Guest Post: Murder underscores anti-transgender violence in D.C.
by: Autumn Sandeen
Thu Sep 17, 2009 at 08:30:00 AM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/13035/guest-post-post-murder-underscores-antitransgender-violence-in-dcThis piece is by Michael K. Lavers, the National News Director of EdgeWashington, and the blogger behind the Boy in Bushwick Blog. Crossposted from EdgeWashington. Used by permission.
As local police to investigate Tyli'a "Na Na Boo" Mack's murder, transgender activists and others in the District of Columbia continue to demand an end to anti-trans violence in the city.
Tyli'a 'Na Na' Bo' Mack's murder late last month highlighted the problem of anti-transgender violence in the District of Columbia. (Source:Metropolitan Police Department)An unknown assailant stabbed Mack to death and critically injured a friend on Q Street, NW, on Aug. 26. Mack's mother joined members of Transgender Health Empowerment, Helping Individual Prostitutes Survive, DC Councilmember David Catania [I-At Large,] Gays & Lesbians Opposing Violence co-chair Chris Farris, DC Center executive director David Mariner and more than 200 others at a vigil two days later at the spot where the two women were attacked.
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http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=96405
