I haven’t seen a thread about this yet.
I just came across this mentioned in a Times article about the recent upsurge in murders all over London the last few weeks - the rest all being men, shot or stabbed usually in public. Naomi was stabbed in a hotel room, a man has already been charged with her murder, and a 17yo girl for assisting. It seems a little different from the rest of the deaths referred to.
A little more googling and it seems Naomi’s death hasn’t really been picked up much in the media at all. A report in the standard was quite depersonalised, avoiding any gendered pronouns and referring only to ‘the victim’ etc. Stonewall have published an article decrying lack of media coverage.
I know that murders of women by male partners often go without mainstream media attention, and when they do they are often poorly written, dehumanising and victim blaming. It’s not a surprise that the murder of a transwoman would be any different, sadly. The problem a ever is male violence. I just thought it was worth posting. I don’t know how the media chooses what to cover, but it seems odd in this current climate of both awareness of male violence and transgender issues in the news, that Naomi’s death has been seemingly largely ignored.
Thoughts with friends & family of Naomi.