Transgender woman whose murder inspired the creation of the Transgender Day of Remembrance
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Chanelle Pickett
Born
(1972-08-06)August 6, 1972
New York, U.S.
Died
November 20, 1995(1995-11-20) (aged 23)
Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S.
Chanelle Pickett (August 6, 1972 – November 20, 1995) was a Black transgender woman[1][2][3] whose death helped inspire the creation of the Transgender Day of Remembrance.[4][5][6]
^A Life Cut Short: Gender Identity Discrimination and the Murder of Chanelle Pickett. Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition.
^Rothstein, Kevin (1997). "Travesty of justice: When is a murder not a murder? When the victim is transsexual" (PDF). The Phoenix.
^Anderson, Diane. "Trans Killing Fields." Girlfriends, March–April 1996, p. 22.
^""We need to keep fighting," Transgender Day of Remembrance founder pleads #TDOR". NBC News. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
^"'Everybody knew Rita': Decades later, still no answers in slaying of Black trans woman". NBC News. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
^Riedel, Samantha (2022-03-31). "Remembering Rita Hester, Who Changed What It Means to Remember Trans Lives". Them. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
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