Nikki Kuhnhausen

Everyone should be free to be whoever they are - no matter how they identify. Nikki Kuhnhausen was someone who never struggled with her identity. She was confident in who she was and never apologized for it.

But that wasn’t Nikki’s identifying characteristic. Nikki was a human being, just like all of us, just trying to make it through each day. She loved makeup and always fought for the underdog. And thanks to her mom, Nikki’s legacy is knowing that the LGBTQ panic defense can’t be used to justify murder or reinforce dangerous and incorrect stereotypes about the LGBTQ community. 

Resources for Trans/Non-Binary Persons:

Trans Lifeline

The Trevor Project

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• Bogdanov sentenced to nearly 20 years in murder of Nikki Kuhnhausen - The Columbian
• Man Convicted of Killing Trans Teen, Case Inspired Mom to Create Change
• AMERICAN THEATRE | Nikki Kuhnhausen: The Death of an ‘American Girl’
• 'HATE MURDER' Inside the eerie online clues leading to arrest of killer who murdered teen Nikki Kuhnhausen because she was transgender
• ‘48 Hours’ episode about Vancouver teen killed because she was transgender, repeats Saturday - oregonlive.com
• Timeline: Nikki Kuhnhausen murder investigation | kgw.com
• Murder of Vancouver transgender teen is explored in Hulu’s ‘How I Caught My Killer’ - oregonlive.com
• Nikki Kuhnhausen death: Transgender teen's murder launches nationwide movement, inspires new law - CBS News
• Nikki Kuhnhausen murder case: A closer look

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