6th trans person killed in the US this year
Alexus ‘Kimmy Icon’ Braxton, a 45-year-old black trans woman, was killed in an apartment complex in Miami, Florida, on February 4.
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Trans woman found dead in Georgia
Kimberly Patricia Cope, a 40-year-old black trans woman, was found dead on Baxter Street in Athens, Georgia (US) on December 27 2020.
Trans woman killed on Christmas day
Courtney Eshay Key, a 25-year-old black trans woman, is the 43rd known trans person to have been killed in the US this year after she was shot dead in Chicago.
Skylar Heath is the 40th trans murder victim in the US
Skylar Heath, 20, is the 40th known trans person to have been murdered in the US this year after she was killed on November 4 in Miami.
39th trans person killed in the US
Chae’Meshia Simms, a black trans woman in her 30s, was found dead on November 23 in Richmond, Virginia.
‘No Place for Hate’ – new poem from Andreena Leeanne for National Hate Crime Awareness Week
Organisers of #NationalHCAW announce they have commissioned a new poem by Andreena Leeanne, No Place for Hate, for National Hate Crime Awareness Week, which takes place from Saturday, October 10 to Saturday, October 17.
Trans woman shot in Philadelphia
A black trans woman, Mia Green, 29, was fatally shot on Monday 28 September in Philadelphia, US by Abdullah lbn El-Amin Jaamia.