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May 4, 2021

Ballroom Legend and Trans Activist Jahaira DeAlto Murdered at 43
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The transgender community is mourning the loss of ballroom legend and
activist Jahaira De Alto, who was fatally stabbed in Boston Sunday. She
was 43 years old. De Alto belonged to the House of Balenciaga, which
said in a statement, "Let us not forget her ongoing work against
domestic abuse and continue to uplift her name and ensure her memory
lives on in this ironic twist of fate."

De Alto was also a caregiver for other members of the trans community.
Last year on Mother's Day, De Alto wrote on Twitter, "I am the mother
who raised the children whose rainbow sparkled too brightly and blinded
their birth moms. I cherished what they discarded. … For their babies
who still needed raising. I did that."

De Alto is at least the 21st trans person to be killed in the U.S. in
2021, with activists worrying this year is on track to become the
deadliest for trans people.


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