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January 12, 2018

Two U.S. Transgender Women Murdered in First Weeks of 2018
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In Los Angeles, transgender activists are planning a "Vigil of
Resistance" this evening, after a young trans Latina woman from Honduras
was found murdered on Tuesday. Police say they found the body of Viccky
Gutierrez in a Pico-Union district apartment and suspected foul play.
She's the second transgender person killed so far in 2018. On January 5,
transgender rights advocate Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien was found
beaten and stabbed to death inside her home in North Adams,
Massachusetts. Last year, at least 28 transgender people were murdered
in the U.S., making it the deadliest year yet for the transgender
community.


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