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Another trans person has been found dead in Texas

Texas is the scene of a disturbing trend. On Friday, Veronica Banks Cano, a transgender woman, was found dead in a San Antonio motel bathtub, making her the third known trans person of color to die or go missing in the state this year.

On Jan. 22, 43-year-old Latina woman Monica Loera became the first trans person of 2016 to be killed when a man shot her at her home in Austin. Local media outlets used male pronouns to refer to Loera in their initial reporting.

Days earlier, Dallas resident Nino Jackson, a 26-year-old trans black man disappeared; about three weeks later, authorities found his body in a lake. A spokesperson for the Rowlett Police Department said police believe it was a suicide.

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