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January 11, 2019

Black Transgender Woman Murdered in Montgomery, Alabama
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And in Montgomery, Alabama, an African-American transgender woman was
murdered over the weekend in what the Human Rights Campaign reports was
the first known act of deadly violence against a trans person in the
U.S. in 2019. Thirty-one-year-old Dana Martin was found in her car in a
roadside ditch with a fatal gunshot. No arrests have been made. An ACLU
of Alabama spokesperson said, "Dana Martin's death is representative of
the continuing danger that transgender individuals face simply for being
themselves."


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