Cleveland Scene reports, and activists consider the facility a dangerous place, especially for members of marginalized populations.“Transgender people are being murdered across the United States, and the City of Cleveland has one of the highest rates based on our population,” Maya Simek of Equality Ohio said in a statement to the Scene and other local media. “The system that continues to fail Black, brown, and LGBTQ+ Ohioans is completely inept when interacting with those at the intersection of race and LGBTQ+ identity.”“Lea’s death is unacceptable.