PHILADELPHIA: Hundreds Of Activists Rally In Memory Of Murdered Transgender Woman [VIDEO]

NBC News reports:

A large crowd gathered in Center City to call for justice and equality for transgender men and women in the wake of a brutal murder. The 5th Annual Philly Trans March took place Saturday afternoon at Thomas Paine Plaza, less than a week after Kiesha Jenkins, a 22-year-old transgender woman, was killed by a group of men in Philadelphia. Jenkins is at least the second transgender woman killed in Philadelphia this year. London Chanel, 21, was fatally stabbed inside an abandoned home in May. A man was later charged in Chanel’s death. While the event was planned months before Jenkins’ death, her murder was a major topic of conversation for those who organized and attended Saturday’s rally. “We mourn the loss of Keisha Jenkins, London Kiki Channel, and too many others,” said Ted Martin, the Executive Director of Equality PA. “Violence against transgender women, and particularly transgender women of color, is too commonplace and it must stop.”

Jenkins’ killers remain at large and Philadelphia police have asked the public for help.