The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Monday called on sex workers to come forward and help police capture the killers of male commercial sex worker, 19-year old Wesley “Tiffany” Holder.
“SASOD has been working with the Guyana Sex Work Coalition (GSWC) to encourage other sex workers who last saw Tiffany on Thursday night to come forward and share any information they may have with the police,” the local gay and lesbian organisation told Demerara Waves Online News.
Holder’s body, with multiple stab wounds, was found last Friday morning near St. Phillips Anglican Church, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown.
The organisation welcomed the arrest of two suspects and praised the police for seemingly “treating and investigating this murder as seriously as any other.”
SASOD also welcomed government’s assistance with Holder’s with funeral expenses. “Since Tiffany's murder made local news, the Guyana government has reached out to assist the bereaved family, who are of humble means, with funeral expenses. SASOD is pleased by this thoughtful gesture,” said the organisation.
SASOD said the “gruesome” killing of Holder was symptomatic of a worrying culture of deadly violence that has become the norm in everyday Guyanese society, particularly targeting gay and lesbian sex workers.
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