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August 14, 2015

Texas: African-American Transwoman Shade Schuler Found Murdered 
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In news from Texas, police are investigating the murder of Shade
Schuler, a 22-year-old African-American transwoman. Her decomposed body
was discovered in late July in a field in northeast Dallas. It has taken
police two weeks to identify her. Schuler is at least the 13th
transgender woman to be murdered this year.

 

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