FL FL - Is a serial killer stalking Florida trans women?
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The woman who survived seems to have been a victim of domestic violence. The four known murder victims sure look like the work of a serial killer. Poor women, they have enough problems with discrimination, now some monster is killing them? That's so sad. I hope he's found soon before he kills more women.
Unrelated to these Florida cases afaik, but noting this case from Oregon because it involves another AA trans woman, found brutally murdered.
OR - Loni Kai, 28, TransWoman,beaten and left in field, 26 Aug 2001
OR - Loni Kai, 28, TransWoman,beaten and left in field, 26 Aug 2001
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2018 has been a particularly deadly year for Florida’s transgender community. Five killings of trans women of color have been reported as of late September. The high number of deaths has unsettled activists, especially in the city of Jacksonville, where three of the five homicides took place.
The first reported death was Celine Walker, 36, who was found fatally shot in a Jacksonville hotel room Feb. 4. Local authorities, including the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, which was investigating the crime, misgendered Walker.
Sasha Garden, 27, was killed in Orlando in late July. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office, which was investigating Garden’s death, misgendered her in an initial press release — although Orange Country Sheriff Jerry Demings later apologized, saying in a statement, “Once OCSO detectives identified the victim and public information officers were made aware by family and friends that the victim was transgender, they immediately transitioned to referring to the victim by the appropriate gender and recognized name, Sasha.”
Londonn Moore Kinard, 20, is another black trans woman who was found fatally shot Sept. 8 in North Port, Florida. Hal Trejo, with the Florida-based LGBTQ group All Rainbow and Allied Youth, told local outlets WBBH/WZVN at the time that Kinard’s death marked “the fifth [trans] person [killed] in Florida alone this year.”
A timeline of the five black transgender women killed in Florida in 2018
The first reported death was Celine Walker, 36, who was found fatally shot in a Jacksonville hotel room Feb. 4. Local authorities, including the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, which was investigating the crime, misgendered Walker.
Sasha Garden, 27, was killed in Orlando in late July. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office, which was investigating Garden’s death, misgendered her in an initial press release — although Orange Country Sheriff Jerry Demings later apologized, saying in a statement, “Once OCSO detectives identified the victim and public information officers were made aware by family and friends that the victim was transgender, they immediately transitioned to referring to the victim by the appropriate gender and recognized name, Sasha.”
Londonn Moore Kinard, 20, is another black trans woman who was found fatally shot Sept. 8 in North Port, Florida. Hal Trejo, with the Florida-based LGBTQ group All Rainbow and Allied Youth, told local outlets WBBH/WZVN at the time that Kinard’s death marked “the fifth [trans] person [killed] in Florida alone this year.”
A timeline of the five black transgender women killed in Florida in 2018
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I cannot find anything more recent about any of these murders.
Anyone else?
I did find this:
These Are the Trans People Killed in 2018
Anyone else?
I did find this:
These Are the Trans People Killed in 2018
Thanks for the great article with large pics and details about the victims!
Jan 9 2019
Murdered by America
by CLAIRE GOFORTH
"The first murder could have been a fluke—a tragic confluence of ‘wrong place, wrong time.’ A few months after that fateful February day, the second and third murders and one attempt (on June 1, 24 and 8, respectively) made it clear that transgender women of color were being targeted in Jacksonville. But by who? And why? Law enforcement remains short on answers; one arrest has been made thus far, in the attempted murder.
Fear gripped the LGBTQ community. Some suspected that a serial killer was targeting these women. Police have repeatedly assured the community that, no, there is not a serial killer hunting among the city’s population of trans women of color. Based on the differing circumstances of the killings, there is no reason to doubt their assurances.
While the killers may not share a name or address, make no mistake—their identity is the same: the killer is America, and she is slaughtering trans women of color.
In 2017, America claimed the lives of at least 29 trans people, according to the Human Rights Campaign. As 2018 wound down, we counted 26 trans people murdered in this country. As ever, a disproportionate number of these were female and racial minorities. A 2017 report by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that 72 percent of the transgender homicide victims since 2010 were women of color, specifically black women.
