Khepera Ma’at, a friend of Salau, spoke with Blavity about the legacy her friend left behind.
Ma’at, who is studying graphic design at Gateway Community College in New Haven, Connecticut, and working at Subway, said even all the way from Tallahassee, Salau quickly became her cherished counsel after they met in 2017.
Ma’at, 19, said it was the loss of Salau’s wisdom that leaves friends, peers and online followers stricken with grief.
Salau, who Ma’at says erected a memorial in recognition of McDade’s life and unjust killing, channeled her rage into action.
When she wasn’t fighting to dismantle internalized transphobia within the movement, Salau was working on a move to either New York or Chicago, where she dreamed of launching a modeling career, Ma’at remembers of her friend and fellow artist.
