New evidence could help solve 23-year-old cold case of gay man murdered in Colorado
Ricky Espinoza was last seen alive by his family on June 23, 2001, five days before his killing.
March 6, 2025
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The 21-year-old hairstylist had nearly 300,000 TikTok followers and many more on Instagram.
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Jerry Paul Smith of Blacksburg, Va., was beaten to death May 31. A man he met on Tinder is charged with second-degree murder.
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Queer Teen Accused of Stabbing Boyfriend to Death
A 19-year-old teen was arrested for allegedly killing his 62-year-old hairstylist partner.
October 12, 2022
Justice Still Sought for Laguna Beach Gay Man Murdered in 2009
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The 38-year-old woman has been identified as Alphonza Watson.
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March 22, 2017
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All but one of the known victims this year have been women of color, including Hill.
October 16, 2019
Ashanti Carmon Is the Second Trans Woman Killed in 2019
She is the second known trans homicide victim this year.
April 1, 2019
Trans Woman Marilyn Monroe Cazares Killed in California
Cazares, who was experiencing homelessness, was found dead in Brawley, Calif., this week, and her family suspects her death was a hate crime.
July 16, 2020
Police End Search for Murdered Transgender Rapper
Six weeks after he was killed by several acquaintances, police still can't find the body of 22-year-old Evon Young.
February 15, 2013
Alabama Woman Is First Trans Murder Victim of 2019
Dana Martin, 31, was found shot to death in her car.
January 9, 2019
Gay Bar Deaths in New York City Ruled as Homicides
New York’s chief medical examiner’s office said that two gay men were killed by “drug-facilitated theft.”
March 6, 2023
350 Transgender Lives Lost to Violence in Past Year
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November 16, 2020
Trans Woman Stabbed to Death at Vigil in Portland
Aja Raquell Rhone-Spears was killed while mourning another homicide victim.
August 4, 2020
FBI Offers Reward to Find Killer of North Carolina Trans Woman
The FBI, the Jacksonville, N.C., Police Department, and Crime Stoppers are willing to pay for information to bring Jenna Franks's killer to justice.
May 24, 2021
Trans Woman Murdered in Jacksonville Is 12th This Year
Antash'a English was shot to death Friday.
June 4, 2018
Black Trans Woman Chae’Meshia Simms Killed in Virginia
Simms is at least the 39th trans or gender-nonconforming American to die by violence this year.
November 30, 2020
Transgender Woman Murdered in Oklahoma City
Brooklyn BreYanna Stevenson, 31, was found dead Monday morning.
November 29, 2017
Indianapolis Trans Woman Shot to Death; 33rd Homicide This Year
Sara Blackwood, 29, was walking home from work when she was shot.
October 15, 2020
Virginia Woman Is 27th Trans Person Murdered in 2016
India Monroe, shot to death in December, was misgendered in initial reports.
January 6, 2017
Violence Report Warns: All LGBT Murders Need Attention
Forty-nine people were killed in Orlando, double the amount of all LGBT homicides reported in 2015. None of these killings are acceptable, a new report reminds us.
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