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DCTC Responds to Recent Violence in Our Community

Started by Shana A, August 28, 2009, 03:56:07 PM

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August 28, 2009, 03:56:07 PM
DCTC Responds to Recent Violence in Our Community

by dctranscoalition
August 28, 2009

http://dctranscoalition.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/dctc-responds-to-recent-violence-in-our-community/

Washington, DC – The DC Trans Coalition (DCTC) joins with our friends, family and community to mourn the loss of a 21-year-old transgender woman, Tyli'a "NaNa Boo" Mack, who was horrifically stabbed on the afternoon of August 26th, 2009. She died in the 200 block of Q Street in northwest Washington, DC, while a second transgender woman was rushed to Washington Hospital Center, where she remains in critical condition.

The incident took place close to the offices of Transgender Health Empowerment, Inc (THE) and reminds us that the lives, health and safety of transgender, transsexual and gender non-conforming people are under siege by hate and ignorance.  Attacks such as this one threaten our entire community.

DCTC also calls on the media and the Metropolitan Police Department to be more respectful of the lives and identities of these women and the broader trans community.
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