The death of Skye Mockabee in Cleveland, Ohio, this past weekend may
be the latest in a string of homicides of transgender people in the
U.S.
"This is tragic, and it is unacceptable," Shelby Chestnut of the New York City Anti-Violence Project stated.
"Skye is the third Black transgender woman that we know of who was
killed in July 2016 alone, and so far this year, 16 transgender and
gender-nonconforming people that we know of have been killed."
Mockabee, 26, was found dead Saturday morning in a parking lot, and her family told Cleveland.com they believe she was killed because of her gender identity.
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