Latina trans women were 33 percent more likely. They found black trans women were 44 percent more likely to engage in sex work than their white counterparts. Regardless of the bad experiences we go through, she was optimistic, wanting to do better in the future while understanding that is what she unfortunately had to do in order to survive." This December, the NCTE published a co-authored study on transgender women in sex work. It's an area known for transgender sex work. She's also transgender, and knew Amber from the 6 Mile and Woodward area of Detroit, where the killing occurred. Her friend, Julissa Abad, spoke with Broadly on the phone. Amber Monroe, 20, was gunned down near Detroit's Palmer Park in August. Josh Brandon Vallum is being charged with her murder. Mercedes Williamson, 17, was the youngest. The majority (13) of the 23 trans women killed in 2015 were under 25 years old. In May, Mercedes Williamson's lover killed her then hid her body in his father's land in Rocky Creek, Alabama. Police attempted to identify her body by illustrating her tattoos, which they asked the public for help in identifying. In August, Shade Schuler's corpse decomposed beyond recognition in a vacant field in Dallas. More than one of this year's 23 lost souls were buried in shallow graves. After killing her, Dear set their apartment on fire, leaving Yazmin to burn. In February, Yazmin Vash Payne was stabbed by her boyfriend, Ezekial Dear. According to reports, she later died in the hospital. She stumbled down the street, fell to the ground, and started bleeding out. When Haggard leaned toward the passenger seat window, someone in the vehicle jabbed a knife into her throat then sped away.
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In Fresno, in July, an unidentified driver beckoned Casey (aka K.c.) Haggard to his car. A group of men fled the scene where she fell. This October, in Philadelphia, a 22-year-old trans woman named Keisha Jenkins was shot and killed.