Real News from the Real Transgender World |
Edition Date: April 18th, 2024 |
By: Matthew Rodriguez Columbus, Ohio police are investigating the death of 28-year-old Rae’Lynn Thomas, who was shot and killed by her mother’s ex-boyfriend, who lived with her family at the time, according to WBNS. Thomas’ mother, Renee Thomas, shared her daughter’s final words with local news: “Mom, please please don’t leave me. Mom, I’m dying,”…
By: Lana de Holanda Jones I wish I didn’t have to start my post like this, but there is no other way: About 57 transgender people were killed in Brazil in the first 26 days of 2016. These people weren’t victims of armed robbery or stray bullets — which are, unfortunately, commonplace causes of dead…
By: Zulfiqar Ali and Shashank Bengali A 23-year-old transgender activist died at a northern Pakistani hospital Wednesday after a shooting and delays in medical care that her friends blamed on discrimination in the South Asian country. Shot seven times in an altercation Sunday, the activist — who went by one name, Alisha — was brought to Lady Reading…
By: Cleis Abeni A 32-year-old transgender woman of color was shot and killed Wednesday at approximately 1:20 p.m. within the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, according to local news station KABC-TV. Officer Tony Im of the Los Angeles Police Department told the Los Angeles Times that the shooting took place in the 500 block…
By: Cleis Abeni Katrina Johnson moved her family from Chicago to Burlington, Iowa, to escape rising violence in the big city, reports the Des Moines Register. She settled in the small city of around 50,000 residents in a culturally diverse, low-income neighborhood called South Hills. Her family thrived. Then the unthinkable happened. On March 2, Burlington police discovered the…