Two trans women killed in the US on the very same day as violence spills into 2021
Iris Santos (L) and Natalia Smüt. (Houston Police Department/Instagram) Two trans women were slain on the same day in the US, raising the spectre of a spree of violence that shows no signs of stopping this year. Iris Santos, a Latinx trans woman, and Natalia Smüt, a “firecracker” of a drag performer who dazzled audiences with her lip-syncing prowess, were separated by some 2,000 miles. But on 23 April, both their lives were tragically cut short. Santos, 22, was sitting at a picnic table in Houston, Texas, when an individual...