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Her demise was cited as a part of the impetus behind the establishment of Transgender Day of Remembrance. The murder of trans individuals has served as an impetus to the institution of the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). In line with the Human Rights Campaign, at the least 57 transgender and gender non-conforming folks were killed in 2021, surpassing the entire from 2020 of forty four folks. In 2020, ABC News "independently confirmed 34 violent deaths of transgender and gender non-conforming people in 2020 on the time of publication." This was published by Good Morning America. In 2019, the American Medical Association called the violence towards trans folks an "epidemic". Violence towards transgender individuals is often known as trans bashing. After Milan's homicide, Rivera reformed a transgender activist group, Street Trans Activist Revolutionaries (STAR). Thompson's coworker testified that after the homicide, Thompson had come to work and confessed that he had gone dwelling with Forte and begun "messing around", before killing her after realizing she had a penis. 2011 - Dee Dee Pearson, an African American transgender lady, was murdered in Kansas City, Missouri, US, on 24 December 2011. Kenyon Jones confessed to the homicide, telling police that he had paid Pierson for intercourse, and after he came upon she was transgender, he killed her in anger. |
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