Hate protections needed here
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081027/OPINION02/810270370 (http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20081027/OPINION02/810270370)
10/27/2008
Just this August, Nakhia Williams, an African-American transgender woman was shot outside of her Louisville apartment and left by a dumpster. Like Matthew, Nakhia died a few days later. But unlike Matthew, media have barely touched on this tragedy. Ten years after national attention was drawn to anti-gay hate crimes, it is a travesty that Kentucky remains without hate crimes laws that cover gender identity.