Asia Jynaé Foster
Asia Jynaé Foster, a 22-year-old Black trans woman, was found dead on a street in southwest Houston last Friday, Nov. 20, which was Transgender Day of Remembrance. ABC Eyewitness News Channel 13 in Houston reported that was shot multiple times.
Police have said that they believe Foster was shot to death elsewhere and then her body dumped and bound where it was found, along Skyline Drive and Greenridge (3400 block of East Greenridge). A friend of Foster’s told reporters that the body was found near where Foster lived.
Foster is the first transgender person killed this year in Houston and at least the 38th trans or non-binary person to die violently this year. Two black trans women — Tracy Single and Itali Marlowe — were murdered last year in Houston, along with two Black trans women in Dallas — Muhlaysia Booker and Chynal Lindsey. Two more trans women have been murdered in Texas this year: Helle Jae O’Regan in San Antonio and Merci Mack in Dallas.
Anyone with information on the murder of Asia Jynaé Foster is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.
— Tammye Nash
Sadly, these types of incidents are commonplace with the trans prostitute community. We should not highlight a trans death over all the other prostitutes murdered. Stop with the trans agenda. I’d rather the DV highlight the abuse children are experiencing at home during online learning vs trans.
thanks.
GB
dear GB: You have assumed the young woman who was murdered was a prostitute. That is an assumption based in discriminatory thought. And even if she were a sex worker, that doesn’t make her less human or her murder less awful.
If you are not interested in reading about the transgender community, don’t come to an LGBTQ news site. And while any abuse of children is horrific, as the LGBTQ newspaper, we focus our efforts on LGBTQ news.
Why don’t you troll elsewhere.
Tammye let’s be real here. We all know that was a trans prostitute. Open up any gay app like Grindr and you’ll see it littered with people like this looking for sex for money.
You are a typical gay liberal trying to excuse immoral behavior by using “human rights” as a shield. Open your eyes.
No, we don’t what she was, but what we do know that she was acwoman that was murdered. Prostitute or not, trans or not, she was a human being that someone killed.
Let”s honor the fact that she, someone”s daughter lost her life. The killings in this nation and especially in Houston has to stop.
What does it take to respect life, whether man, woman, black, white, trans or not. We all matter.