Showing posts with label Black. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black. Show all posts

21 October 2023

Black trans individuals killed in Milwaukee, DC, and Chicago

Matt Tracy

Gay City News


Chicago, IL (Navy Pier)

please press:  gaycitynews.com

ezs note:  Yeah, yeah, I know I've repeated it a hundred times, but if you see it, REPORT IT!!!

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15 April 2023

Ashley Burton, a Black Trans Hairstylist and Makeup Artist, Shot and Killed in Atlanta

Samantha Riedel

Them


Atlanta, GA

please press:  www.them.us

ezs note:  Atlanta and surrounding area - if you know anything regarding the murder of Ashley Burton, please call the Atlanta police at 404-658-6666.  Thanks.

14 April 2021

lead story - HRC Mourns Jaida Peterson, Black Transgender Woman Killed in North Carolina

Madeleine Roberts

HRC


Charlotte, NC


please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note:  Charlotte/Mecklenburg county (NC) - if you have any information regarding the murder of Jaida Peterson, please call the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department at 704-432-TIPS.  Thanks.

14 March 2021

lead story - HRC Mourns Diamond Kyree Sanders, Black Transgender Woman Killed in Cincinnati

Madeleine Roberts

HRC


Cincinnati, OH
Roebling suspension bridge


please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note:  Cincinnati, OH/Hamilton county residents - If you have any information regarding the murder of Diamond Kyree Sanders, please call the Cincinnati Police Department Homicide Unit at 531-352-3542.  Thanks.


13 January 2021

lead story - HRC Mourns Tyianna Alexander, Black Transgender Woman Killed in Chicago

Madeleine Roberts

HRC


Chicago, IL


please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note: Chicagoans -  it may be a coincidence, but two transgender women have been killed in less than a month.  Tyianna Alexander and Courtney "Eshay" Key were the victims.  If you have any information on the perpetrator(s), contact the Chicago police at 312-746-6000. Thanks.

21 August 2020

Donald Trump - ‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016

Nolan McCaskill
Politico


ezs note:  Aw, all we're doin' is havin' a little meetin'...


please press:  www.politico.com

To all my Black friends:  I urge you - really, really urge you - to do the following - if you have any doubts, register to vote.  And when the time comes around, VOTE. (And this goes for you allies, too.) 

01 July 2020

lead story - Black transgender woman shot dead in Dallas

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News


Dallas, TX


please press:  www.nbcnews.com

ezs note:  If you live in Dallas or the surrounding area, and have information about the murder of Merci Mack, please call the Dallas Police Department at 214-671-3986. Thanks.  

03 June 2020

lead story - A Black Trans Woman Named Iyanna Dior Was Beaten by a Mob In Minneapolis

E.J. Dickson
Rolling Stone


Minneapolis, MN


please press:  www.rollingstone.com

ezs note  While the murder of George Floyd is taking the lion's share of attention (and VERY deserving), Iyanna Dior's brutal attack deserves our attention too.   

30 May 2020

07 May 2020

civil rights - HRC Mourns Nina Pop, Black Trans Woman Killed in Missouri

Elliott Kozuch
HRC


Sikeston, MO
Harold E. Comstock (born in Sikeston)


please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note:  As before, this blog notes the murder of Nina Pop, except that this one has a photograph of her.  Please, take a second look.  If you recognize her and witnessed her murder, please call 573-471-8568. Thanks.     

07 September 2019

lead story - Second black transgender women believed to be violently killed in 2 days

Muri Assunção
New York Daily News


Clewiston, FL
(Hendry County)


please press:  www.nydailynews.com  

 ezs note: In such a sparsely county, two such murders are truly frightening.  If you know of either Keisha Whittaker or Bee Love's killings, please turn it over to the police.  Their number is 863-674-5600.  Above all, don't be a hero - I don't want to be writing a third statistic.  Thanks.