The marine admitted to choking the victim after discovering that she was a transgender woman when she undressed. Government prosecutors in the Philippines have formally charged a US Marine with the murder of a Filipino transgender woman in the country.
Outrage over the murder of a Filipino transsexual, allegedly at the hands of a US Marine, has obscured rather than highlighted the troubling vulnerability of sexual minorities to discriminatory violence in the Philippines, according to a recent report by The China Post.
The burnt body of a 16-year-old female teenager described in a local media report as often dressing as a man and who has been missing for three weeks has been found in the town of Gua Musang in the state of Kelantan.
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