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# 39th trans person murdered in the US
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/39th-trans-person-murdered-in-the-us/
- Published: 2021-10-14T11:12:39.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-14T10:24:18.000Z
- Description: Mel Robert Groves, a 25-year-old Black trans man, is the 39th trans or gender non-conforming person to have been killed in the US this year.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Black trans lives matter, LGBTQ, Mississippi, Trans Rights, transphobia, US

Mel Robert Groves, a 25-year-old Black trans man, is the 39th trans or gender non-conforming person to have been killed in the US this year after being fatally shot in Jackson, Mississippi on Monday. According to American news outlet, [*WLBT*](https://www.wlbt.com/2021/10/11/25-year-old-shows-up-hospital-with-gunshot-wound-dies/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), Groves arrived at Merit Health Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds but later succumbed to his injuries. Police have yet to identify any suspects or motives.

LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation, [TKO Alabama](https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-ARaFLcQ0/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), criticised media sources for misgendering Groves after his death, asking its followers to *“contact Mississippi media outlets and demand that they stop misgendering him.”* Although little is known about the circumstances surrounding his death, Groves was a farmer and plant-soil scientist who had been working on completing his degree, with family describing him as *“brilliant”*.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/end-trans-violence-trans-respect-600-400.jpg)

As the high rates of violence against the trans community continue, activists are fearful that 2021 will be even more deadly than [2020](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/44-trans-people-killed-in-the-us-in-2020/), which saw 44 trans and gender non-conforming people murdered in the US. A total of 350 trans/gender non-conforming people were killed globally last year, the majority of whom were Black trans people.