WITN reports. Her death was not initially classified as a homicide, but police last week announced they believe that to be the case, although they have not released details of how she died.
Some local media have deadnamed Franks and have continued to do so even after LGBTQ+ activists spoke out.Franks, who was homeless, “was loved by many people in Jacksonville,” Dennis Biancuzzo, director of the Onslow County LGBTQ+ Community Center, told GLAAD. “She was also a transgender woman.
I know these things because Jenna was a client of the Onslow County LGBTQ+ Community Center. … But the first thing reported about her by local media was the one thing I never wanted to hear: the deadname she was assigned at birth.”GLAAD, the community center,.