Police in Pittsburgh have launched an investigation into the death of a woman who a local LGBTQ+ advocacy group has identified as 21-year-old Amarey Lej. Authorities told local TV station KDKA they responded to calls of a body lying in the street in the Wilkinsburg area of the city around 6 a.m. on January 1. The victim…
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🏳️⚧️ FLORIDA TRANS WOMAN BECOMES THE LATEST VICTIM FROM ANTI-TRANS VIOLENCE AS DEATH TOLL GROWS ⚧
Jenny De Leon, a homeless Latina trans woman, was found dead outside of a house in North Tampa less than two weeks ago. Police have declared her death a homicide, which would make her at least the 46th transgender or gender non-conforming person to fall victim to murder or a violent death in 2021. That…
MARQUIISHA LAWRENCE’S MURDER MAKES 2021 DEADLIEST YEAR FOR TRANS PEOPLE
Black transgender woman Marquiisha Lawrence, 28, was shot to death on November 4 in Greenville, South Carolina. She is one of at least 45 trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people known to have died by violence in the U.S. this year, which surpasses the record set last year of 44 deaths. Much more undoubtedly go unreported or misreported. Lawrence was…
🏳️⚧️ TRANS SECURITY GUARD JO ACKER DIES A HERO IN BOISE MALL SHOOTING 🦸
A transgender woman working as a security guard was killed when a gunman opened fire at the Boise Towne Square Mall in Idaho Monday, and her family members say she took actions that undoubtedly saved many lives there. Jo Acker, 26, confronted the shooter on the first floor of the mall near a department store,…
🤬 ATTACKERS DISFIGURED VICTIM’S PENIS THEN SET HIM ON FIRE 😡
An 18-year-old gay man is hospitalized in critical condition after three men ambushed him in a phony gay dating app hookup where they robbed him, disfigured his penis and set him on fire. The teen told police officials in Jamaica he had connected with a man on the app and agreed to meet him in…
🏳️⚧️ TRANS LATINA ZOELLA MARTINEZ KILLED IN SEATTLE; SUSPECT IN CUSTODY 😢
A suspect is due in court Thursday to face charges in the death of Seattle transgender woman Zoella Martinez, who was found fatally shot in an alley September 1. Martinez, 20, had gone the night before to meet Jacaree Rashad Hardy in an attempt to recover the $1,100 she believed he had fraudulently withdrawn from…
⚧ BLACK TRANS WOMAN ROYAL POETICAL STARZ KILLED IN FLORIDA 😢
Black transgender woman Royal Poetical Starz, 26, was shot to death October 2 in Miami Gardens, Fla. She is one of at least 40 trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people known to have died by violence in the U.S. this year, approaching 2020’s record total of 44. Many more deaths undoubtedly go unreported or misreported. Starz, who lived…
⚧ BLACK TRANS MAN MEL GROVES SHOT TO DEATH IN MISSISSIPPI 😢
Mel Groves, a 25-year-old Black transgender man, died Monday in Jackson, Miss., after having been shot multiple times. Groves drove himself to Merit Health Hospital in Jackson and collapsed while getting out of his vehicle, Jackson’s Clarion Ledger reports. He was transferred to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, where he died. The Jackson Police Department is…
⚧ KIÈR SOLOMON, TEXAN BLACK TRANS WOMAN, SHOT TO DEATH IN CAR 😢
Kièr Solomon, a 21-year-old Black transgender woman, was found fatally shot in her car at an apartment complex in Arlington, Texas, Thursday night, making her at least the 38th trans American to die by violence this year. Solomon, who was also known as Kiér Laprí Kartier, was in the driver’s seat with the door open…
GAY MAN DIES @ RIKERS WHILE HELD UNDER $1 BAIL; FAMILY SEEKS ANSWERS
The family of 24-year-old Esias “Izzy” Johnson is seeking answers after the gay man died at New York’s Rickers Island prison September 7. Johnson’s family says jail officials ignored his pleas for help. He’d spent a month trying to get out of jail on a $1 bail, according to Gay City News. Twelve people, including Johnson,…
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