People gather to mourn the death of Ashanti Carmon, a 27-year old transgender woman who was shot multiple times on March 30. Rejected by her family for her identity as a transgender woman, she was homeless and desperate. At least 80 percent were transgender women of color; nearly 70 percent were black trans women. [Many transgender people drive hours to find health care]In 2011, just blocks from the site of Carmon’s death, a 23-year-old transgender woman named Lashai Mclean was also shot to death. In July 2016, about a mile away, 22-year-old Deeniquia “Dee Dee” Dodds, also a transgender woman, was fatally shot in the neck during a robbery.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2019 20:05 UTC