THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

Once I was lost and now I’m found

Then you turned my world around

When I need, I call your name

‘Cause I never knew love like this before

Opened my eyes

‘Cause I never knew love like this before

What a surprise

‘Cause I never knew love like this before

Stephanie Mills, ‘Never Knew Love Like This Before’

It was sort of a bittersweet thing to see Candy get this beautiful sendoff and this beautiful spotlight. I wish that we had more time with Candy, but we don’t. It’s one of those things that I feel like as soon as I heard the information and was devastated and wanted to first ask, “Why? Why me? Why Candy?” It was just such an echo of the same sentiment to any black trans woman that’s been passing week after week. Why them?

Angelica Ross in Stack/EW