# Islan Nettles was LGBT (1992-2013)

**URL:** <https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/islan-nettles-was-lgbt-1992-2013/3018>\
**Category:** Politics and Social Issues\
**Created:** [August 24, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/islan-nettles-was-lgbt-1992-2013/3018 "2013-08-24T16:51:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/islan-nettles-was-lgbt-1992-2013/3018/1 "2013-08-24T16:51:44Z")

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[Death of transgender woman in New York prompts hate crimes investigation](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/new-york-hate-crime-transgender-woman-killed)]  
“21-year-old Islan Nettles died Thursday, five days after being assaulted on a New York City street”  
“In May, police said Mark Carson, 32, was first taunted with homophobic slurs, then shot in the head in Greenwich Village, not far from the site of 1969 Stonewall riots that helped give rise to the gay rights movement.”