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Louisiana: 3rd Black Transgender Woman Murdered in February

HeadlineMar 01, 2017

In Louisiana, news has surfaced that black transgender teenager Jaquarrius Holland was murdered last month, making her at least the third transgender woman to be killed in the state of Louisiana in February. Holland was 18 years old. She was initially misgendered in local news reports about her killing on February 19. She is at least the seventh transgender woman to be murdered in 2017.

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