One other Black trans individual has died beneath mysterious cowl and police are attempting to piece collectively what occurred. Mel Groves, described on his social media as a 25-year-old transgender Black man, drove himself to Advantage Well being Hospital on October 11. Based on the Clarion Ledger, he collapsed whereas getting out of the car.
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Dominique Lucious, a Black transgender woman, was killed in Springfield, Missouri, after meeting a man on the Plenty of Fish dating site. According to Human Rights Campaign, the 26-year-old is the 14th trans or gender nonbinary person to be murdered in 2021. The Ozarks Independent reports Lucious allegedly met 28-year-old Charles Nelson on April 9;