Family suspected in stabbing of transgender woman in Beersheba

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Family suspected in stabbing of transgender woman in Beersheba
The Jerusalem Post

A 25-year-old transgender woman from the Bedouin community was seriously wounded in a stabbing incident on Sunday evening on Raziel Street in Beersheba.

According to Magen David Adom paramedics, the woman was found semi-conscious and suffering from multiple penetrating wounds. She was treated at the scene and evacuated in unstable condition to Soroka-University Medical Center.

The woman was reportedly stabbed by members of her family in what police suspect was a hate crime.

“The injured woman was semi-conscious and suffered severe penetrating wounds to her body after being involved in a violent incident,” MDA paramedics Dvir Ben-Zeev and Lior Ben-Simon said. “We provided her with life-saving medical treatment and evacuated her to the hospital in unstable condition.”

The Beersheba Pride House NGO condemned the stabbing of the young transgender woman, calling it a violent hate crime and demanding immediate action by the municipality and police to protect the LGBTQ+ community, especially transgender and Arab residents.

"Our blood is not forfeit. We do not deserve to be harmed, not by a stranger and not by a family member," they stated.

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1. This is so fucking heartbreaking. So horrible that her own family couldn't see past her gender status and

The family will probably get away with it. I hope she survives and leaves them behind forever.