On Monday, August 1, Camila Guzman was found murdered in an apartment on East 110th Street in Harlem. On August 11, AVP, along with Camila's family, friends and community allies gathered in East Harlem to honor her memory. Camila's tragic death demonstrates the prevalence of violence against transgender people in this country. According to the 2010 Report on Hate Violence released by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, transgender women are disproportionately impacted by murder, accounting for 44 percent of gay and transgender murder victims in 2010.

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