STATELINE, Nev. Longtime slow growth advocate Jim Slade was narrowly rejected for a full term on the Douglas County Planning Commission on Tuesday. Slade, who regularly comments on development and other issues before the.
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Chicago Trans Woman, Alabama Gender-Nonconforming Teen Shot to Death
The deaths of Courtney Eshay Key (pictured) and Jaheim Pugh Jaheim Barbie add to a record annual toll on this community. December 31 2020 3:51 AM EST
Two more transgender or gender-nonconforming Americans have died by violence in December, bringing the total of such deaths to at least 43 in 2020, the deadliest year on record for this population.
Courtney “Eshay” Key, a 25-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot and killed Christmas Day in Chicago’s East Chatham neighborhood, on the city’s south side, local CBS affiliate WBBM reports. Friends and family members said they believe her death was an anti-trans hate crime.
Murder of Non-Binary Teen Killed at Christmas Party Broadcast on Facebook
On 12/23/20 at 7:21 PM EST
The murder of a gender non-conforming teen at a holiday party in Prichard, Alabama was broadcast live on Facebook in December, according to the victim s family.
Jaheim Pugh, a 19-year-old who used both male and female pronouns, was in attendance at the party when gunfire erupted. Pugh, who was wearing a rainbow-colored bodysuit, was hit. The video broadcast on social media showed Pugh lying on the floor as other partygoers declined to offer assistance. According to Pugh s mother Tiffany, a person on the video could be heard to say about the victim, If he wasn t wearing that dress, he would still be alive.