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Trans mother Jessi Hart was discovered in a forest near Portland, marking the 43rd violent death of a trans person in the US so far this year

A 'deeply loved' Latina woman was 'tragically' killed in Seattle, Washington, making her the 41st trans person murdered in the US this year.

An 'ambitious, mesmerising' Black woman was brutally slain in Florida, making her the 40th trans person murdered in the US this year.

A 25-year-old Black trans man called Mel Groves died of multiple gunshot wounds in Mississippi on 11 October.

A Black trans woman called Kiér Laprí Kartier has been shot dead in Texas, the 38th such death in 2021 according to the Human Rights Campaign.

A 23-year-old trans man was fatally shot outside a dollar store in Lynchburg, Virginia. At around 5:55pm on Monday afternoon (12 June), police arrived at the Family Dollar at 2029 Fort Avenue to find Novaa Ru Watson suffering from “malicious wounds”. He was rushed to the Lynchburg General Hospital where he later died of his injuries, the Lynchburg Police Department said in a statement. Police officials confirmed to The News & Avenue that investigators are looking into whether the shootin...

Poe Black, a 'warrior' trans man who bravely fought for Two Spirit, Indigenous folk in Slab City, California, has been murdered. He was 21.

Thomas Hardin. (Facebook) Thomas Hardin, a 35-year-old trans woman, was murdered this month in a brutal killing spree across two US states. Hardin, described by those who knew her as an affable wisecracker, was killed at her home in York, South Carolina on 2 May. Local officials have not confirmed a cause of death, but witnesses say she was shot. It’s believed that she was killed by a man she had been romantically involved with, and who is also accused of shooting two other people that same d...

Sophie Vásquez (L) and Danny Henson, two trans women murdered on the very same day. (Facebook) Two trans women, Sophie Vásquez and Danny Henson, were slain on the very same day in the US. Vásquez, a Latinx 36-year-old, was fatally shot in her own apartment in Brookhaven, Georgia, on 4 May, according to Details of her death remain scarce at the time of writing, but the Brookhaven Police Department confirmed to community leaders that she was killed in the Gwinnett County suburb. “She was mis...

Black Transgender Woman Murdered In Florida, Suspect Remains At Large On 5/5/21 at 8:24 AM EDT Officers responded to Palmetto Park Apartments on West Avenue shortly after 8 a.m. on Saturday. The body of 49-year-old Kerry Washington was found behind one of the apartment buildings, a spokesperson for the Clearwater Police Department told Newsweek. In tributes on social media, family and friends spelled Washingtons name as Keri, who was also known as "Bobo." In a news release posted on Facebook o...