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The story of Andrea Doria Dos Passos, the 37-year-old transgender woman who was beaten to death with a metal pipe outside Miami City Ballet, is just one example. The attack was caught on video, and police have arrested Gregory Gibert. He appeared in court Thursday and had his charges upgraded from second-degree murder to first-degree murder. The family of Passos says she struggled with mental illness and homelessness. She had been staying at a halfway house, but it was sold and she ended up back on the streets.
Dragun’s incarceration in the men’s unit is not uncommon for transgender people in Florida and across the country. Corrections departments often place people in facilities based upon their assigned sex when they were born or their genitals at the time of arrest, which can lead to violence and abuse.
On July 20, a 17-year old transgender girl suffered 18 stab wounds at Miami International Airport. Police have arrested 29-year-old Alexander Love and charged him with attempted first-degree murder. It’s unclear whether the victim and Love were acquainted.
According to Equality Florida, a state organization that advocates for civil rights and protections for the LGBTQ community, Florida has the highest rate of hate crimes against the LGBT community of any state in the United States. The group is asking Miami-Dade County prosecutors if they will apply the state’s hate crimes enhancement to this case.