Carrie Robertson

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September 2, 1938 – May 18, 2009

A graduate of Harvard, Carrie Robertson was a community producer on the radio program Face the Music and a beloved member of Flint’s LGBT community.  Her friends took her to the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival despite its womyn-born-womyn policy.

Lesbian Connection, September/October 2009

Shelley Hilliard

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Died October 23, 2011

Michelle Hilliard, a 19-year-old trans sex worker who enjoyed photography and music, was slain in Detroit in the early morning hours of October 23, 2011.

Between The Lines, November 17, 2011

Between The Lines, December 8, 2011

Trailer for Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice, Mapping a Detroit Story