Florida police arrested 25-year-old Shanoyd Whyte Jr. for allegedly murdering his girlfriend, 21-year-old transgender wig-styling social media influencer Girlalala (aka. M. Harrison), following an argument in Whytes car on Friday, November 14. Video captured Whyte having a physical encounter with Harrison moments before her death.Cisgender rapper JT donated $5,000 to a crowdfunding campaign to pay for Harrisons funeral costs and made a social media post alluding to domestic violence that Harrison may have faced. Harrison was a fan of JT and rapped along to some of her music in several of her social media videos. Related Police are more likely to mistreat LGBTQ+ people, a disturbing new study finds Officers from the Broward Sheriffs Office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida said that Whyte allegedly shot and killed Harrison in the passenger seat of his car after a verbal argument which turned physical, near 7 p.m. local time. Video recorded from a Tesla vehicle reportedly showed Whyte exiting the drivers side of his sedan, approaching Harrison as she tried to exit the passenger side, and grabbing her by the hair and forcing her back inside the vehicle, WPLG reported. Never Miss a Beat Subscribe to our newsletter to stay ahead of the latest LGBTQ+ political news and insights. Subscribe to our Newsletter today Police reportedly found the murder weapon and arrested Whyte near the scene of the crime, WTVJ reported. Emergency medical workers transported Harrison to a local hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.Whyte reportedly dated Harrison for several years and formerly played as a defensive lineman for Bethune-Cookman Universitys football team. He is now in the Broward County jail on a charge of first-degree murder with a firearm without bail. Harrison who has over 291,800 followers on TikTok, 43,800 on Instagram, and 4,720 on YouTube amassed fans through her fun and stylish videos showing her work and love of hip-hop. Following her death, fans noted that Harrison had once posted a video where she appeared with a cut on her nose and mentioned fighting with her boyfriend.A GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign for Harrisons funeral raised $28,712 by the early morning hours of Wednesday, topping its initial $25,000 goal. Florida-based rapper JT (birth name Jatavia Shakara Johnson) donated $5,000 to the campaign.On a since-expired Instagram post, JT wrote, NOTHING is funny about a (domestic) violence story. She added that many people do not take intimate partner abuse seriously in the queer and straight communities, instead treating such abuse like reality show drama.In a statement, Harrisons family said, As a family, we appreciate every prayer, kind thought, and gesture during our time of bereavement. Now, we are just praying that justice is served to the fullest degree. Harrisons brother was shot and killed last August. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @_girlalalalaBlack transgender women made up nearly half of the 36 known murders of trans and gender non-conforming people over the last year, according toa report from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). The number of such murders has risen over the past few years, and transphobia and anti-trans policies have made these groups even more susceptible to poverty, social isolation, illness, and violence, the HRCs report said.The more recent murders have occurred amid a political climate where Republicans introduced over 700 anti-trans bills in state legislatures nationwide this year alone. Furthermore, right-wing influencers have weaponized anti-trans rhetoric to spread hateful, dehumanizing anti-trans messages on social media, which encourages attacks against trans people.The number of gender identity-related hate crimes against trans and nonbinary individuals may actually be much higher than realized since not all such crimes get reported to police. Furthermore, police, media, and victims families sometimes misgender victims, essentially erasing their true gender identities in the process.According to the 2017-2022 Transgender Homicide Tracker, 73% of all confirmed homicides against Black trans women involved a gun. Approximately 54% of trans and non-binary individuals have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetimes, according to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).Thats higher than the 41% of women and 26% of men in the general population who have experienced such violence, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.A2024 HRC reportfound that 75% of transgender people murdered in the prior year were people of color, and 50% were Black trans women 30% percent knew their attackers.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.