Cleveland Trans Advocate: “I Have To Bury Two More Women From My Community”
The Cleveland transgender community is grappling with the violent deaths of two transgender women late last week — the second and third of such murders in Ohio this year, an advocate told BuzzFeed.
“[The transgender community] is overwhelmed and scared and some people even told me they are afraid of going out of their homes because they don’t know what is going on,” said Jake Nash, a longtime Ohio transgender advocate, who knew both of the victims. “It’s terrible.”
Police are investigating the deaths of Betty Skinner, 52, who was found dead Dec. 5 at a Cleveland assisted living facility and Brittany Nicole Kidd Stergis, 22, who was found shot to death in her car less than 24 hours later. Both deaths are being investigated as homicides, authorities said, but detectives have no reason to believe they are linked.
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I’m a cis-gender ally who lives in Columbus, Ohio. This violence has to stop!! Nobody should have to fear for their lives for simply being who they are! Every one of us has an attribute that was “undesirable” at some point in history. This could be any one of us! Wake up and let’s keep one another safe!
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