By Jorge Rivas
At a Los Angeles protest on Tuesday,
Jennifer Thompson held a sign with a list of 20 names of “transgender
womyn killed in 2015.”
One speaker at the rally said there had been 19 murders. Another said 17 trans women have been killed this year.
The truth is that no one has an accurate
count of how many transgender people have been murdered this year. But
concerned advocates say they have an epidemic on their hands—one that
appears to be getting worse, and disproportionately affecting women of
color. Complicating their efforts to tackle the crisis, police and the
media face unique challenges in bringing justice for these victims and
their families.
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