Attacks on Black transgender women are rising, advocacy groups say

  • June 13, 2021
Attacks on Black transgender women are rising, advocacy groups say

“Oh by the way,” Pierre, then 17, told his mom. “I’m going to live my life as a woman now.”

Houston was stunned, but she maintained her composure and tried to keep her eyes on the road.

A month after that, she was shot dead in the street. She was 23.

Booker’s slaying is part of a disturbing trend. Activists say deadly violence against transgender and gender-nonconforming people has risen in recent years, and many of the victims were transgender Black women.

Muhlaysia Booker, speaking at a press conference after she was attacked in 2019.
Booker was one of at least 27 transgender and nonconforming people killed in 2019 in the US, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Of…
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