LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — In this short video in ASL (American Sign Language) and English subtitles, Lexie (Courtney O’Donnell) addresses trans violence and need to take steps to stay alive. Watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexieCannes/videos/vb.1246261556/10214636494926494/?type=2&video_source=user_video_tab Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjdbAK9YBsUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq0TCFojssw… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Although I no longer actively track transgender murders, a visit to the Transgender Violence group page on Facebook indicates that the rate of trans murders since the start of the year appears to be… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A man arrested a few days after the murder of a Philadelphia trans woman just over a year ago has pleaded guilty. Raheam Felton was sentenced to 22 to 44 years for the murder… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A New York City judge sentenced James Dixon to 12 years in prison today for the murder of Islan Nettles in August 2013. Prior to the beginning of the trial, Justice Daniel P. Conviser… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The murderer of a trans woman killed in Edmonton, Alberta on November 2013 was recently sentenced to 8 years in prison. The judge accepted a plea bargain agreed upon by the defendant and the prosecutor…. Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS (Published previously in The Huffington Post) I did this for the first time four years ago. The 20-odd transgender deaths that passed my desk during 2012 were compiled into a post presenting the victims’ names… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A trans woman subject of a violent mob attack in Morocco barely escaped being added to the TDOR-2015 list when she found refuge at the last moment with a police officer who appeared to… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Transgender Europe, a trans human rights organization established in 2005, reports 1,731 world-wide transgender murders since Jan 1, 2008 through December 31, 2014. In 2009, the organization started the Trans Murder Monitoring project to… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The past week brought to our attention the death of two trans women. Contrary to reports on social media, one may not be a homicide. In Miami, Florida, Kristina Grant Infiniti, (aka Kristina Gomez… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The number of reported trans deaths of late is sobering. But is this an uptick in actual murders? Although stats point to two trans murders every three days worldwide, it is too early to… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The horrid streak of reported trans deaths since TDOR 2014 continues — especially targeted are trans women of color in the United States. The latest victim is Penny Proud (aka Penny Proud Johnson) of… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATED Feb. 7, 2015 — The suspected killer of Taja DeJesus has been found dead. From SF Weekly: “The suspect in the stabbing death of a transgender woman was found dead behind a warehouse… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — I wrote this for The Huffington Post. You can also read it on the HuffPost site here: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2014: A Reporter’s List | Courtney O’Donnell. I did this for the first time two years… Read More ›
LEXIS CANNES STATE OF TRANS — On the heels of the murder of Jennifer Laude by a U.S. Marine, comes word that another Filipina trans woman has been murdered. The latest victim is Mary Joy Añonuevo. She was found stabbed to… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Violence is a major part of the lives of most transgender people in the United States and elsewhere. But being able to point to evidence supporting it is something else entirely. In most cases,… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Update 4 – Dec. 2, 2015 — The murderer of Jennifer Laude convicted. Reuters: “A US Marine was found guilty of killing a transgender woman in the Philippines on Tuesday and sentenced to six… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Last week, a trans woman in Brazil died after she was was shot three times in the face by two men on a motorcycle as she walked down a busy street. According to Gay… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS – UPDATE Dec. 29, 2014: Arrest made in October murder of LA trans woman. From CBS Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Police Department said Monday that detectives with the Rampart Division have arrested one person… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — A suspect was arrested two days after a trans woman was shot to death near her home in Memphis, Tenn. on September 6, 2014. Police arrested Marshall Pegues and charged him with the murder… Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The body of a Turkish trans woman was found Friday buried in the vineyard of her boyfriend’s place of employ. Sevda Basar of Antep, Turkey apparently died from a gunshot wound to the chest…. Read More ›
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — After supposedly being held up at knife point and giving the men everything they wanted, a popular trans woman was stabbed to death in Belize City on Jan. 12th. One news account stated she… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Police found the body of a trans woman in an Edmonton, Alberta in a motel on Nov. 22, 2013. An autopsy revealed she died of blunt head trauma. Rosa (aka Rose, Dido) was Indonesian who… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — (UPDATE — Dec. 15, 2013. Cleveland newspaper writes editorial decrying the recent deaths of transgender women and urge the police to be more proactive. See Below.) Trans woman Brittany Stergis was found in her car… Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Transgender Russian lawyer Masha Bast has been mentioned a number of times in this space as she battles Russian President Vladimir Putin for transgender and LGBT rights in a country where trans rights are few…. Read More ›
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — A UK trans woman was found dead in her home in Worthing, a town along the south coast of England last week on the 19th. The victim was identified as Jacqueline Cowdrey, known to her… Read More ›
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