Like seriously why aren’t we talking about the fact that white trans people like Brandon Teena and Leelah Alcorn are made into symbols, have foundations opened immediately for them, are turned into fucking movies, but the names of TWOC like Islan Nettles, Alejandra Leos, Nizah Morris, Tiffany Edwards, Zoraida Reyes, Kandy Hall, and Yaz’min Shancez don’t even escape our fucking mouths.

Islan Nettles is a black trans woman who was murdered in front of a police station her murderer walked on a $2000 dollar bail

Alejandra Leos is a latinx trans women who was found fatally shot several feet from her own front door

Nizah Morris is a Black trans women entertainer who was killed December 2002

Tiffany Edwards is a Black trans women murdered i June 2014

Zoraida Reyes is a trans women who was choked to death on June 10 2014

Kandy Hall is a black trans women murdered in the Baltimore area June 3rd 2014

Yaz’min Shancez is a black trans women who was burned to death in June 2014