My Answers to a Reporter about Transgender Murder

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My Answers to a Reporter about Transgender Murder
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I was recently contacted by a reporter. They wanted to ask me about the recent transgender murder in Houston. Here's my answers:

Q: The police said they were "working with the transgender community" in their investigation. Do you know how so? Is TFA working with police?

A: I spoke with HPD and raised a number of concerns about their use of victim identifiers. HPD claimed that the victim was male, self-identified as male, had legal identification as male and they would therefore continue to refer to the victim as male.