Botched Robbery or Hate Crime?
Category: QUEER VOICES
Over the past two weeks, community members in L.A. have held a vigils to mourn the death and celebrate the life of Aniya Parker.  The murder of Ms. Parker marked the eighth homicide of a transgender woman of color reported in the U.S. since June.  She was shot in the head and killed as she was fleeing from three men who had confronted her on a sidewalk in Hollywood.
By Christopher Argyros, ContributorManager, LA LGBT Center Anti-Violence Project, 2014-10-21