All posts tagged "murders"
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Norton questions D.C. U.S. Attorney’s record of prosecuting LGBTQ hate crimes
Letter comes in response to LGBTQ community concerns about holding hate-crime perpetrators accountable
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D.C. activists protest lack of justice for transgender victims of crime
Several dozen transgender activists and their allies demonstrated outside the H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse, which houses D.C. Superior Court, to protest what they say is...
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ProPublica: Misgendering transgender crime victims can impede investigations and delay justice
Investigation finds that many police departments identify victims based either on their ID or their sex assigned at birth
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Celebrities appear in music video calling for end to anti-LGBTQ violence in Brazil
In recent years, Brazil has become a more inhospitable place for LGBTQ people to live
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Petition started after iHeartRadio guest jokes about killing transwomen
The Breakfast Club hosts defend their response to Lil Duval's comment that he'd kill a woman he was dating if she was transgender
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Amnesty International calls for greater transgender protections in the Dominican Republic
Following the killing of the 38th transgender woman in the Dominican Republic since 2006, Amnesty International is calling on authorities to take more substantive steps...
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United Nations calls for probe into violence against trans women in El Salvador
The United Nations is calling for an investigation into ongoing violence aimed against transgender women in El Salvador. According to the Geneva-based Office of the U.N. High Commissioner...
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Two transgender women killed in New Orleans
Two transgender women were killed within 48 hours of one another this past week in New Orleans, according to WDSU. Their deaths brought the total...
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Hundreds protest murder of trans activist in Istanbul
The body of Turkish LGBT activist Hande Kader was found mutilated and burned earlier this month
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Trans woman attacked with hammer in Queens
Police are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime, given what the assailant yelled at the victim
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Black Lives Matter’s Trans Liberation Tuesday stops traffic
Dozens of demonstrators attending a Black Lives Matter “Trans Liberation Tuesday” protest in D.C.’s Franklin Square blocked traffic in the middle of a busy downtown intersection...
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Transgender Targets: Trans murder rates are out of control
The number of trans women killed in 2015 has already exceeded that of the previous year
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LGBT activists to hold Calif. rally against anti-trans violence
As the number of murders of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals continues to rise throughout the summer, national organizations and their California-based partners are rallying...
