Mercedes Successful, Black Trans Woman, Becomes 11th Reported Trans Person Murdered This Year In US

Halfway through May and again, we have to mourn another trans woman who’s been murdered and another trans woman who’s been misgendered in death. And again, it’s a Black trans woman who’s been murdered. This time it was 32-year-old Haines City, Florida native Mercedes Successful, who was found shot to death on Sunday in a parking lot. As usual, Cherno Biko and Monica Robertswere two of the first people to have details on this tragic case.