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Title: Sao Paulo Hero Beaten to Death For Defending Trans Woman
Post by: stephaniec on December 28, 2016, 07:30:27 PM
Sao Paulo Hero Beaten to Death For Defending Trans Woman

http://planettransgender.com/sao-paulo-hero-beaten-too-death-for-defending-trans-woman/

Planet Transgender/Added by Kelli Busey on December 28, 2016.

"Sao Paulo Brazil Street vendor Luiz Carlos Ruas, 54, died Sunday evening after coming to the defense of two transgender women. Witnesses say Luiz Carlos Ruas came to the aid of a transgender women who was being attacked by two men outside of a Sao Paulo Subway station Sunday night."
Title: Re: Sao Paulo Hero Beaten to Death For Defending Trans Woman
Post by: zamber74 on December 28, 2016, 07:37:24 PM
This makes me want to cry :(  Wth is wrong with people?
Title: Re: Sao Paulo Hero Beaten to Death For Defending Trans Woman
Post by: Michelle_P on December 28, 2016, 08:04:58 PM
The two men were part of a gang noted for killing transgender persons.  At the Day of Rememberence event here I noted the high numbers of deaths in Brazil, far more than even in the United States.


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Title: Re: Sao Paulo Hero Beaten to Death For Defending Trans Woman
Post by: Amanda_Combs on December 28, 2016, 09:57:44 PM
God bless him!  Truly a hero; he deserved much better than to die in that way.  This is so heartbreaking and I can only hope that I would have the immense courage to do the same.
Title: Re: Sao Paulo Hero Beaten to Death For Defending Trans Woman
Post by: Raell on December 29, 2016, 03:19:54 AM
Horrible!