Black women, in general, but Black trans women, in particular, live a precarious life.

“It is clear that fatal violence disproportionately affects transgender women of color – particularly Black transgender women – and that the intersections of racism, sexism, homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and unchecked access to guns conspire to deprive them of employment, housing, healthcare and other necessities,” the HRC said.

We often treat transgender women or gender-nonconforming people with disgust or derision — as if their purpose in life is to make us comfortable.

This person was out there protesting, possibly in harm’s way for the rights of Black people while other Black people who weren’t at the protest were making disparaging remarks.

You can agree or disagree, like or dislike, understand or not a trans person’s lifestyle — or gay person’s lifestyle — but it shouldn’t be unreasonable to ask that you treat all people, especially Black people, as people.