Number 19: Trans Woman Killed Near Chicago in March

[stephaniec]

Number 19: Trans Woman Killed Near Chicago in March

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/08/26/number-19-trans-woman-killed-near-chicago-march

The Advocate/by Sunnivie Brydum   08/26/2015


"Keyshia Blige

The victim in a deadly shooting near Chicago in March has been identified as a transgender woman, bringing the total number of trans women reported killed in the U.S. this year to 19.

In the early morning hours of March 7, Keyshia Blige, a 33-year-old transgender woman, was driving a friend in her car through Aurora, Ill., "when several shots were fired," reports U.K. newspaper The Guardian."

[stephaniec]

The tragedy sadly continues.

[Devlyn]