The attacks claimed the lives of an Indiana woman and an Oregon man, both cisgender people.

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    “In talks with investigators, Earl referred to the victim as “a male acting like a woman,” the affidavit said.”

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    “Rahnique U. Jackson, 24, is accused of killing Smith after the 32-year-old defended a transgender friend in the group, according to Smith’s sister.”

    There’s your connection. Two people are dead due to hatred for trans people.

    Are they unrelated in the sense that nothing else connects them victims and the perpetrators? Sure. But that’s just being pedantic.

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      Article: Here is the way these murders are related.

      That guy: but what about all the ways they aren’t related?