In a dark end to the month of June, a fourth trans woman of color has been found murdered in the U.S. — this time shot to death.
BY PARKER MARIE MOLLOY
JUNE 30 2014 4:21 PM ET
Last Thursday, Tiffany Edwards — a 28-year-old transgender woman of color — was found shot to death in Walnut Hills, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. Edwards' death marks the fourth trans woman of color murdered this month, and the fourth trans woman murdered in Ohio since January 2013.
According to Monica Roberts at TransGriot, Cincinnati Police are in search of Quamar Edwards, a suspect in Tiffany Edwards' murder. The suspect is 5'10", weighs 250 pounds, and has a last known address on the 1000 Block of Winfield Ave. in Cincinnati.
As is often the case, reporting of Edwards' murder featured a number of media missteps. Cincinnati's WKRC referred to Edwards by her former name, and called her "he." In only a slight improvement, the outlet's website has since removed all pronouns, leaving awkward sentences that begin, "The person found dead...," while the video retains the misgendering.
More:
http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/06/30/fourth-trans-woman-color-murdered-june
