Nashville News Blog

Terron Taylor

Memphis has a startlingly poor track record when it comes to hate crimes against transgendered women.

Kelvin Denton was shot twice on May 27 -- once in the nose and once in the neck -- after police say Terron Taylor, 18, learned Denton was not a biological woman. Denton fled and was found near the Whitehaven Community Center. She was taken to the Med in critical condition, but survived. Today Denton is being held on $500,000 bond and will appear in court to face charges of attempted murder in the 2nd degree.

This is actually an improvement, since D'Andre Blake was released on a $20,000 bond for allegedly shooting another transgendered woman in 2006. A court date has yet to be set in this case.

But Memphis certainly isn't all bad.