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Transgender woman says she was beaten in her Point Breeze home and called slurs

Kendall Stephens says what happened to her was a hate crime. While Philadelphia recognizes attacks on LGBTQ people as hate crimes, the state of Pennsylvania does not.

Kendall Stephens stands near her Point Breeze home on Wednesday. Stephens, a transgender woman, said she was beaten inside her home Monday night by a group of women and men who called her transphobic slurs.
Kendall Stephens stands near her Point Breeze home on Wednesday. Stephens, a transgender woman, said she was beaten inside her home Monday night by a group of women and men who called her transphobic slurs.Read moreJOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographer
    by Julie Shaw
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