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According to the Human Rights Campaign, 2017 was the deadliest year to date for the transgender community with 28 recorded deaths[1]. Women of color, specifically Black women, are disproportionately affected by such violence.

2018

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  • Tonya Harvey, 35, is the third known transgender person to be murdered in 2018. Harvey was shot to death shortly before 5:30 pm in Buffalo, New York.[2]
  • Celine Walker, 36, was shot to death in Jacksonville, Florida on February 4, 2018.  Sources claim that Walker's body was found with fatal gunshot wounds in an Extended Stay America hotel at about 8 p.m. and pronounced dead at the scene. Additionally, Walker's family and friends publicly shared their disgust toward Jacksonville Sheriff's Department and the Florida Sun Times-Union misgendering her.[3]
  • Phylicia Mitchell, 45, was shot in the chest around 6 p.m. outside her home on West 112th Street near Detroit Avenue, in the Cleveland's Edgewater neighborhood. February 23, 2018. [4]
  • Amia Tyrae Berryman, 28, suffered multiple fatal gunshot wounds outside of a motel in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana on March 26, 2018. [5]
  • Sasha Wall, 29, is the eighth known transgender person to be murdered in 2018. Her body was found with multiple gunshot wounds and slumped over her car's steering wheel on Sunday, April 1, 2018.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Campaign, Human Rights. "Violence Against the Transgender Community in 2018 | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  2. ^ Campaign, Human Rights. "HRC Mourns Tonya Harvey, a Transgender Woman Murdered in New York | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. ^ Campaign, Human Rights. "HRC Mourns Loss of Celine Walker, Trans Woman Murdered in Florida | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  4. ^ Campaign, Human Rights. "HRC Mourns Phylicia Mitchell, a Trans Woman Murdered in Ohio | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  5. ^ Campaign, Human Rights. "HRC Mourns Amia Tyrae Berryman, a Trans Woman Killed in LA | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  6. ^ Campaign, Human Rights. "HRC Mourns Sasha Wall | Human Rights Campaign". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
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