civil rights - Bill killed in ongoing battle on transgender rights in SD

Sarah Mearhoff
Rapid City Journal

Rapid City, SD

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Alabama - Alabama woman becomes first trans person reported killed in 2019

Abbey Crain
ALcom

Hope Hull, AL

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ezs note:  If you have any information regarding the killing of Dana Martin, please contact the Montgomery police department at 334-625-2532.  Thanks.

lead story - HRC Mourns Tydi, a Black Transgender Woman Killed in Baltimore

Helen Parshall
HRC

Baltimore, MD

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ezs note:  If you live in or near the Baltimore area, and you saw anything regarding Tydi's murder, please call the Baltimore police department at 311.  Thanks.

Louisiana - HRC Mourns the Loss of Vontashia Bell, a Trans Woman Killed in Louisiana

Brian McBride
HRC

Shreveport, LA

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ezs note:  It's been about a month, but Vontashia Bell's murderer is still at large.  If you live in the greater Shreveport area, you can still be a hero.  Just call the police at 318-673-6955.  Thanks.

Texas - Relatives have vigil for 4 allegedly killed by border agent

Susan Montoya Bryan
New Jersey Herald

Auguste Rodin, Eve After The Fall

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civil rights - Laverne Cox & Angelica Ross React To Cardi B's Transphobic Meme Controversy: 'Black Trans Women Are Being Killed'

Patrick Crowley
Billboard

Cardi B

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lead story - Transgender in Pakistan Set on Fire, Killed by Four Men for Resisting Sexual Assault

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News18

Lahore, Pakistan

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lead story - Gathering will remember Kiwi Herring, black, transgender woman shot and killed by police

Nancy Fowler
KWMU

St. Louis, MO

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South Carolina - Family of SC transgender woman killed in Florida: 'We want everyone to be comfortable with who they are'

Tanita Gaither
wistv

Bishopville, SC

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ezs note:  As of this time, the suspect who killed Cathalina Christina James is still at large.  If you have any information, please call the Jacksonville, FL police at 904-630-6300.  Thanks.

lead story - Another Transgender Woman Killed in Pakistan

Saroop Ijaj
Human Rights Watch

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Transgender Woman Shot Dead in Motel Is 7th Killed in U.S. This Year, Rights Advocates Say

Christine Hauser
The New York Times

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Tonya Harvey Is 3rd Transgender Woman Killed in US in 2018

Monique Judge
The Root

Tonya Harvey (1983-2018)

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ezs note: Buffalo, NY area residents - please, if you have any information regarding the murder of Tonya Harvey, contact the Buffalo police at 716-851-4466.  Thanks. 

Illinois law bars 'gay panic' defense

Staff
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Illinois State Capitol (Springfield, IL)

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Transgender woman shot dead in brutal attack is the 27th to be killed this year (UK)

Josh Jackman
Pink News

Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson

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ezs note:  As of now, Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson's murder is still unsolved.  If you are in or near Oklahoma City, and you have any information, please call Oklahoma City police at 405-231-2121.  Thanks.

Transgender people are being killed at a record pace in U.S., advocacy groups say

AP
Los Angeles Times

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Candace Towns Is The 25th Transgender Person Killed In Deadliest Year Yet

Paula Rogo
Essence

Candace Towns (1987-2017)

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ezs note:  If you vote for no other reason today, vote for Candace's memory.

20 transgender people have been killed this year

Casey Quinlan
Think Progress

Derricka Banner
(1991-2017)

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Transgender activist shot and killed outside Tenderloin strip club

Michael Barba
San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco, Tenderloin district

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ezs note:  San Francisco residents (particularly those in the Tenderloin section) - if you have any information about the murder of Anthony Torres (Bubbles) please call the San Francisco Police Department at 929-9446.  Thanks. 

Transgender woman shot, killed in College Park

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FOX News

Troy "Tee Tee" Dangerfield

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ezs note:  If you know anything regarding the circumstances of the murder of Troy "Tee Tee" Dangerfield,  please call the College Park (Georgia) Police at 404-766-3618.  Thanks.

Ebony Morgan is the 15th transgender woman killed in the U.S. in 2017

Chauncey Alcorn
Mic

Ebony Morgan

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