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    Police Make Arrest in the Killing of Zoe Spears, Whose Death Marked the 10th of a Black Trans Woman This Year

    A Baltimore man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Zoe Spears, a 23-year-old whose death last month outside Washington, D.C., marked the 10th this year of a black transgender woman. The Prince George’s County, Md., police say Gerardo Thomas, 33, admits to having been armed and in the area…

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    Zoe Spears Becomes 10th Black Trans Woman Killed This Year

    Maryland police are investing the death of 23-year-old Zoe Spears, the 10th transgender woman to be killed in America this year—all of whom has been black. DCist reports that Spears was discovered on June 13 on the sidewalk in Fairmount Heights, Md., suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Her community…

  • The 9th Black Trans Woman Has Been Killed This Year
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    The 9th Black Trans Woman Has Been Killed This Year

    On Wednesday, the body of Chanel Scurlock—a transgender black woman—was discovered in a field in Lumberton, N.C. shortly after midnight. She was 23. The Advocate reports that the victim was identified by friends and activists after suffering an unspecified number of fatal gunshot wounds. Scurlock lived 20 miles away in neighboring Lumber Bridge and became…

  • Tonya Harvey Is 3rd Transgender Woman Killed in US in 2018

    A transgender woman in Buffalo, N.Y., was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon, and her death is being investigated as a hate crime. The Buffalo News reports that Tonya Harvey, 35, was shot around 5:30 p.m. on a dead-end street. She died at the scene. Police have not released any other information regarding the shooting. Harvey, who…

  • Required Reading: 10 Things You Need to Know About Consent

    I don’t know about you, but I’m mentally exhausted by the multitude of sexual assault stories surfacing over the last few months—as we should be. Some of the stories shared through the #MeToo movement have triggered a range of emotions and questions; some may have come off as “gray areas.” How do we actually know…

  • After Black Transgender Woman Is Killed in Oklahoma City, Police Are Still Searching for Answers

    Around 2:30 Monday morning, Oklahoma City police responded to a disturbance at a local motel. Upon arriving, they found the body of Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson, a 31-year-old black transgender woman. She had been murdered. As Oklahoma City’s KFOR-TV reports, police are still unsure what the killer or killers’ motives might have been and have made…