"I think the black community needs to acknowledge the fact that they are
being completely silent about the murders that have been happening in
our community. Just last year, 12 trans women of color
were murdered with no response from the black community. When folks
scream, ‘Black Lives Matter,’ they’re not talking about black trans
women. Most of the time, they’re not even talking about [cis] black
women.” Lourdes Ashley Hunter, who serves as executive director of the Trans Women of Color Collective
