Will Not Be the Last Word for Amanda Malon A.

Amanda milan a's death galvanizes the queer community to recognize their need to fight for trans rights. In eight years between 19 92 and two thousand there were seven murders of trans people, all of them werone unsolved. The message from matthew shepherd activists is that there is no difference between amanda milan and some non-transgender people in the world. As trans activist melissa schlartz puts it, "The story of Amanda Milan A has become not a martyr, but a rallying cry"