On the island and there was a nettle with friends in New York city, a group of young man approached her, that she is a transsexual woman, and began to mock and malicious beat her in front of a police station in harlem.
Features of fashion design student playing on the face, knocked to the ground, beaten, until August 16 evening, she lost consciousness.
"They are known as F * * * *, they are known as he told her that her male, something of this nature," nettle "mother local news broadcast.
Of the island and there was a nettle, nettles, vaughn was born into a coma, she will never awake. She died on Thursday to support life. She is only 21.
Near the site of a police station, violence, and highlights the astonishing growth, the harm of LBGT, some people think that as a long history of the police lack the sympathy of society.
Nettle alleged perpetrators, Paris misdemeanor assault charges, Wilson was booked, and released on bail of $two thousand. On Friday, the death of the nettle officially ruled that a murder. According to the New York county district attorney's office spokesman Wilson has not yet been arraigned for any murder, tell TakePart "charges will be updated for further investigation."
This can go to the investigation for a long time. Wilson's next scheduled court date, until October 4.
The death of the nettle may obtain some as a tragic, but beyond that, the progress of a city, such as New York one of the cradles of modern LGBT rights movement had a cow.
Statistics show, however, is not the case. World can anti-gay violence in Russia outraged, but according to the police station in New York city, the comrades "bias crime" has nearly doubled, because this time, last year in New York city, 13 to 22 of the NYPD's most recent report on this issue.
"I don't think people should be in the nettle death shocked," said Shelby chestnut, community groups and public welfare publicity for the New York against violence of the project. Under the condition of "than the media, more often. We see this type of violence all the time."
In early may, Eugene Lovendusky, queer LGBT rights group, one of the founders of consists of a 19-year-old man with the slogan of anti-gay beaten by bombing. Lovendusky attacks to the face of a series of high-profile hate crimes of gay residents in New York is the most significant on May 17, 32 year old gay man mark Carson, who was shot dead on the streets of New York after the murder, known as the "straw" and "queer" by his attacker.
Chinese chestnut, says her organization has already seen in the LGBT attacks this year (the main rally. Said the violence against LBGT problem has always been, she said. Report is improving, which may explain some increase.
Don't trust the police, as well as general lack of empathy, especially for transgender complexion, have hindered the file violence against gay efforts in the past.
"I don't want, it is recommended that the [statistics] means more violence. These events may be the final report has happened in the street, a very long time."
If no accident, chestnut hope nettle death will bring light color transgender women, especially the transgender women faced great violence.
Seventy-two percent of the anti-gay murders affect the person's skin color in the United States, 53% of respondents transgender women, respectively, said the Chinese chestnut.
Only in this way can we eventually, anti-gay violence is to continue to talk about it, and let the public know the event, almost like a left nettle death rare, chestnut said. Hatred victims of violence, also needs to have the courage to stand up and tell their stories.
"Report violence to help end the violence, said:" Chinese chestnut. "Unless we know where the violence occurred, we can't do propaganda in the area. We can't put out his hand to the public know, anti-gay violence should not be tolerated."
