This year is on pace to be deadlier than last year, with at least 27 deaths so far across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The majority of victims are Latinx and Black trans women.
CP Photo: Kaycee Orwig Trans YOUniting held a candlelight vigil on Sun., Feb. 28 outside the City County Building to honor four lives that were lost in the past two weeks. Four trans people of color have died in Western Pennsylvania in February, three of whom were killed within one week. Chyna Carrillo was killed in Lawrence County, an hour north of Pittsburgh, on Feb. 18, and siblings Jasmine Cannady and Jeffrey “JJ” Bright were killed in Ambridge, just 30 minutes from the city, on Feb. 22. Audura Belle also died earlier this month due to lack of health care, according to statements from her friends and family.