Cable News Largely Ignores Spike In Murders Of Transgender Women Of Color
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/08/25/cable-news-largely-ignores-spike-in-murders-of/205128
MediaMatters/Blog ››› 08/25/2015 ››› CARLOS MAZA
"A disturbing spike in the number of documented murders of transgender women of color has garnered attention from national media outlets, but cable news networks continue to ignore the epidemic of violence facing the transgender community.
2015 has seen a disturbing spike in the number of recorded murders of transgender people, and especially transgender women of color, in the U.S. Though the trans community has historically been disproportionately targeted by violence, the murders of seven trans women of color in just the first two months of 2015 alarmed groups like the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, which warned of an "epidemic of violence" against trans women."