Husband charged with killing transgender pageant founder

NORTH ADAMS, Mass.  — A transgender rights advocate who started a pageant for transgender women in New England has been found stabbed and beaten to death in her Massachusetts home.
Authorities say 42-year-old Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien was found dead in her North Adams home Friday evening.
Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien / Facebook
Her husband, Mark Steele-Knudslien, has been charged with murder. He pleaded not guilty on Monday and is being held without bail.
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