A man and a teenage girl have been arrested after a trans woman was found dead in a London hotel room.
Naomi Hersi was found with knife injuries near to Heathrow Airport and pronounced dead at the scene 30 minutes later. The 36-year-old, who lived in Mill Hill, north London, was described on social media as a “tennis lover, music junkie, film and tv addict”.
In a horrific twist, Hersi’s final post to Twitter was a Vice article titled “Trans Women of Color Face an Epidemic of Violence and Murder”.
Neighbours paid tribute to Hersi, who was of Somali origin and had also lived in the US. Read more via Pink News
Oh god. The last thing Naomi Hersi tweeted was a Vice piece about trans women of colour and violence. Last week she died a violent death. pic.twitter.com/J2QDkpq829
— Juno Dawson (@junodawson) March 25, 2018
I’m sorry but I’m angry. I’ve been asked to appear on TWELVE (12) different ‘debates’ with so-called feminists like we are two distinct groups.
— Juno Dawson (@junodawson) March 25, 2018
We’re not. I am a feminist. Every woman who’s supported me, in ways large and small, is a feminist.