Published by Bay Area Reporter
Colleagues and family are remembering Banko Brown on the one-year anniversary of his death. The 24-year-old unarmed and unhoused Black trans man was shot dead last April 27 by a security guard at a Market Street Walgreens.
Brown had worked as an organizer at the Young Women’s Freedom Center. Julia Arroyo, the executive director of the center, remembered Brown in an April 29 press statement.
“At Young Women’s Freedom Center, we remember Banko often. His picture is on our five altars across the state and we gather regularly to share sweet memories. On every one of those occasions, we are left feeling angry and frustrated that very little has been done to prevent more senseless deaths of young trans people,” Arroyo stated.