In December 2014, Aliah Hernandez, a trans woman, told police she was assaulted after revealing her gender identity to a man whom she met up with at a hotel in New Braunfels, Texas. In the first episode of Queer Texas, a four-part “Forsaken” series that outlines the experiences of the LGBTQ+ community in the mostly conservative city of New Braunfels, Heather Stewart shares Aliah’s story.