Trans community ‘in crisis’

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Trans community 'in crisis'

By Phil Reese on September 15, 2011

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2011/09/15/trans-community-%E2%80%98in-crisis%E2%80%99/

A recent rash of shootings — and the mysterious death of a man dressed in women's clothes — has the transgender community on edge, with at least one activist describing the situation as a "crisis."

In the most recent incident, detectives with the D.C. police Homicide Branch have identified a man found dead early Saturday morning, Sept. 10, on the 2600 block of 11th Street, N.W. that investigators initially believed to be a transgender person.