Activists Demand Justice for Layleen Polanco, a Black Trans Woman Found Dead in a Rikers Island Jail Cell

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Activists Demand Justice for Layleen Polanco, a Black Trans Woman Found Dead in a Rikers Island Jail Cell

A 27-year-old black trans woman, Layleen Polanco, also known as Layleen Xtravaganza, was found dead in her jail cell on Rikers Island last week, and the LGBTQ community and her family plan to rally today to demand justice in her name.

Anti-Trafficking/Anti-Violence, BIPOC Equity/Racial Justice, Criminal Legal/Criminal Justice Reform, Economics, Family/Parenting, Fundraising, Gender/Feminism, Healthcare/Public Health, Human Rights, Incarceration and Post-Incarceration, Labor Organizing, Legislative/Policy, LGBTQIA+, Sex Workers

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