What happened to Brayla Stone and how do I sign the petition?
BRAYLA Stone was a transgender Black female who was found dead in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 25. Stone was only 17. She is reportedly the eighth transgender person to have been murdered in the last week. Who was Brayla Stone? Stone was a 17-year-old Black transgender female who grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. […]
BRAYLA Stone was a transgender Black female who was found dead in Little Rock, Arkansas on June 25.
Stone was only 17.
She is reportedly the eighth transgender person to have been murdered in the last week.
Who was Brayla Stone?
Stone was a 17-year-old Black transgender female who grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas.
She was reportedly found dead by police on June 25 at 2.55pm in her car.
Her murder has received little press coverage and comes at the heels of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Outrage has poured out on social media as a result of her death.
“My heart and deepest condolences to the family of this beautiful lady, who was taken from them and all of us at the hands of an individual who runs on pure evil,” one user wrote under a Planet Trans article that reported her death.
“Pure hate. This individual is obviously heinous to the core to carry out a thing like this.”
“ALL LIVES MATTER! DUH! WHY DOES ANYBODY HAVE TO BE TOLD THIS?
“May God come down these hatemongers like sledge hammer!”
What happened to them?
Stone was found dead on June 25.
She was reportedly murdered by a transphobic man.
Stone’s killer supposedly “boasted” about the young woman’s death on social media, claiming that they were paid $5,000 for the murder.
A comment by a user named tapnseason wrote under Stone’s Instagram picture “I zipped ’em for 5k. Money Well Spent” with a series of laughing emojis.
The same user uploaded a picture of a pile of $20 bills to their Instagram story and wrote “5k.”
Although the comments have been deleted, the page remains active. The user’s bio reads “PAY THE PRICE ROLL THE DICE THEY LOSE THEY LIFE.”
Arkansas Minister Lucas Delaney reportedly contacted Stone’s family in regards to a Facebook fundraiser and he began to create a plaque in her honor.
However, after contacting them he told Planet Trans that he believed that they were not supportive of her transition as during their conversation her mother only used her deadname and the wrong pronouns.
How do I sign the Justice for Brayla Stone petition?
Stone’s friend Kaydn Lorrin started a change.org petition calling for justice for her murdered friend.
The petition has currently garnered 92,602 signatures and calls for 150,000.
You can sign the Justice for Brayla Stone petition here.
There is also currently a petition circulating on Change.org demanding that the officers involved in Elijah McClain’s death be taken off duty and that the investigation be re-opened.
McClain was a 23-year-old Black man who had the police called on him for acting “suspicious” and died as a result of his encounter with them.
You can sign the Justice for Elijah McClain petition here.
How many other transgender people have been killed?
According to Planet Trans, Stone is the eighth transgender person to have been murdered over the last seven days.
Others are said to include R. Sanabria, an unidentified female that may be Renatynha Valadares, Anel Valenzuela, Fernanda Machado, “Lady Gaga” and Marceli Silva.
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In its website, Black Lives Matter notes that they “affirm the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, undocumented folks, folks with records, women, and all Black lives along the gender spectrum.”
Recently, the Brooklyn Liberation March attracted 15,000 protesters calling for an end to the epidemic of Black trans murders in the US.