Alabama Woman 1st Trans Murder Victim of '19

I am several days late in sharing this information, for which I apologize. I do not blog from my phone, but I do everything else there, including finding stories to share here. I saved this story via my phone and got busy and unable to share. I truly hope Ms Martin finds peace in death; peace she wasn't allowed to have while walking this earth.

Dana Martin, shot to death Sunday in Montgomery, Ala., is the first transgender homicide victim of 2019.

Police found Martin, 31, in a vehicle in a roadside ditch about 11 p.m. Sunday, the Montgomery Advertiser reports. The newspaper did not mention her gender, and some other media outlets misgendered her, but local activists told The Advocate she was an African-American trans woman. She lived in Hope Hull, an unincorporated area near Montgomery.

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