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ISSUE NUMBER 43, VOLUME 14 | OCTOBER 16 – OCTOBER 29, 2020 10.16.2020 – 10.29.2020
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THE LOS ANGELES LGBT NEWSPAPER
Hate Crime In MacArthur Park
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MacArthur Park.
By TimoThy michael Another transgender woman of color was brutally attacked in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood on recently night after being surrounded by a group of men who suggested hatred for “gays,” according to the LAPD. The 42 year old woman who was identified by friends as Daniela Hernandez was sitting on a park bench October 4 about 9:30 p.m.
when she was surrounded by four to five men, one of whom said “something to the effect of, ‘We don’t want gays in the park,’” officials said. She was then stabbed and her throat was cut before the group fled, according to police and a statement by the TransLatina Coalition, where Hernandez volunteered. Dozens of people attended a #Justice4Daniela demonstration Monday evening at the park, including James Wen, who serves on the Los Angeles Transgender
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Advisory Council. West Hollywood Mayor Lindsey Horvath, who also attended the gathering, said she was working on a campaign in her city to “call out the transphobia in our society.” The Los Angeles LGBTQ Center also issued a response denouncing the attack and stating, “Our loving thoughts are with Daniela Hernandez as she recovers from this brutal attack. We stand with our sister organization,
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the TransLatina Coalition, where Daniela volunteered, in decrying the epidemic of violence against trans women of color. There have been more than 31 known murders of trans or gender non-conforming people in the U.S. this year—the majority of whom were black trans women. And for every transgender homicide, countless others face violent attacks and discrimination every day in this country.
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