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Title: Trans-attracted Men, You Have a Duty to Speak up
Post by: stephaniec on August 15, 2015, 09:09:51 PM
Trans-attracted Men, You Have a Duty to Speak up

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jose-monzon/transattracted-men-you-ha_b_7992988.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

The Huffington Post/Posted:  08/15/2015 5:15 pm EDT

"Amber Monroe's body was found on August 8th after she was shot and killed. K.C. Haggard was brutally stabbed to death on July 23rd. India Clarke was beaten to death, three days prior. This past Monday, police in Dallas identified the body of Shade Schuler.

This year alone in the United States, thirteen trans women have been murdered, eleven of them were trans women of color. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs documented that 55% of anti-LGBTQ homicide victims last year were trans women, half were trans women of color."