Horror: Black trans drag queen Quanesha Shantel fatally shot
Her former boyfriend is charged with first-degree murder.
November 20 2024 3:45 PM
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Kiki Fantroy Is 13th Black Trans Woman Reportedly Murdered in 2019
She is the 11th to die from gun violence.
August 05 2019 10:05 AM
Bullies Shoot 11-Year-Old Trans Girl in Premeditated Attack
"Even though G was not physically injured, she was clearly traumatized by what happened."
February 07 2017 10:54 AM
Chelsea Manning and Other Trans Prisoners Face Exceptional Cruelty in Jail—Will Obama Do Anything?
When sentenced to prison, trans women find themselves housed in facilities that misgender them and make them extraordinarily vulnerable to physical and sexual assault.
December 08 2016 9:32 AM
Trans Woman Allegedly Raped at Stonewall Inn
NYPD has since released a photo of the suspect and is sure he will be apprehended.
March 29 2016 8:00 AM
White House Petition Calls For Investigation Into Rising Trans Murders
16 trans people have been killed so far this year.
August 17 2015 1:01 PM
Horrific hit-and-run kills Black trans woman Honee Walker
Walker has been deadnamed and misgendered in local reporting.
October 08 2024 12:39 PM
Over 600,000 Demand Answers in Death of Tete Gulley, Black Trans Woman
Questions remain a year after Black transgender woman Tete Gulley's body was founding hanging from a tree in a Portland park. Police claim suicide, but the family was told Gulley was murdered and there's a video.
June 22 2020 7:34 AM
Zoe Spears Is the Fourth Black Trans Woman Found Dead This Pride Month
Her friend, Ashanti Carmon, was murdered nearly three months ago in the same area.
June 15 2019 9:10 AM
Mesha Caldwell of Mississippi May Be 2017’s First Transgender Victim of Homicide
Caldwell was a beloved member of the local LGBT community.
January 06 2017 12:40 PM
Breaking: Trans Woman Found Murdered in Chicago Park
She's the 20th transgender person killed in 2016.
September 12 2016 10:32 AM
Watch: The Daily Show Smartly Addresses Trans Rights and Panic
In light of recent anti-LGBT legislation, three Daily Show segments focused on educating the general public about transgender rights.
April 07 2016 11:35 AM
Philippines Court Finds US Marine Guilty of Killing Trans Woman
Rather than the more severe charge of murder, Joseph Pemberton was convicted of homicide for the 2014 killing of Jennifer Laude.
December 03 2015 7:58 AM
Selena Reyes-Hernandez, Trans Woman Violently Killed, Makes Number 17
The high school student who was arrested for the "super heinous crime," smirked through his court appearance.
June 18 2020 7:42 AM
Trans Woman Found Murdered in Chicago
This marks the 17th trans person murdered in 2018.
August 31 2018 9:56 AM
Light Sentence for Islan Nettles’s Killer Is ‘Not Really Justice,’ Says Trans Activists
“12 years? That’s how much our lives are worth?”
April 19 2016 10:52 AM
NYC Transgender Community to Rally at Trial for Death of Islan Nettles
"We want this case to send a message," says Jennifer Louise Lopez, executive director of Everything Transgender in NYC.
March 29 2016 12:30 PM
Laverne Cox Declares Transgender State of Emergency
"We in the transgender community right now are reeling."
August 20 2015 11:54 AM
Bravery Cut Short: Islan Nettles Taken Off Life Support
A 21-year-old trans woman is dead in a city that celebrates diversity.
August 23 2013 9:41 AM