37th trans person killed in the US
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.
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Two thirds of US trans murder victims misgendered by the media in 2020
A recent analysis by Media Matters for America found two thirds of transgender and gender diverse murder victims were misgendered or deadnamed by the police and/or US media outlets in 2020.
Philadelphia man arrested for killing trans woman in June
Akhenaton Jones, a 36-year-old male, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a transgender woman in Philadelphia last June.
Report shows 350 trans people have been killed in 2020
A new report from Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide (TvT), published in the run up to Trans Day of Remembrance, says 350 trans people have been killed so far this year.
Nevada becomes first state to remove same-sex marriage ban from its constitution
Nevada has become the first US state to remove a same-sex marriage ban from its state constitution after over two-thirds voted to amend a clause which defined marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
34th trans person killed in the US
Angel Haynes, a 25-year-old black trans woman, is the 34th trans person to have been killed in the US this year after she was shot in a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
33rd trans person killed in the US
Sara Blackwood is the 33rd trans person to have been killed in the US this year after she was shot in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday 11 October.