All posts tagged "murders"
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Puerto Rican activists urge investigation of suspicious LGBTQ deaths
Puerto Rico Para Tod@s also criticized police for failing to identify victims as LGBTQ
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News outlets misgendered almost 2 out of every 3 transgender murder victims in 2020
18 of 23 misgendered victims were incorrectly identified in official police reports
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Human Rights Campaign issues report on anti-trans violence as U.S. deaths reach record high
Report's release coincides with Transgender Day of Remembrance and new FBI data showing rise in anti-trans hate crimes
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2020 is the deadliest year on record for transgender Americans
32 transgender or gender-nonconforming people have been killed violently, surpassing previous high in 2017
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LGBTQ activists don’t want death penalty for men charged in dual murder of trans women in Puerto Rico
Suspects face federal carjacking and weapons charges in relation to the women's murders
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A third transgender woman has been killed in Puerto Rico over the past two weeks
Local activist says the island's epidemic of anti-LGBTQ violence is being fueled by societal acceptance of homophobia
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Bodies of two transgender women found inside charred car in Puerto Rico
LGBTQ activists are demanding a thorough investigation into the murders of Layla Peláez and Serena Angelique Velázquez
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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...
