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U.N Calls for Investigation into Murders of Transgender Women in El Salvador

HeadlineMay 16, 2017

In El Salvador, the United Nations is calling for an investigation into a string of killings of transgender women. Local LGBT groups say at least 17 transgender women have been killed so far this year in El Salvador.

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