violence against trans women
Trans Girl Reportedly Attacked Due to Far-Right Conspiracy Theories About Uvalde
The reported attack occurred after Rep. Paul Gosar helped boost a conspiracy that claimed the shooter responsible for the school massacre was trans.
Dana Martin, First Trans Woman Killed in 2019
The 31-year-old Alabama resident was found in her vehicle, crashed in a ditch, with a fatal gunshot wound.
In Historic First, Killer of Trans Woman Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime
This week, Joshua Vallum pleaded guilty to brutally murdering a 17-year-old trans woman because of her gender identity. This is the first time someone has been prosecuted under hate crime laws for violence against a trans person—but some advocates...
A 21-Year-Old Just Survived Being Shot Twice
New reports from the police indicate the unnamed victim in a recent Philadelphia shooting identified as male.
US Sailor Accused of Stabbing Transgender Woman 119 Times
Dee Whigham was brutally murdered in July, 2016, but the true extremity of the violence committed against her was just revealed this week. The Navy seaman accused of killing Whigham was on active duty as of the end of July, and police believe the two...
We Check Out an Artist Making Art with Her Brainwaves on Today's 'Daily VICE'
We also meet the stripper fighting back against an exploitative system, investigate the underlying cause of 2015's violence against transgender women, and head to an independent record label market.
What Can Be Done to Stop Violence Against Trans Women?
Michelle Vash Payne, a trans woman in Los Angeles, was murdered by her boyfriend over the weekend. We asked an expert to contextualize her death within the trend of violence and misogyny toward trans women.