Showing posts with label transphobic violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transphobic violence. Show all posts
17 May 2014

Younger And More Brutally Attacked

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Today is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia .  Normally, I don't care much for days dedicated to one thing or another...
27 January 2013

How Much Is A Transgender Woman's Life Worth?

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If you fire shots into a car with three transgender women, what kind of a sentence you should expect? Depends. If you're a police o...
25 January 2013

What We Experience

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For a decade, I've been getting my healthcare and referrals from the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center .  At times, they can be madd...
20 January 2013

When You Can Get Away With Murder

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Kudos to Kelly Busey of Planet Transgender  (one of my "must read" blogs) for posting this story about Fernanda Carrico da Silva...
15 December 2012

Why They Call Him A Faggot

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Let's see...One girlfriend is found dead under mysterious circumstances. The next one takes out an order of protection against him after...
12 December 2012

Why Are You Transgendered?

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Why are you transgendered? Oh, I dunno.  But maybe you can tell me why you're such a thug. Now, I don't recommend giving such a...
06 December 2012

Man Charged In Murder Of January Lapuz

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Many of us in the US see Canada--and Vancouver in particular--as a safe, tolerant haven. After all, it was the first country outside of Eur...
15 November 2012

Trans Woman Tasered In Her Groin

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I used to think some of the most ignorant stuff I'd heard and read was published and broadcast as "news" in the New York Post...
24 October 2012

Why They Think About Killing Themselves

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Sometimes a study will confirm what any five-year-old could tell you.  Still, it's good to have them, if only to use as evidence that t...
13 October 2012

A Lifespan Of 30 To 32 Years, And A Lost Generation

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Two decades ago, a widely-circulated report caused a lot of shock and disbelief. Among its findings was this:  Black males aged 15 to 29 ...
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15 June 2012

Thapelo Makutle: Transgender Pageant Winner Murdered In South Africa

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I am glad to see countries that had repressive regimes not so long ago are making progress when it comes to LGBT right.  As examples, I thi...
14 June 2011

The Gay Girl In Damascus: An American In Scotland

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By now, you may have read reports that the Gay Girl in Damascus blog has been revealed to be the work of an American man studying in Scotla...