LGBTQ leaders call for help as violence against community rises
LGBTQ leaders call for help as violence against community rises
and last updated 2021-05-04 23:13:02-04
BALTIMORE â Thereâs a group of people in Baltimore who feel that their voices arenât being heard while their pain continues to grow.
The documented homicide rate for trans women in Baltimore and across the country has been steadily rising.
For Tamar Jones, it hit home Tuesday morning when she got a call that one of her mentees was found dead in an apartment.
âSomeone I call my child that Iâve known for five years is in their apartment dead,â Jones said. âThatâs hurtful thatâs sad. Not to know if there family is going to step up to help or does Baltimore Safe Haven need to step in.â
More than two dozen people gathered outside Baltimore’s City Hall Wednesday with local advocates and Mayor Brandon Scott to promote International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Family members and transgender rights advocates are seeking information about the death of a trans woman last month at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center.
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