Trigger Warning: Lesbiaphobic and misogynoiristic murder of minor
Sakia Gunn was a 15 year old lesbian who was victim of a hate crime in 2003. Despite the national outcry for justice in other hate crime cases, Sakia’s case has gone largely under reported over the years.
Sources:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/sakiagunnfilmproject?autoplay=1
https://www.nj.com/njv_guest_blog/2013/05/remembering_the_murder_of_saki.html
https://www.gaycitynews.com/rare-bias-indictment-in-sakia-gunn-murder/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sakia_Gunnhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8740918/sakia-gunn#view-photo=6333990
https://www.democracynow.org/2003/7/14/its_a_shame_that_you_havehttps://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/remembering-a-newark-hate-crime/
https://www.gaycitynews.com/sakia-gunn-memorialized/
http://www.newnownext.com/sakia-gunn-queer-black-intersectionality/10/2017/
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/13/nyregion/teenage-girl-fatally-stabbed-at-a-bus-stop-in-newark.html
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