Sorry, this video isn't available any more.‘We’re tired of Chicago police misgendering trans people; gender non-conforming people.‘They’re dehumanizing our character.’ Courtney’s friends described her as ‘hilarious,’ and as the life and soul of any party.Ross told CBS Chicago: ‘She wanted to be something.
She wanted to beat the odds.’ Transgender people – particularly black trans women – are at extremely high risk of becoming victims of violent crime, or murder.Courtney is at least the 43rd transgender person to have been killed in the US this year, the vast majority of whom were black women.