HRC Mourns Whispering Wind Bear Spirit, Indigenous Non-Binary Person Killed in Pennsylvania
HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Whispering Wind Bear Spirit, a 41-year-old Indigenous non-binary person shot to death in York, Pennsylvania.
HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Whispering Wind Bear Spirit, a 41-year-old Indigenous non-binary person shot to death in York, Pennsylvania. Whispering Wind was shot late in the evening on May 3 and died early on May 4. Their death is at least the 22nd violent death of a transgender or gender non-conforming person in 2021. We say “at least” because too often these deaths go unreported or misreported.
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With Democrats’ desire for new gun control laws stymied by the Senate, anti-gun activists are reaching deep into their toolbox and pulling out one of their most-dreaded tactics: nagging by celebrities.
Samantha Bee, host of the TBS show “Full Frontal,” is once again devoting one of her shows to bloviating about the need for gun control, as she does on a regular basis, but
this time the basic cable comedian is sure to make a difference, because she’s enlisting some of her Hollywood pals to help.
Oh, and you know she’s super serious because she’s dropping f-bombs.
HRC Mourns Sophie Vásquez, Latina Transgender Woman Killed in Georgia
HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sophie Vásquez, a 36-year-old Latina transgender woman who was shot and killed in Brookhaven, Georgia, on May 4.
HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Sophie Vásquez, a 36-year-old Latina transgender woman who was shot and killed in Brookhaven, Georgia, on May 4. Her death is at least the 23rd violent death of a transgender or gender non-conforming person in 2021. We say “at least” because too often these deaths go unreported or misreported.
According to
El Nuevo Georgia, Sophie was a part of the EsTr (El / La) Community, or Community Estrella, a community that works to support transgender people in the Atlanta area. The Community has organized a vigil, to be held on May 12, in honor of Sophie. Friends and family are also remembering Sophie on social media, with one sharing that Sophie was “the kindest person on the planet.” Another said, �
Chicago sues Indiana gun store for allegedly selling weapons to criminals
Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times/AP
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot presides over the Chicago City Council meeting at City Hall, Wednesday morning, April 21, 2021. On Monday, the City of Chicago announced it was suing an Indiana gun store it claims has sold more than 850 firearms to straw buyers that have been recovered at crime scenes in its city. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, Pool)
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The City of Chicago is suing an Indiana gun store it claims has sold more than 850 illegal firearms that have been recovered at crime scenes in its city.
In the lawsuit, Chicago representatives from Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund and the law firm Mayer Brown LLP say that the gun store located in Gary, Indiana has “engaged in a pattern of illegal sales that has resulted in the flow of hundreds, if not thousands of illegal firearms into the City of Chicago” according to the lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County.