Transgender Murders 2015 Statistics: 2 Killings In 24 Hours Seen As 'National Crisis' For LGBT Community In US
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IB Times/By Aaron Morrison on October 12 2015 11:11 AM EDT
"Transgender and other sexual identity bias murders are up this year in the U.S., but few national leaders have responded to a "state of emergency" declaration, activists say. Last week, a transgender woman and a cross-dressing African-American man were fatally shot within 24 hours of each other in major U.S. cities, according to several media reports."