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The Philippine Commission on Human Rights and the national police vow justice for the killing earlier this month of online personality Ebeng Mayor, a transgender man.

Ebeng Mayor (Photo from Transman Equality and Awareness Movement – Philippines) On May 21, transmasculine Ebeng Mayor was found dead with evidence of mutilation and rape after being reported missing for three days. In a separate incident, the body of trans woman Jhie Bangkiao was found naked in the middle of the cemetery in Alangalang, Leyte. Both members of the transgender community were found brutally murdered a few days after the commemoration of International Day Against Homophobia, Bipho...

A trans man in the Philippines named Ebeng Mayor was mutilated, raped and murdered in a horrific and disturbing hate crime.

PNP orders creation of task force to probe transmans death enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 22) — Philippine National Police chief PGen Guillermo Eleazar on Saturday said he has ordered the Quezon City police to form a special investigation task group that will handle the case of slain transgender man Ebeng Mayor. Mayors body was found in Quezon City after being missing for three days, the PNP said in a statement. Medical tests and autopsy have been condu...