“We are living in a world where if you do contract HIV, it’s a chronic but treatable disease, not a death sentence—unless you are a poor, transgender person of color.”

“My sisters and I are here and we exist, and you will not diminish our light and our brilliance.”

Nettles, a Black trans woman, was just 21 years old when Davis fatally assaulted her.

Police have arrested a suspect in the death of the 43-year-old Latina.