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The 12th known transgender person to violently die in the US this year was found fatally shot in South Carolina .
News outlets report 29-year-old Denali Berries Stuckey was found dead Saturday on the shoulder of a North Charleston road. Deputy Chief Scott Deckard said Monday the investigation is ongoing.
The Human Rights Campaign says all the victims in 2019 have been black transgender women.
Chase Glenn, the executive director of the Alliance For Full Acceptance in North Charleston, says Stuckey is the third known black trans woman murdered in South Carolina since 2018. The state is one of five without hate crime laws.
Brooklyn Lindsey was the 11th trans person to die this year. The 32-year-old was found fatally shot last month on her porch in Kansas City, Missouri.
Show all 24 1 /24A transgender man’s journey A transgender man’s journey Massie, when he was 22, poses on his bed in St Louis, Missouri. He says: ‘I’m extremely fortunate to have the people in my life and to even have the transition I've had’
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A transgender man’s journey Aged 22, posing with Heaven. ‘Heaven and I had a very brief relationship, which was always more of a friendship, we went through some very hard times together’
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A transgender man’s journey ‘It’s beyond luck, karma, blessed, whatever you believe in. I honestly never thought I would get to this point in my life.’ Massie, aged 21, in 2011
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A transgender man’s journey With Heaven when he was 24
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A transgender man’s journey Massie poses in the shower at his mother’s apartment. ‘My mother has always supported me. Even if it took a minute I’m the favourite’
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A transgender man’s journey Testosterone, a needle and an alcohol swab. ‘When I first started it was painful and scary because I’ve never liked needles or shots, but you just get used to it. It’s everyday life now’
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A transgender man’s journey ‘My dad has always been my person, I fully believe I get my strangeness and my weirdness from him’. Massie, 28, and his father Robbin
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A transgender man’s journey Aged 21 in 2011. ‘At my private school, I was the pretty girl who “fell in with the wrong crowd”. I remember the most popular girl at the time saying she didn’t know why I hung out with lesbians’
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A transgender man’s journey ‘Growing up in Saint Louis shaped me as a human... It’s truly my home.’ Massie with his car, aged 25
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A transgender man’s journey Fiancee Sandra and Massie, 28, at their home in 2018
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A transgender man’s journey In 2015, aged 25. ‘I want surgery because I’ve never had an attachment to the fat that has been on my chest since puberty. I will finally be able to go outside without a binder. Finally be able to swim’
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A transgender man’s journey Massie, at 26, talks with Elle (left) and Mackenzie (centre) in Elle’s apartment in 2015. ‘I have very long-lasting friendships in my life. About nine of us have been friends for over 10 years now’
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A transgender man’s journey In 2012, aged 22
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A transgender man’s journey Massie and Sandra joke around in their backyard in 2017
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A transgender man’s journey Giving himself a testosterone shot in his bedroom in 2017, aged 27
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A transgender man’s journey Massie serves a cocktail at Planter’s House in St Louis. ‘When I first started transitioning I couldn't find a job for the life of me’
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A transgender man’s journey Posing behind a curtain on the day before his 22nd birthday
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A transgender man’s journey Massie smiles as Reeny prepares his testosterone shot on the day before his birthday in an alley in St Louis
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A transgender man’s journey Massie, 27, and Sandra at a Pride in St Louis. ‘It’s the rarest of the rare, and the most healthy relationship I could ever hope for. We’re not just partners, we’re best friends. Sandra is my everything’
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A transgender man’s journey ‘I started shaving before any hair had shown itself, because I wanted more to grow.’ Harrison, 22, looks in the mirror as he applies shaving foam
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A transgender man’s journey Massie, aged 24, wears a binder in 2013. ‘After seven years of binding I’m having back, shoulder, collar bone, and sternum issues’
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A transgender man’s journey ‘Wanting a beard was one of my first ways of letting my friends know I was going to transition. Now, I have a beautiful red beard that I am very proud of.’ Aged 25
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A transgender man’s journey Massie, 25, eats breakfast with his cat
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A transgender man’s journey Sandra has her head shaved
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