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Florida: Transgender African-American Woman Murdered

HeadlineMay 20, 2016

In Florida, a 32-year-old African-American transgender woman was murdered on Sunday in a parking lot. Mercedes Successful was an active member of the LGBT community in Haines City. She represented Jamaica, where she was born, in the 2014 Gay Caribbean USA Pageant.

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