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#SayHerName: India Clarke Is The Tenth Trans Woman Of Color To Be Murdered This Year

25-year-old India Elija Clarke of Tampa, Florida was found murdered early this morning, making her the tenth trans woman of color killed in the US in 2015.

Related: 14-Year-Old Trans Activist Kyler Prescott Commits Suicide

An employee at the University Area Community Development Center discovered India's body near a North Tampa playground around 9am, and shortly after, police identified her and determined that she had died from blunt force to her upper body.

India had been arrested for prostitution and possession of marijuana in 2013, but police have no idea if that had anything to do with her murder and are offering a $3,000 reward to anyone with information.

Trans advocates including Laverne Cox and Janet Mock took to Instagram and Twitter to react to the tragic news.

Another sister #IndiaClarke whose light was forcibly extinguished way too soon. #twoc#girlslikeushttps://t.co/tJVXeEZVHP

— Janet Mock (@janetmock) July 22, 2015

As BuzzFeed points out, police and Tampa media outlets are currently and consistently mis-gendering India as a man prompting the hashtag #SayHerName.

Follow that advice, Tampa. Her name was India.

h/t: Tampa Tribune 

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