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32-Year-Old Black Trans Woman Tiffany Harris Fatally Stabbed in New York City
She was 32-years-old, a Bronx resident, and a Black trans woman who became the latest victim of the epidemic of violence the trans community experiences.
She was stabbed multiple times in the chest about 1:35 a.m. Sunday during a confrontation inside the third-floor hallway of an apartment building on Jerome Ave. near W. 192nd St. in University Heights.She died 45 minutes later at St. Barnabas Hospital.
Her name was Tiffany Harris according Princess Janae Place, an organization that supports homeless LGBTQ adults in the tri-state area and confirmed by trans advocate Lucky Michaels.
New York City media has focused on her criminal background and the proximity of her death to an area known to be frequented by sex workers. There’s no indication either of those facts has anything to do with someone stabbing her in the chest in a hallway.
And even if they do, that doesn’t make her violent death less worthy of our grief, our compassion. She’s a human being slaughtered and left to die. That’s horrifying.
Police also changed her gender when describing her identity according to Gay City News, first describing her as female, then misgendering her, now again confirming she’s female. Investigators believe the murderer was…
