Juniper Blessing was 19 when her life ended

Juniper Blessing was killed on Friday, May 8, 2026 in Seattle. She was in her off-campus apartment. According to KOMO According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), officers were dispatched to a stabbing at the Nordheim Court Apartments in the 5000 block of 25th Ave NE around 10:10 p.m. Sunday. They found a 19-year-old woman […]

Won’t you stop and remember me? These trans memorials remain incomplete right now.

These are posts I regret having to share. The number of trans, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming deaths due to violence have been increasing so rapidly that I struggle to keep up with memorial posts. That is my challenge to work out. But for you … I want to make sure you are aware. The brutal […]

Man Charged With First-Degree Murder Over Death Of Trans Student Juniper Blessing

A 31-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder over the fatal stabbing of 19-year-old transgender University of Washington student Juniper Blessing in Seattle earlier this month. Christopher Michael Leahy ...

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America is renormalizing violence against queer people

When I was in high school, a kid named Matthew Shepard was murdered, beaten ,and left tied to a fence in Wyoming because he was gay. I grew up in a culture that did not feel very far away from that world at all, both culturally and geographically. Northwest New Mexico and Wyoming had a lot in common.

I was out very young, never ever in the closet.

One of my most searing memories in high…

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