Five

Sadly the count of the number of trans persons murdered this year is now at five. The fifth trans woman was murdered by her father,

22 Year Old Ohio Trans Woman Stabbed to Death By Father
Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents
By Sue Kerr
February 15.2015

22-year-old Bri Golec has recently returned to a transgender support group in the Akron, Ohio area. She had participated a few years ago, then stopped attending. Recently, she began to more assertively explore her gender identity.
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Trans activist Jacob Nash has confirmed that Bri was a transwoman and was involved in the community. According to Bri’s obituary, Facebook page and friends, she was a drummer and an artist. She loved her cat and had many friends. Bri will be buried this Friday, February 20 in Ohio.

Her father’s attempts to cover up the murderous attack took a bizarre turn when he told police that Bri was in a cult, implying the cult was responsible for the non-existent robbery. Local activists believe the elder Golec may have been referencing the transgender community. They are hopeful that the police will consider Bri’s gender identity in their investigation.

Bri Golec is the 6th transgender individual to die a violent death in 2015. She is the 5th transgender woman to be murdered in Ohio since 2013 along with Cemia Acoff, Betty Skinner, Brittany Kidd-Stergis, and Tiffany Edwards.  Another trans woman, Candice Milligan, was brutally attacked in Toledo.

The media used male pronouns to describe Bri, the only reports from LGBT media identified her as trans. The other media dissed her in death, denying her true identity.

When will the hate end?

Update 2/17/15 9:00AM:

According to Janet Mock's blog, the count is sadly now six trans women killed since the first of the year.