Nina Cohen biography: 10 things about Long Beach, California transwoman born Eric Cohen

Nina Cohen is a transgender woman from California, United States. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. Her birth name is Eric Cohen. _(a)
2. She lives in Long Beach, California. _(a)
3. She is Katharine Drechsler‘s daughter. _(a)
4. She is an Antifa member. _(b)
5. According to her family and friends, she is a leader in Long Beach’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) community and a veteran activist who helped the homeless and LGBTQ youth throughout the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 and spoke out against anti-transgender bigotry. _(a)
6. On July 17, 2021, she was arrested at an Antifa riot outside Wi Spa in Los Angeles, California. _(b)
7. On August 14, 2021, she allegedly stabbed a Latino male anti-vaccination protester at a riot in front of the city hall of Los Angeles, lacerating his heart and puncturing his lung. _(a)(b)
8. On the evening of September 1, 2021, she was arrested by Los Angeles Police Department officers and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. _(a)
9. She was 30 years old when she was arrested on September 1, 2021. _(a)
10. On September 3, 2021, she was arraigned and transferred to the Los Angeles County sheriff’s inmate reception center. Her bail was set at $1 million. _(a)

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_SOURCES:

• _{a. Los Angeles Times}
• _{b. Andy Ngo}