I guess we should be thankful for small things...as in, news coverage of the attempted murder of a trans person.
Normally, it seems as if we're vampires: We're noticed only if we're dead or demons. In either case, the truth is not told about us.
So it seems almost like progress when a murder attempt is made against one of us and it's reported without the implication that we "had it coming" to us. That's what almost--almost--happened today.
An Associated Press story in the Naples (FL) News reported that 16-year-old Tavares Spencer was found guilty of attempted murder. According to Tampa police, he met up with--and shot--23-year-old Terrience Mc Donald in April.
So far, so good (at least from a journalistic point of view). However, the first paragraph AP story said that Spencer was found guilty of murdering a "transgender man". Then, later in the story, the AP described Mc Donald as a "man who dressed like a woman".
In other words, the AP contradicted itself, probably without realizing it. And, one might argue that there was an implication, however subtle, that Ms. Mc Donald brought her attack on herself.
Still, the report is better than most others we see.
Normally, it seems as if we're vampires: We're noticed only if we're dead or demons. In either case, the truth is not told about us.
So it seems almost like progress when a murder attempt is made against one of us and it's reported without the implication that we "had it coming" to us. That's what almost--almost--happened today.
An Associated Press story in the Naples (FL) News reported that 16-year-old Tavares Spencer was found guilty of attempted murder. According to Tampa police, he met up with--and shot--23-year-old Terrience Mc Donald in April.
So far, so good (at least from a journalistic point of view). However, the first paragraph AP story said that Spencer was found guilty of murdering a "transgender man". Then, later in the story, the AP described Mc Donald as a "man who dressed like a woman".
In other words, the AP contradicted itself, probably without realizing it. And, one might argue that there was an implication, however subtle, that Ms. Mc Donald brought her attack on herself.
Still, the report is better than most others we see.
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