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              <text>A&#13;
Celebration of Life for&#13;
Deon Davis "Ukea" and Wilbur Thomas "Stephanie"&#13;
Date: Monday, August 19, 2002&#13;
Location: Holy Christian Missionary Church&#13;
For All People&#13;
5110 Naney Hellenbourough Avenue, N.WL*L&gt;&#13;
Time: 10am -12noon Wake&#13;
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Media Advisory&#13;
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Vigil to Honor Murder Victim Lee Person “Diamond”,&#13;
Local Transgender Person&#13;
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Family and friends of Lee Person better known throughout the community as “Diamond”, joined by members of the local and national transgender community, will gather for a candlelight vigil in front of her building where she lived and was brutally murdered inside her apartment last week in the 3900 block of Kansas Avenue, N.W.&#13;
&#13;
Transgender women continue to be murdered with horrifying frequency in Washington, D.C.  Nationally, a transgender woman is murdered on an average approximately once per month.  “Diamond” was the second homicide in the District of Columbia for the new year of 2007.&#13;
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Is has been reported that police are still investigating the crime, but do have a suspect in custody believed to be her partner.&#13;
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Who:	Family, Friends and community leaders of “Diamond”&#13;
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Where:	3921 Kansas Avenue, N.W.&#13;
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When:	Tuesday, January 9, 2007, 5:30p.m.&#13;
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Contact:	Ms. Earline Budd – (202) 903-6413/ 2) 636-1646&#13;
		Ms. Gi Gi Thomas – (202) 904-4008&#13;
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