Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Feb 20, 2024

First #federal #gender-#based #hatecrime #trial starts in #SouthCarolina over #DimeDoe, a #black #trans #woman’s #Murder.

For decades, #transgender #womenofcolor have faced #disproportionately high #rates of #violence and #hatecrimes, according to the #DepartmentofHomelandSecurity.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SouthCarolina #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Transphobia #SayHerName #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/first-federal-gender-based-hate-crime-trial-starts-south-carolina-tran-rcna139556

First federal gender-based hate crime trial starts in South Carolina over trans woman’s killing

The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity is set to begin in South Carolina, where a man faces charges that he killed a Black transgender woman and then fled to New York.

NBC News