Michelle Paz

Location: Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Cause of Death: Shot four times
Date of Death: January 11, 2002
Source: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
Notes: As part of continued violence and harassment of transvesti activists in Venezuela, Michelle Paz was shot four times, reportedly by police officers. Other local transpeople were fired upon and detained by police in the days that followed Paz’s death.

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