2023 Stabbing Death of Trans Woman Amira O’Neill Comes to Light in Michigan — Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents

The trial of a man in Michigan brought to light the 2023 death off a trans woman, Amira O’Neiill.

Ronnie Magbray, 28, is charged with open murder and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon for allegedly killing Amira. Reporting by MichiganLive helped us learn about Amira.

Amira O’Neill, 44, was fatally stabbed early Thursday, July 6, 2023 in the 2000 block of International Drive in Ypsilanti Township. The stabbing led to a multi-hour standoff after Ronnie Magbray, 27, suspected in the stabbing, barricaded himself in a nearby apartment.

Some media, law enforcement, and the defendant deadname and cisgender Amira. Her family does not seem to do that.

Honoring Amira

Amira was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She spent time traveling, according to her sister, living briefly in California with her father and other years on “the hippie kind” of communes and co-op living spaces,

Amira had an ear for picking up languages. Her sister Alexis said she learned Arabic when she began practicing Islam, simply from being around practitioners. She was known for her willingness to help people, her sister said. When someone…