Transgender Woman Murdered Hours After Using Women’s Bathroom At McDonalds

Another tragic incident has unfolded as a transgender woman was sadly shot and killed hours after someone called the police to inform them that she used the women’s bathroom at a McDonalds in Puerto Rico.

According to CNN, Alexa Negrón Luciano was killed in what is believed to be a hate crime, last Monday morning in Toa Baja. Hours before her murder, Luciano used the women’s bathroom at a local McDonalds and a customer contacted police to file a complaint. Police arrived at the restaurant to confront Luciano for using the bathroom and videos of the confrontation were uploaded on social media. Investigators also reported that another video uploaded online appeared to show two men threatening and shooting a transgender woman believing to be Luciano.

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Officers found Luciano’s body with multiple gunshot wounds in a grassy area near a road. Her death is currently being investigated as a hate crime as confirmed by Gov. Wanda Vazquez:

“It’s cruel that these people took her life away in this manner, recording it with lack of sensitivity. That proves that these people have to be brought to justice as soon as possible.”

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Luciano’s death has prompted outrage on the island and sparked criticism from LBGTQ activists like Pedro Serrano.

“People realized she was only using the bathroom like all of us need to do at several points during the day. It was so unjust. This was a realization that transphobia was real and transphobia can kill,”

Reggaeton star Bad Bunny also brought awareness about Luciano’s murder by wearing a T-shirt that said: “They killed Alexa, not a man in a skirt” during his appearance on the Jimmy Fallon Show.

 

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Es increíble que lo tenga que decir un hombre cis blanco para mostrar que otra vez. De nuevo. Mataron a una hermana, a una compañera. La mataron. La mató la indiferencia, la mató el transodio. La mataron las burlas. La mataron tus chistes de “humor negro” que tanto amas decir con tus amigos, con aquellos machos que se burlan de las travestis. Sí, mataron a una travesti. Pero, ¿eso a quién le importa? Mataron a una mujer trans. La mataron. La mato tu sistema binario y cissexista que no puede entender que las personas trans existimos. Aquel de educación física, al que odiabamos entrar y nos arruinaba el día. Aquel que nos separa los baños. LOS BAÑOS. ¿Sabes por qué mataron a Alexa? Por entrar al baño que le correspondía. Antes de hablar del privilegio de las mujeres trans por sus miembros genitales, replanteate si a vos por entrar al baño que te corresponde en este sistema de mierda te humillan, te maltratan o TE MATAN. Mataron a Alexa, una mujer. Una mujer a la que le arrebataron sus sueños, su vida. Una mujer a la que mataron por TRANS. Una mujer que mataron por ser MUJER. Como todos los días. ¿Alguna vez viste en los medios a las miles de Alexas que el odio del sistema mata? No, porque para los medios las pibas trans son objeto de burla u objeto de consumo. Recuerden: El binarismo MATA, las burlas MATAN. Un día llegará el día que podamos gozar del privilegio de educación física o de ir al baño. BASTA DE MATARNOS, LAS PERSONAS TRANS EXISTIERON, EXISTIMOS Y EXISTIREMOS. Blux~💚. [[IGNORE TAGS]] . . #poema #poem #poet #poetry #poesia #escritor #escritos #writer #writes #lgbt #ig_writer #love #trans #genderfluid #transfobia #gay #badbunny #homofobia #justicia #transgender #mataronaalexa #jusiciaporalexa #respect #respeto #photo #photography #fotografia

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