Advertisement Continue reading the main storyNow, what has been called a hate crime by the police has turned a neighborhood they love into one they fear. Yet the attacks on trans women — three this year and 16 in 2016, according to local advocates — are an unsettling reminder of the work still to be done. Chestnut said, transgender women are being killed in greater numbers than any other segment of the L.G.B.T. That distrust causes hesitation.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyNayra and Gabriela encountered some of this after the attack. “We need more laws to ensure the security of trans women,” said Bianey Garcia, a transgender organizer with Make the Road New York.

Source: New York Times April 02, 2017 16:01 UTC