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Two transgender murders, one city: US fails to track new 'state of emergency'

Started by stephaniec, August 24, 2015, 03:01:11 PM

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August 24, 2015, 03:01:11 PM
Two transgender murders, one city: US fails to track new 'state of emergency'

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/24/two-transgender-murders-kansas-city

The Guardian/Zach Stafford in Kansas City, Missouri

Monday 24 August 2015 11.40 EDT

"It is Mexican tradition to amass red and white flowers at a funeral for a woman.

But there were no flowers on Saturday for Tamara Dominguez, the record 17th transgender person reported killed in the United States this year, because her brother planned the service. And her brother still refers to Dominguez as a man named Jesus – even after she was run over three times by a sport-utility vehicle in a church parking lot."

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