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October 7, 2015

Kiesha Jenkins Becomes 20th Transgender Woman Murdered This Year 
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An African-American transgender woman has been beaten and shot to death
in Philadelphia, marking at least the 20th murder of a transgender woman
in the United States this year. The death of Kiesha Jenkins is part of
what advocates have described as an "epidemic" of violence against trans
people.