Who Was Marilyn Monroe Cazares?
Content Warning: Trans Violence, Trans Murder Marilyn Monroe Cazares was a 22-year-old homeless trans woman was found dead with stab marks on July 15 in Brawley, California. Her death is currently being investigated as a homicide and her family believes the incident was a hate crime. Brawley police and firefighters found Marilyn’s body outside of […]
A Trans Woman of Color Died After She Was Forced to Work With Covid
A memorial for Gómez outside of the Burger King where she worked. Employees at the Pico Blvd. Burger King in Santa Monica, California went on strike this week after Angela Martinez Gómez, a transgender woman, died from COVID-19. Management refused to let her leave work even after she showed numerous symptoms and her employers later […]
Three Black Trans Women Were Murdered And One Went Missing Over July Fourth Weekend
This July Fourth weekend, three Black Trans women were murdered and one went missing. Draya McCarty and Shaki Peters, two Black trans women, were found dead near Baton Rouge in what appeared to be two separate incidents. A third woman, Bree Black, was found shot to death on Pompano Beach in Florida. Meanwhile, Dawn Manson […]
The Trump Administration Moved to Repeal Transgender Protections in Homeless Shelters
On Wednesday, Secretary Ben Carson partnered with the Trump administration to repeal the Equal Access Rule protections for trans people, which was established in 2012. The final rule, registered in 2016, ensured “equal access for individuals in accordance with their gender identity in programs and shelter funded under programs administered by HUD’s Office of Community […]
Who is Merci Mack?
Merci Mack was a 22-year-old Black transgender woman who was found fatally shot in Dallas on June 30th and became the seventeenth trans person killed in the United States in 2020. Mack was also the fourth Black transgender woman to be murdered during Pride month. on april 9th, #MerciMack posted this picture on facebook to […]
Who is Tatiana Hall?
This is a developing story. This post will be updated as more information becomes available. Tatiana Hall was one of the three Black trans women murdered in the past week, along with Brayla Stone and Merci Mack. Very little has been reported on the murder of the 21-year-old from Irvington, New Jersey, but posts of […]
