New Orleans Sees Fifth Trans Woman of Color Murdered in U.S. in 2015

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New Orleans Sees Fifth Trans Woman of Color Murdered in U.S. in 2015

http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2015/02/10/new-orleans-sees-fifth-trans-woman-color-murdered-us-2015
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By Mitch Kellaway
February 10th, 2015

New Orleans trans advocates say they have been left stunned by the death of Penny Proud, one of their city's young, black trans residents, the latest casualty in the ongoing national trend of antitrans violence that has seen five trans women of color killed within the first five weeks of 2015.