Business News Trans Lives Matter candle to raise funds for Mermaids LGBTQ+ candle company Flaming Crap launches Trans Lives Matter candle to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20, with 50% of all profits donated to Mermaids charity By Graham Robson • 1 min read
General News Trans woman beaten and stabbed in Puerto Rico Puerto Rican trans woman Nicole López, 33, was hospitalised on Thursday 8 October after being beaten and stabbed in the latest incident of violence against the trans community on the island. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
Arts ‘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. By Graham Robson • 1 min read
General News Brazilian trans sex worker killed by client Brazilian trans woman Chiara Duarte, 27, was found dead in São Paulo on Wednesday 2 September. By Rachel Badham • 1 min read
General News Two trans women murdered in Mexico Leslie Rocha is the second known Mexican trans woman to have been murdered within the last week after she was killed in Cuidad Juarez. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read
General News Two men charged with attacking trans women Carlton Callaway and Davion Williams have been charged for committing a hate crime after a video of them attacking three trans women on August 17 in Los Angeles was made public. By Rachel Badham • 2 min read