[News] [VA, USA] Transgender Woman Attacked Outside 7-Eleven in Fredericksburg
Stephanie Stevens
Transgender Woman Attacked Outside 7-Eleven in Fredericksburg
18-year-old Laqueta Webb arrested
Updated: Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 12:08 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 12:03 AM EDT
By WILL THOMAS/myfoxdc
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - A 32-year-old Fredericksburg, Va., transgender
woman is recovering from a beating outside a 7-Eleven on Fall Hill
Avenue last Saturday.
According to police, at least three people began to argue with and
then attacked the victim.
The victim told FOX 5 she has been harassed in the neighborhood
because of her transgender status and during the beating, the
attackers used hateful language about her gender identity.
Police have arrested and charged 18-year-old Fredericksburg resident
Laqueta Webb with malicious wounding by mob and detectives believe
other arrests are coming.
Virginia's hate crime legislation makes no special protections for
sexual orientation or identity, only classifying as hate crimes those
which are motivated by the victim's race, religious conviction, color
or national origin.
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