[Trigger warning applies to all links.]
I was checking out the news this morning, and I came across multiple stories of trans women being murdered. Ugh. The murder of trans women is the most horrifying version of business as usual, an actual meme in an actual world that owes trans people much, much more.
Thankfully, Helen and Lisa at Questioning Transphobia have already provided summaries and links. I don't have anything else to say :(
Two women murdered in Puerto Rico: QT, EdgeBoston
Victoria Carmen White of Newark, NJ murdered: QT, Baristanet
On a related note, Helen's posted a report of Trans Respect versus Transphobia's Murder Monitoring Project. The data are here. 93 trans people were killed in the first half of 2010. That's 93 murders in 181 days.
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