lead story - Man arrested in murder of Dallas trans woman, 2 others

AP
USA Today

Kendrell Lavar Lyles

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ezs note:  BUSTED.

Oklahoma - White Supremacist Gets Life Sentence for Black Trans Woman's Murder

Trudy Ring
Advocate

Oklahoma City, OK

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lead story - Man pleads guilty to 2017 murder of OKC transgender woman

Nuria Martinez-Keel
newsok

Norman, OK

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lead story - Inside Monica Roberts’ Mission to Identify Transgender Murder Victims

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Louisville, KY

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

Reuters
The Straits Times

Klang, Malaysia

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lead story - ‘We Have Targets on Our Backs’: How Jacksonville Became America’s Transgender Murder Capital

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

Jacksonville, FL

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Suspect named in murder of San Francisco transgender activist 'Bubbles'

Dion Lim
ABC 7

Anthony "Bubbles" Torres

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ezs note:  San Francisco area - if you see Hieu Trung Nguyen, DO NOT attempt to subdue him, rather call the San Francisco Police Department at 415-575-4444.  Be a real hero.

Third suspect charged with murder of man who was found dead in a toolbox

Press
WDRB

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Trinidad and Tobago - Grief over murder of transgender woman

Ryan Hamilton
Newsday

Keon Alister Patterson

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Transgender community to hold vigil in Portland, Bangor

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centralmaine.com

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Iowa jury returns guilty verdict in gender-identity murder case

Reuters staff
Reuters

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Charlotte police release shocking details about the murder of transgender woman

Bil Browning
LGBTQ Nation

Derricka Banner

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Sailor pleads guilty to transgender woman's brutal murder

Press
WLOX

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Retrial starts in murder of Md. transgender woman

Neal Augenstein
WTOP

Zella Ziona

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Senate Approves Gay Panic Defense Ban

Daisy Contreras
NPR Illinois

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Kidnapping, Torture, Murder: Refugees Speak of Chechnya’s Anti-Gay Purge

Mary Emily O'Hara and Daniel Medina
NBC News

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A horrific murder has awakened Brazil’s transgender community

Marina Lopes
The Washington Post

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Transgender woman charged with murder over injection death of transgender teenager (UK)

Mark Piggott
International Business Times

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ezs note:  Please don't give your hard-earned money to these fraudulent tricksters!!!  The least that could happen is permanent disfigurement.  The worst?  Look at Symone - and say goodbye.  Forever.

Suspect in death of transgender woman charged with murder

Press
The Daily Republic

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ezs note:  It's always terribly tragic when a transgender person is assaulted or murdered, but at least in this case the alleged murder is in jail.  Rest in peace, Jamie Lee.

Mississippi murder of trans teen makes history in federal courts

Margaret Baker
SunHerald

JUSTICE.

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