Carmen Marie Montoya
Age 2310 Jul 1991
Oakland, California (USA)
Beaten
TDoR list ref: tdor.info/10 Jul 1991/Carmen Marie Montoya
Carmen died as a result of multiple blows from a blunt object to her face and head in what appeared to be an attack motivated by hate.
Police data regarding acts of violence against the transgender population does not currently exist. Nevertheless, high profile homicides (in which hatred of transgenderism is believed to be the motivation for murder) are reported in the media. In 1995 alone, 5 such murders received national media attention in the United States (Brandon Teena, Falls City, NE; Deborah Forte and Chanel Pickett, Boston environs; Tyra Hunter, Washington, DC; and Carmen Marie Montoya, Oakland, CA). As is common in hate crime assaults, these episodes involved severe violence (such as multiple stab wounds, strangulation, and genital assault) but in contrast to the norm for investigation other hate crimes (e.g. neo-Nazi attacks) response by the law enforcement and medical providers was allegedly sub-standard in several of these cases.
https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-murder-of-transgender-wo/143642656/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-murder-of-transgender-wo/143642816/
https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-murder-of-transgender-wo/143642713/
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