In the early hours of an October morning in 2015, Kiesha Jenkins, a 22-year-old African-American transgender woman, found her life tragically cut short on a Philadelphia street. The story of her death is one of a violent encounter that left a community in mourning and raised questions about the safety of transgender individuals.
On October 6, 2015, at approximately 2:30 a.m., Jenkins was at the intersection of 13th and Wingohocking streets when she was set upon by a group of men. After sh
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