local media, which deadnamed Bandz. He is charged with second-degree murder.The two had a “volatile” relationship, Baton Rouge’s Advocate newspaper reports (the paper is not related to this Advocate).
They had broken up for a time but started dating again recently, and police say the shooting occurred during an argument.Bandz’s death is an example of intimate partner violence, which trans people experience at a higher rate than cisgender people.
In 2020, 70 percent of trans and gender-nonconforming people who died by violence “were killed by an acquaintance, friend, family member or intimate partner,” the Human Rights Campaign notes.