Jul 12, 2009 5:16 pm US/Eastern
NY To Use Hate Crimes Law In Transgender Case

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/prosecution.transgender.killing.2.1082535.html

It was no secret to friends and family that Lateisha Green was born a boy. She had been living and dressing mostly as a female since age 16.

On a Friday night last November, Green -- this time dressed as a man -- and her brother, Mark Cannon, went to a party. Several guests objected because they thought the two were gay. Several started yelling "profane and vulgar comments," police reports said.

As Green and Cannon were sitting in their car a few minutes later, one of the partygoers emerged from the house with a .22-caliber rifle. Without a word, police say, Dwight DeLee fired a shot. The bullet grazed Cannon's arm and with a deadly thud hit Green, 22, in the chest.