From left: Jahaira DeAlto Balenciaga, Iris Santos, and Tiffany ThomasAt least three more transgender or gender-nonconforming Americans, all people of color, have died by violence in recent days.Jahaira DeAlto Balenciaga, 42, an activist and a legend in the Boston ballroom scene, was stabbed to death Sunday in her home in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood.
A house guest, Fatima Yasin, 28, was also killed in the attack, Boston broadcaster WGBH reports.Yasin’s husband, Marcus Chavin, 34, has been charged with two counts of murder.
He and their two children, aged 7 and 8, were also staying in DeAlto’s home. She had offered “a safe space for them to get out of a bad situation,” Nolan Tesis, a friend of DeAlto’s, told WGBH.