29-year-old Alexa Negron Luciano was a transgender woman who was murdered in the city of Toa Baja.  She was homeless and used a mirror to check her surroundings.  Alexa was accused of peeping under a bathroom stall at a McDonald's but police confirmed that there's no evidence of this.  Alexa was murdered less than 12 hours after this incident and it was her birthday.

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Resources:

• Alexa Negrón Luciano: Transgender woman slain in Puerto Rico - CNN
• Killing of Transgender Homeless Woman Sparks Outrage in Puerto Rico - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
• 2021 is now the deadliest year on record for transgender people | PBS NewsHour
  375 Transgender People Murdered In 2021-‘Deadliest Year’ Since Records Began (forbes.com)
• Transgender woman killed in Puerto Rico after using women's bathroom (nbcnews.com)
• Remembering Alexa, How The Trans Community in PR Celebrated Her Life (remezcla.com)
• U.S. v. Lobos-Ruiz (justice.gov)
• Trans Justice Now: Violent Murder of Alexa Negrón Luciano Draws Outrage in Puerto Rico | BELatina
• 3 Puerto Rico Men Charged With Hate Crimes Against Transgender Woman (insider.com)
• Puerto Rico Men Charged with Hate Crimes for Shooting Transgender Woman with a Paintball Gun | OPA | Department of Justice
• Federal authorities arrest three men in connection with trans Puerto Rico woman's murder (losangelesblade.com)
• HRC Releases Annual Report on Epidemic of Anti-Transgender Violence - HRC
• FBI arrests Puerto Rico Rep. María Milagros Charbonier, family members in public corruption case (nbcnews.com)
• Alleged Murder Of Transgender Woman Renews Concern Over Transphobia In Puerto Rico | HuffPost Communities
• Opinion: Using 'they' as singular pronoun goes back to 14th century - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com

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