Tag: violent death

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Celebration of life, second autopsy planned for Trans Intersex US citizen Ezra Hulett who died in a Dominican Republic immigration detention center

October 12, 2025 by

In July, I blogged about the horrific death of 24-year-old Ezra Hulett, a transgender intersex man from Upstate New York. Ezra died in an immigration detention center in the Dominican Republic on June 23, 2025 under mysterious circumstances. There has been almost no US or Engligh-language media coverage, a fact that strikes me as quite […]

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Mercedes Williamson 17 Year Old Trans Woman Murdered in Alabama

June 19, 2015 by
Mercedes Williamson

17. 17 is still a girl, a young woman. This 17 year old was an aspiring cosmetologist with people who cared about her. Yet at 17, Mercedes Williamson joins the ranks of trans women who have been murdered in the United States. According to The Advocate, Mercedes was estranged from her family and living with […]