MARCHING
Thousands rally throughout
Thousands of marchers took to the streets to raise awareness for the struggles facing Black transgender people.
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COURIER L 2 IFE, JUNE 19-25, 2020
BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK
Thousands of people took
to the streets of Brooklyn on
June 14 as part of “Brooklyn
Liberation: An Action for
Black Trans Lives.”
The rally and silent march
came days after two Black
transgender women — Dominique
“Rem’mie” Fells and
Riah Milton — were killed
within 24 hours of each other.
Attendees called for justice
for Fells and Milton, as
well as Tony McDade, a transgender
man who was fatally
shot by a Tallahassee police
offi cer; Layleen Polanco, a
transgender woman who died
while in solitary confi nement
on Rikers Island; and Nina
Pop, a transgender woman
who was stabbed to death in
Missouri.
The day of protest coincided
with continuous Black
Lives Matter demonstrations
across the country in the wake
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