punishment that comes to him”.* **Tori Cooper**, the **Human Rights Campaign’s** (HRC) director of community engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative, said: *“The loss of any transgender or gender non-conforming person is a tragedy, and Yuni’s death is no exception. The fact that she was killed during Transgender Awareness Week only makes this loss hurt more…Yuni’s life was taken by a man who identified as her husband.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/yuni.jpg)

Herrera and Arrudasouza

She continued: *“If we cannot trust the people that we know, who can we trust? It’s critical that everyone — allies, friends, family, community organizers and elected officials — take action to end this violence and protect trans and gender non-conforming people. We must stop the stigma that the trans and gender non-conforming community so often faces. This violence must end.”*

2020 has been a record year for anti-trans violence in the US and on an international scale. President **Joe Biden**[ tweeted ](https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1329815608469368832?ref=scenemag.co.uk)on the **Trans Day of Remembrance,** describing the situation as ‘intolerable’ and saying: *“This Transgender Day of Remembrance, we honor their lives—and recommit to the work that remains to end this epidemic of violence.”* He also vowed to fight for the ‘safety and dignity’ of the US trans community.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/yuni-carey.jpg)