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Global: A Transgender person is being murdered every 29 hours. Can you stop killing us for just one week?

Photo Cooper Holland, event creator
Photo Cooper Holland, event creator
Photo: Cooper Holland, event creator

Another trans woman was murdered before I could publish. R.I.P. Sumaya Ysl

A trans woman is slain every 29 hours yet we make up less than 1% of the world’s population. TransGendercide is taking place. Certain segments of society have declared war on us and we are dying at a rate that endangers the existence of our very community.

Almost every day of 2015, the transgender community worldwide wakes to news of yet another trans woman slain. It’s become nearly unbearable for everyone and has taken a severe toll on transgender journalists.

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