‘I believe Taylor is in danger’: Mother of missing Chicago trans woman is worried sick
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The mother of an American woman missing in the Bahamas Taylor Casey is concerned that her daughter is in danger in the Bahamas.
Colette Seymour along with Taylor’s grandmother and other family members are expected to arrive in the country on Tuesday to help find Taylor since her disappearance on June 19 after attending a yoga retreat on Paradise Island.
“I believe Taylor is in danger because she was eager to share her yoga retreat experience with others upon her return.
“Taylor would never disappear like this,” Seymour said.
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Taylor is a transgender who travelled to the Bahamas to attend the Sivanandra Yoga Retreat and has been in the country since June 2. When attendees realized she did not come to classes on June 19, they notified her family, and the Royal Bahamas Police Force then issued a missing person bulletin.
She is from Chicago, Illinois and is believed to have a “big footprint” in the transgender community.
As news of Taylor’s disappearance makes headlines in the United States, some express that she may be in danger because of her lifestyle. Some believe the Bahamian society is not tolerant towards the LGBTQ community.
“This is horrible, but not all countries are accepting of trans genders or LGBTQ lifestyle. The Bahamas is one of them. Women have to be careful but trans genders and LGBTQ have to be super careful especially travelling to Caribbean countries,” Terry Spells, a US citizen said.
The Bahamian society holds conservative views toward LGBTQ. Same-sex marriages and civil unions remain illegal. Acts of violence and threats toward this group are rare and are virtually unheard of.
According to friend Sara, her cellphone was discovered on a beach. It is still unknown whether or not other items belonging to Taylor were found, if she traveled to the Bahamas alone, if she met up with a friend in the country, where she stayed, who paid for her accommodations, and if she left her place of accommodations.
The family noted in a press statement that “due to the ongoing investigation, further details cannot be disclosed at this time.”
The light-skinned, 5’10 woman who “has natural hair often covered by a durag,” is described as “vibrant” and “loving”.
