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‘Are You Afraid of Dying?' Transgender Woman Attacked in Dallas Tells Her Story for the First Time

Daniela Calderon never thought it would happen to her.

She’d seen stories about other transgender women being attacked, sometimes killed, on television. Living alone, thousands of miles from her family in Honduras, she sometimes worried about not having a strong support network in Dallas.

But she had never been attacked, Calderon reminded herself, shaking off the fear. Plus, she did everything she could to be safe when she was working on the street. She always used a condom. She got tested every month. And she stayed fit, just in case.

She felt safe here. She told herself everything would be all right.

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