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CW: Trans/homophobia, misgendering and use of incorrect pronouns, hate crime and assault

One November afternoon in 2013, Sasha Fleischman boarded the 57 bus home from school in Oakland California.  Sasha, a high school senior at the time, identified as agender and enjoyed wearing skirts.  Then, one member of a group of three teenaged boys took a lighter and set their skirt on fire.  Their lives were both changed forever in a matter of seconds.

Sources:
The NYT Magazine: The Fire on the 57 Bus in Oakland Dashka Slater 

The novel The 57 Bus:  A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by: Dashka Slater 

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