UPDATE- Annual march for transgender victims follows another death

[SandraJane]

Annual march for transgender victims follows another death


November 20, 2011 |  8:21 am

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/transgender-day-remembrance-shooting-hollywood.html





As police investigate the shooting death of one transgender person Thursday night and shots fired at another soon afterward, West Hollywood is preparing to observe the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance with a march Sunday.

The West Hollywood march starts at 1:30 p.m. at Plummer Park at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard, and ends at Matthew Shepard Triangle at Santa Monica and Crescent Heights boulevards, where a program with a reading of names is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Authorities have not labeled the recent shootings hate crimes but have said they believe the same person was responsible for shooting to death a transgender woman in Hollywood and shooting at another in West Hollywood on Thursday night.

[SandraJane]

Remembering transgender murder victims


by WeHo News staff, West Hollywood, California  |  Vol. 7 Issue 24 | 11/21/2011

http://wehonews.com/z/wehonews/archive/page.php?articleID=6672



West Hollywood's Transgender Day of Remembrance saw a huge turnout of transgenders and allies honoring their sisters and brethren killed due to transphobia. Photo by WeHo News.


West Hollywood's Transgender Advisory Board led the community in honoring transgenders around the world who lost their lives to transphobes. Photo by WeHo News. Pictured are (not in order): Drian Juarez, CoCo LaChine, Karina Samala, Erika De La Cruz, Mariana Marroquin, Karla Ferreira, Carmen Hinayan, Carolyn Weiss and Jaye Johnson.  Click for larger image.



The West Hollywood Transgender Advisory Board (TAB), the only official government agency in the country designed to address the needs of transgenders, held its annual Day of Remembrance Sunday, just three days after the Hollywood killing of Cassidy Nathan Vickers and the assault on another TG woman in WeHo.

[SandraJane]

West Hollywood: Suspect in transgender murder may target transgender women as victims


Monday, November 21st, 2011

http://lgbtweekly.com/2011/11/21/west-hollywood-suspect-in-transgender-murder-may-target-transgender-women-as-victims/


Vickers, pictured left, and suspect sketch. // PHOTO: KTLA

Police say the man suspected of shooting a transgender woman Thursday in Hollywood may have also been the same man who robbed and shot fire toward another transgender victim in West Hollywood just 45 minutes after the heinous murder.

Cassidy Nathan Vickers
32, died Thursday from gunshot wounds before police arrived on scene. She was found on the corner of Lexington Avenue and Gower Street according to Los Angeles Police Department, Officer Cleon Joseph.

[SandraJane]

Memorial Planned for Transgender Woman Killed in Hollywood

A memorial for Nathan "Cassidy" Vickers will be held Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Gower Street.

    By Lindsey Baguio | December 14, 2011

http://westhollywood.patch.com/articles/memorial-planned-for-transgender-woman-killed-in-hollywood-3f7ae0bd




Family, friends and transgender rights advocates are organizing a memorial for a 32-year-old transgender woman who was killed on Nov. 17 in Hollywood.

The memorial for Nathan Henry Vickers, who went by the name of Cassidy, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Lexington Avenue and Gower Street, the location where she was pronounced dead.

Detectives believe Vickers was standing in the area when a gunman walked up to the victim and shot her, according to an LAPD news release.