Remembering Our Dead

T. T. Saffore

T. T. was found dead in Chicago's Garfield Park on the night of Sunday 11th September. Her throat had been cut and there was a knife nearby.

Saffore is the 20th reported transgender person who was killed in the United States in 2016. In August, two transgender women were found dead — Skye Mockabee and Rae'Lynn Thomas.

"People don't know what we go through out here," Armstrong said. "They don't see the struggle being transgender on [Chicago's] West Side. It's crazy. I just want justice for my friend. Trans lives matter. She is the third person killed around here and there is nothing done about it."

TvT project: The Advocate & Windy City Times, 13.09.2016

http://agenciapresentes.org/2019/06/10/jujuy-piden-crimen-de-zoe-quispe-se-juzgue-como-transfemicidio/

https://mic.com/articles/153974/transgender-woman-slain-in-chicago-s-garfield-park-is-20th-transgender-killing-this-year

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/09/transgender-woman-murdered-chicago-misgendered-police/

http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Transgender-woman-found-slain-on-Chicagos-West-Side/56450.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-mourners-hold-vigil-for-transgender-woman-found-slain-on-west-side-20161006-story.html

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160913/garfield-park/friends-of-trans-woman-found-dead-west-garfield-park-gather-for-vigil/

Report added: 18 Sep 2018. Last updated: 13 Jan 2021

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