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Title: WATCH: Protesters March Against Murders of Trans Women
Post by: stephaniec on August 19, 2015, 09:11:28 PM
WATCH: Protesters March Against Murders of Trans Women

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/08/19/watch-protesters-march-against-murders-trans-women

The Advocate/BY Dawn Ennis August 19 2015 3:41 PM ET 


"Transgender community leaders and LGBTQ activists held a rally protesting violence against transgender and gender-nonconforming people Tuesday in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of east Los Angeles.

Members of the National LGBTQ Task Force, the TransLatin@ Coalition, FAMILIA: Trans and Queer Liberation Movement, the Royal Court of Los Angeles, among other groups, took part. Trans activist Jennicet Guitierrez was also on hand ."
Title: Re: WATCH: Protesters March Against Murders of Trans Women
Post by: Christy82 on August 19, 2015, 10:46:59 PM
I wish that I could have been there and marched with them.  It saddens my heart to see a Trans person make the news because of a death.  I wish that the world would just move on and let us be.  I mean, we are people too.  We should not have to worry about who awaits us at the next alley or corner.