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Jul 24, 2011

D.C. Police’s Disclosure of Victim’s Transgender ID Questioned

LGBT groups around D.C. are questioning the D.C. Police Department’s decision to omit the transgender identity of a woman killed early Wednesday morning in Northeast. In a press release after the shooting, MPD had originally identified the transgendered woman’s legal name, Myles Mclean, who had started using the name Lashai Mclean following a gender transition several years ago. Although Mayor Vincent Gray acknowledge Mclean’s transgender status in his own press release, the police department…

 
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