The deeply conservative and religious South is particularly dangerous for trans folk; of the 26 murders this year, 12, nearly half, were in the South. Florida, with five confirmed murders, leads among states for such crimes; Jacksonville, with three murders, one attempted murder and a fifth slaying of a queer man who was reportedly femme and a drag performer, is far and away the trans murder capital of the nation. It adds up to cultivate a sense of danger for trans people simply existing in this place."
"The fact remains that these tragedies have kept a bright light on injustice in this community, and with light often comes progress. There are people fighting for equality every day, and they’re not giving up.
“People are slow to change, but change does happen,” Gupte said. “… Things will come, it’s not going to happen fast, and it could be a painful journey along the way. People are good-hearted in their nature and the more personal it gets, the faster it will be.”
Murdered by America
by CLAIRE GOFORTH
"The first murder could have been a fluke—a tragic confluence of ‘wrong place, wrong time.’ A few months after that fateful February day, the second and third murders and one attempt (on June 1, 24 and 8, respectively) made it clear that transgender women of color were being targeted in Jacksonville. But by who? And why? Law enforcement remains short on answers; one arrest has been made thus far, in the attempted murder.
Fear gripped the LGBTQ community. Some suspected that a serial killer was targeting these women. Police have repeatedly assured the community that, no, there is not a serial killer hunting among the city’s population of trans women of color. Based on the differing circumstances of the killings, there is no reason to doubt their assurances.
While the killers may not share a name or address, make no mistake—their identity is the same: the killer is America, and she is slaughtering trans women of color.
In 2017, America claimed the lives of at least 29 trans people, according to the Human Rights Campaign. As 2018 wound down, we counted 26 trans people murdered in this country. As ever, a disproportionate number of these were female and racial minorities. A 2017 report by the Southern Poverty Law Center found that 72 percent of the transgender homicide victims since 2010 were women of color, specifically black women.
The deeply conservative and religious South is particularly dangerous for trans folk; of the 26 murders this year, 12, nearly half, were in the South. Florida, with five confirmed murders, leads among states for such crimes; Jacksonville, with three murders, one attempted murder and a fifth slaying of a queer man who was reportedly femme and a drag performer, is far and away the trans murder capital of the nation. It adds up to cultivate a sense of danger for trans people simply existing in this place."
"The fact remains that these tragedies have kept a bright light on injustice in this community, and with light often comes progress. There are people fighting for equality every day, and they’re not giving up.
“People are slow to change, but change does happen,” Gupte said. “… Things will come, it’s not going to happen fast, and it could be a painful journey along the way. People are good-hearted in their nature and the more personal it gets, the faster it will be.”
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"Police have repeatedly assured the community that, no, there is not a serial killer hunting among the city’s population of trans women of color."
Yeah, and how many years did the police in Canada swear up and down there wasn't a serial killer targeting gay men in Toronto? Law enforcement doesn't want to admit it. If nothing else, they'll admit it in hindsight "apologetically" as bodies are being recovered.
Yeah, and how many years did the police in Canada swear up and down there wasn't a serial killer targeting gay men in Toronto? Law enforcement doesn't want to admit it. If nothing else, they'll admit it in hindsight "apologetically" as bodies are being recovered.
Sun Sentinel
July 6 2020
Shooting Death of Fla. Transgender Woman Spotlights Rampant Violence Against Community
''At least 20 violent deaths of transgender or gender non-conforming people have occurred this year, says the Human Rights Campaign''
By Jeff Truesdell
''A transgender woman found fatally shot in Pompano Beach, Fla., has police seeking the public's help to find her killer.
A 911 call at 10:18 p.m. Friday summoned Broward County sheriff's deputies to an address where they found the victim, 27-year-old Cameron Breon, on the ground with an apparent gunshot wound, the agency said in a news release. She died at the scene a short time later.
The victim was known as Bree “Nuk” Black, reports the Sun-Sentinel.''
“This is the deadliest period we have on record," said Cooper. "While we are still awaiting facts on the ground, it is clear that members of our beloved community are being killed because of who they are. Racism, toxic masculinity, misogyny and transphobia are destroying lives and taking away our loved ones. I am heartbroken. I am furious. When will our country stop killing us?”
''The Browards County Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information in Breon's shooting to call detective Louis Bonhomme at 954-321-4377.''