Sophie Vásquez (L) and Danny Henson, two trans women murdered on the very same day. (Facebook)
Two trans women, Sophie Vásquez and Danny Henson, were slain on the very same day in the US.
Vásquez, a Latinx 36-year-old, was fatally shot in her own apartment in Brookhaven, Georgia, on 4 May, according to
Details of her death remain scarce at the time of writing, but the Brookhaven Police Department confirmed to community leaders that she was killed in the Gwinnett County suburb.
“She was misgendered and deadnamed in the police report,” said Darlene Darlington Wagner, president of Transgender Day of Remembrance Atlanta, on Facebook.