afrosandathames:

micdotcom:

Transgender woman Chyna Gibson shot and killed in New Orleans

• Transgender woman Chyna Gibson was shot and killed outside of a shopping center in New Orleans Saturday night, according to the Times-Picayune.
• Gibson was also a drag performer who went by the name Chyna Doll Dupree. Though the Times-Picayune did identify her as trans, it also chose to “dead name” Gibson, meaning it used her birth name in the story.
• An anonymous friend told the Times-Picayune that Gibson was visiting her family in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras.
• Gibson’s friends and loved ones shared messages to her on Facebook in the hours shortly after her death.
• “My heart breaks as this community must find a way to honor you in death and begin to move forward,” one person wrote. “The stage will never be the same!” Read more (2/26/17 11:13 AM)

I’m angered by the overwhelming inactivity of revolutionaries who claim to stand for Black Lives Matter, but remain silent in the face of news like this: another Black trans woman murdered, the fifth to be killed in the United States this week alone. Where is the outrage?