“Crime and Tragedy: The Story of Koko Da Doll, a Trans Woman Killed After TV Documentary About Her Life”

2023-04-22 09:06:09

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After TV documentary about her life – trans woman shot dead in Atlanta

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Koko Da Doll, in a scene from “Kokomo City”

What: AP

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Beyond stereotypes and deadly violence: In the US film “Kokomo City”, the trans woman Koko Da Doll gave an insight into her life. Now her openness may have cost her her life. The 35-year-old was killed on the street.

TRougher for Koko Da Doll: According to her sister, the trans woman known from a US TV documentary was shot in the US state of Georgia. In the documentary “Kokomo City”, the 35-year-old gave an insight into the reality of life for black trans women and the dangers they are exposed to.

Her sister Kilya Williams and other family members said police told them she was shot Wednesday after exiting an apartment complex west of downtown Atlanta. Her body was found on the sidewalk next to a shopping center on a busy street.

Police released surveillance footage Friday showing a person in a sports jersey walking towards the entrance of a residential building. Authorities said investigators wanted to identify the individual so he could “assist with the ongoing investigation into the homicide.”

In 2022, 38 trans people were killed in the United States

In the documentation (here is a trailer) Koko, together with other protagonists, described her life as a trans woman, her contacts with black men as sex workers – and the threats of violence she was repeatedly exposed to.

Williams said she felt her sister wanted her story public. She was not ashamed of her identity. “Because if she was ashamed of it, she would never have made the documentary,” she said. “She was proud of who she was because she came from a loving, accepting family.”

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The filmmaker behind “Kokomo City”, D. Smith, wrote on Instagram that she wanted her film to show “the fun, human, natural side of black trans women” and not to focus on trauma or the statistics of trans homicide. “But here we are again,” Smith wrote. It was extremely difficult to deal with the death of Koko. But the team is now even more encouraged to inspire the world with their story “to show how beautiful and full of life it was”.

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The group Human Rights Campaignwhich campaigns for the rights of people who identify themselves as LGBTQI+, found that at least 38 trans people would be killed in the United States in 2022.

The English abbreviation LGBTQI+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex people. The plus sign and the asterisk are placeholders for additional identities and genders.

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