Jazz Alford, 30, of North Carolina was found shot to death in a Birmingham motel room on September 23, according to AL.com. With her death, the number of known killings of transgender people in the United States so far this year has reached the total number for 2015.
Alford, an African-American trans woman, was initially misgendered by police. But her sister Toya Milan, who is also a transgender woman, told AL.com that her death has struck a huge blow to the local LGBT community.
“There was another transgender shot multiple times somewhere else recently. People think transgenders are monsters, when really we just want to be accepted,” Milan said. “[Jazz] was such a loving person and we didn’t know anybody that would want to hurt her. It’s been a hard pill to swallow.”
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