Calls for change intensify after a transgender woman was severely beaten by a man allegedly shouting slurs at her in Kensington. jpayoute reports.
PHILADELPHIA — A transgender woman was severely beaten by a man whom police say shouted homophobic slurs at her. Also injured were her sister and a friend. New details are coming out about the attack as calls grow louder for these crimes to be seriously looked at in the city.
. The attack happened outside of an underground hookah lounge on the 300 block of Westmoreland Street around 4:30 a.m. in the morning. The sister and friend suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and a graze wound to the head after trying to jump in and help. Officials are now investigating what they went through as a hate crime.
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