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Title: Tyra Hunter Medical Transphobia Death 15th Anniversary
Post by: Shana A on August 09, 2010, 08:37:46 AM
Tyra Hunter Medical Transphobia Death 15th Anniversary
Filed by: Monica Roberts
August 8, 2010 11:30 AM

http://www.bilerico.com/2010/08/tyra_hunter_medical_transphobia_death_15th_anniver.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/08/tyra_hunter_medical_transphobia_death_15th_anniver.php)

Yesterday marked another sad anniversary.

It was the 15th anniversary of the death of Tyra Hunter on August 7, 1995 at the hands of Washington DC transphobes.

Transphobes who sadly held the titles of doctor, nurse and emergency medical technician.

While her mother Margie Hunter eventually won a multimillion dollar settlement for EMT Adrian Williams' reprehensible actions at the corner of 50th and C Streets in Southeast DC, I'd wager she'd be willing to give up every penny to have her child back.