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Transgender Woman Stabbed to Death in Chicago

Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier

Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier is the second trans woman killed in the city in slightly more than a month.

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A transgender woman was found stabbed to death in Chicago late Wednesday, making her the 22nd known trans homicide victim this year.

Ciara Minaj Carter Frazier, 31, was found in the backyard of an abandoned building on the city's west side, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. She was pronounced dead at the scene, having suffered multiple stab wounds.

Police believe her killer was a man she had been arguing with inside the building about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, but they have yet to bring him in. Detectives are continuing to investigate.

She was the second trans woman murdered in Chicago in just over a month. Deejay Stanton, 24, was shot to death August 30. Police are still searching for a suspect. Like most of the trans victims this year, Carter and Stanton are both African-American.

"It feels like we are being targeted," LaSaia Wade, executive director of Chicago trans organization Brave Space Alliance, told the Sun-Times. She knew Frazier through the local ball scene. "I'm frustrated and upset with the lack of cases turning around," she continued. "There is a lack of [concern for] our safety from police."

(RELATED: These Are the Trans People Killed in 2018)

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.