For Immediate Release: March 12, 2021
Contact: Ciora Thomas, ciora.thomas@sisterspgh.org, 412-297-0548
(PITTSBURGH) -- We at SisTers PGH are crushed to learn of the passing of 23-year-old Kyree Sanders in Cincinnati last week.
Kyree, a Black Trans woman, was shot and killed in the city's Clifton neighborhood. No suspect has yet to be identified, and we hope the Cincinnati police department uses every resource available to deliver justice for Kyree and for her loved ones left behind.
Too often the murders of our Black Trans siblings go unsolved because our lives are undervalued. We must all tell our stories every day, and our allies must uplift us along the way.
We will not be silenced.
This epidemic of violence against Trans people must end. Period.
SisTers PGH is a Black and Trans-led 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that serves people of color, trans, and nonbinary people within Southwestern Pennsylvania. www.sisterspgh.org