Black Trans Woman Keshia Chanel Geter Killed in Georgia
Human Rights Campaign. Jaquarie Allen, 22, of August has been charged with murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, local news station WACH reports, which deadnamed Geter.Allen may face additional charges, the outlet notes. The station reports that Geter’s family has begun promoting a “transgender lives matter” movement in the wake of Geter’s death.In a message posted on YouTube, Geter’s mother, Michelle Jordan, said, “no one should ever take somebody’s life because of what they are.”Tori Cooper, Human Rights Campaign’s director of community engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative, condemned the killing.“Keshia Chanel Geter lived her truth as a Black transgender woman.