Trans teen with a ‘bright smile’ killed by her own father in ‘horrific tragedy’

A trans teenager was shot and killed by her own father in Georgia, United States, in what has been described as a “horrific tragedy”.

Kathryn “Katie” Newhouse, 19, was killed on 19 March, according to officers at Cherokee County Police who found both her and her father, Howard Newhouse, 57, dead in their home.

According to Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, who wrote a blog post about Newhouse’s death, the teen was a “Minecraft and UberSpire enthusiast, an advocate for trans rights” and “had a bright smile”.

The blog post continued: “A native of Illinois, Kathryn was most recently living with her family in Canton, Georgia.

“Kathryn was a Minecraft and UberSpire enthusiast, an advocate for trans rights, had a bright smile, enjoyed changing up her hairstyles, and attentive to world events.”

At least six other trans, non-binary and gender-conforming people have been violently killed in the US in 2022 so far, according to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), which has been monitoring the wave of brutality since 2013.

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