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TexasTowelie

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Mon Mar 13, 2017, 03:35 AM Mar 2017

Vandals Strike Another LGBT Community Center, As Hate Crime Wave Continues

Vandals targeted Casa Ruby, an LGBT social services center in Washington, D.C., in an apparent hate crime on Sunday.

The center reported on Facebook (above) that a "transgender hater" vandalized the building and assaulted a staff member, noting that the incident occurred just days after Mayor Muriel Bowser reported a significant increase in hate crimes against trans people in the District.

Casa Ruby also pointed out that at least seven trans women have been murdered nationwide in 2017, adding that "this is how it begins and we refuse to be the next ones."

Last year, a black trans woman who'd been involved with Casa Ruby, Deeniquia Dodds, was fatally shot in D.C.

Read more: http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/johnwright/vandals_strike_yet_another_lgbt_community_center_as_wave_of_hate_crimes_continues

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