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Title: Transgender activist found dead in O.C. mourned as leader
Post by: Olivia P on July 02, 2014, 06:24:54 AM
ADOLFO FLORES,  June 23rd 2014

As mourners dropped different colored flowers on top of a transgender woman's coffin on Monday, her favorite song blared through a cellphone's tiny speakers.

Mexican pop singer Gloria Trevi's "Todos Me Miran" was Zoraida Reyes' go-to song whenever she sang karaoke at home, her mother said. The single, translated as "Everyone Looks at Me," became a gay anthem for its lyrics about overcoming rejection.

More: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-family-and-friends-remember-transgender-activist-found-dead-in-oc-20140623-story.html
Title: Re: Transgender activist found dead in O.C. mourned as leader
Post by: JessicaN on October 11, 2014, 02:50:26 AM
An update because it appears they caught the guy.

A news story:http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-transgender-activist-slaying-20141008-story.html (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-transgender-activist-slaying-20141008-story.html)

And the DA's press release: Warning with this one because they gender her based on her legal ID
http://www.orangecountyda.com/home/index.asp?page=8&recordid=4160&returnurl=index.asp%3Fpage%3D8 (http://www.orangecountyda.com/home/index.asp?page=8&recordid=4160&returnurl=index.asp%3Fpage%3D8)