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Pair of Killings Scar Transgender Community in D.C.

HeadlineAug 22, 2003

This news from Washington DC: The Washington Post reports two members of the city’s transgender community have been shot dead over the past week. Since last summer there have been five killings of men who live as women in the capital area.

On Saturday a well known drag performer named Elvys Augusto Perez, was shot and killed and yesterday 25-year-old Aaryn Marshall was shot dead.

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