civil rights - Transgender woman's death in SE Missouri under investigation

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sikeston, MO

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ezs note:  If you live in or near Sikeston, Missouri, and you witnessed the murder of Nina Pop, please contact the Sikeston (Miner) Police Department at 573-471-8568. Thanks.

lead story - 2 men detained for allegedly burning 2 transgender women to death in Puerto Rico

Christopher Brito
CBS News

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Washington (state) - Police make arrest in death of transgender teen in Washington state

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NBC26

Vancouver, WA

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lead story - Man sentenced to death for killing transgender cellmate

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Delano, CA

Kern Valley State Prison

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ezs note:  Personally, I don't believe in the death penalty.  However, I do believe that Mr. Crespo should stay in prison for a long, long, time.  Like, say, until the year 5000.

lead story - Boyfriend charged in death of 22-year-old transgender woman found in Houston parking lot

Julia Jacobo
ABC News

Houston, TX

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lead story - 'We are concerned': Dallas police chief says of second transgender woman's death in less than a month

Janelle Griffith
NBC News

Dallas, TX

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ezs note:  If you live in Dallas or the immediate area, and you have information on the murders of either Chynal Lindsey or Muhlaysia Booker, please call Dallas police at 214-671-3661.  Thanks. 

Brunei - Brunei’s death by stoning, anti-LGBTQ law sparks outrage, boycotts

Lucy Martirosyan
PRI

The Stoning Of An Adulteress

Abu'l Hassan Ghaffari (abt. 1853-1857)

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ezs note:  If you have any heart at all, you'll email http://www.bruneiembassy.org/contact-us.html and contact the Ambassador and send a polite but FIRM message.  If you have no heart, please pick one up on the way out.

lead story - Transgender Woman Shot To Death Near The D.C. Border Will Be Remembered At Candlelight Vigil

Rachel Kurzius
dcist

Fairmount Heights, MD

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ezs note:  If you have any information regarding the murder of Ashanti Carmon, please call 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).  Thanks.

lead story - Detroit pastor charged in death of transgender woman due in court

Brian Newlin
Click On Detroit

Detroit, MI

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New Mexico - Senators request reports in death of transgender migrant

Susan Montoya Bryan
Santa Fe New Mexican

Albuquerque, NM

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lead story - Death of transgender woman in Malaysia sparks fears of rising hate crime

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The Straits Times

Klang, Malaysia

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lead story - US senators request reports in death of transgender migrant

Susan Montoya Bryan
WIS News (NBC)

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lead story - Pistons' Reggie Bullock won't let transgender sister's death be in vain

Vince Ellis
Detroit Free Press

Reggie Bullock

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Wyoming - Two decades after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ community still battles hate violence

Julie Compton
NBC News

Laramie, WY

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Georgia (country) - 'No Consideration': Death Of Transgender Woman In Georgia Prompts Health-Care Outcry From Activists

Ron Synovitz
RFE/RL

Botanic Gardens of Tblisi

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Kansas - Kansas teen sentenced in death of transgender woman

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WKYT

Wichita, KS

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Honduras - Trans Woman Flees Death in Honduras, Asks Asylum at US Border

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teleSUR

Maya stela, Honduras

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lead story - In 'protest suicide,' lawyer famed for gay rights cases burns himself to death in New York

Michael Livingston, Steve Padilla
Los Angeles Times

Thích Quang Ðuc, earlier

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New Jersey - Transgender people may soon get new birth, death certificates | Feedback

Joan Quigley
nj.com

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Man Pleads Not Guilty to Charges in Transgender Teen's Death

AP
US News & World Report

Thayer, MO

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