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All state hate crime laws need to include gender identity! This is a key issue in the fight for the civil rights of transgendered people in the USA. And we continue to try and get ENDA passed.....
Sometimes I just want to scream! Oh, and Day, yes, this "reporter" really needs to do some homework about this subject matter. Yet, my guess is that the majority of the general public is as gender-ignorant as this writer which is very much related to why this happened and does everywhere. |
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I...just watched this video.
I don't really have any words. When I was a kid, it was a safe place to go. Even now, MBE and I will go there and hang out on our laptops. I'm used to having to watch my back. I am soooo used to that. But, this was the one place I could go and let my guard down just a little bit. Now I never want to go back. |
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When is it going to stop?
This story also happened this week:
Police: Father kills 2 over daughter's girlfriend © 2011 The Associated Press April 20, 2011, 4:42PM AUSTIN, Texas — A man upset over his high school-age daughter's lesbian relationship fatally shot her 24-year-old girlfriend and the girlfriend's mother, Austin police said Wednesday. Jose Alfonso Aviles, 45, has been charged with capital murder. Police say Aviles shot to death Norma Hurtado, 24, and her mother, 57-year-old Maria Hurtado, on Monday night after knocking on their door. Aviles was arrested early Tuesday morning in a wooded area in nearby Bexar County. He was expected to be transferred to the Travis County jail Wednesday, Austin police Sgt. Hector Reveles told The Associated Press. Reveles said he had no information on an attorney. The Austin American-Statesman reported that police and court documents said Aviles' daughter was in the home at the time and found the two after the shooting, which police say came after a months-long feud between the families. The daughter's "family was quite upset over this relationship," Austin police Lt. Gena Curtis told the newspaper. "This had been an ongoing dispute between these families and it turned tragic, into a horrific act of violence with the death of two individuals." The daughter told police that she and Norma Hurtado had been involved in a lesbian relationship and that her father didn't approve. The affidavit said a witness told police that the daughter's parents would send threatening text messages to Norma Hurtado. In one message, Aviles threatened to kill Hurtado and her mother, the document said. Friends of the daughter said she had turned 18 last month. Reveles would not reveal the daughter's age, citing the investigation. The Travis County district attorney's office has not determined whether the case will be classified as a hate crime. "It is something we will have to take a look at after the investigation is more complete," said Jackie Wood, an assistant district attorney and a member of the office's hate crime task force. Police also said they are looking for a second unidentified man who witnesses said fled the scene with Aviles in a green sport utility vehicle. ___ Information from: Austin American-Statesman, http://www.statesman.com
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This crime victim will now be subjected to the routine victim-blaming so common in the media: She has a record, she was intoxicated, she's not a "perfect victim," she brought it on herself...etc. This shifting of accountability away from the perpetrators and onto the victim continues in the criminal justice system. This is one of the primary reasons crime victims do not speak out, and do not want charges filed.
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Also, media like Fox are apparently continuing to put a racial spin on this. It's so angering, because it's obvious these people couldn't care less about a transwoman being beaten and are just using her pain to further their own racism. The horrific actions of her attackers had nothing to do with their race or her race. |
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I watched in horror as Crissy was attacked ~ over and over again ~ and can only imagine what might have happened to her had those maniacs successfully drug her out of the building.
Bless that woman's heart who stepped in and tried to help. I'm not sure what kind of mentality ~ or lack thereof ~ allows a person to think it is OK to attack a person as they did. I just cannot wrap my brain around it. I hope they get the maximum punishment. |
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As Pride events are nearing here in the SF Bay Area, I continue to feel sadness with the separations that exist between the L-B-G and T-I-Q comunities. it is better than it used to be, but, we have a long way to go. I really struggle with having 3 different "parades"- one for Gays, another for Dykes and one for Trans. On one hand, I understand this dynamic and individual celebration aspect, on the hand, I feel like it impedes really raising consciousness and money to fight these fights. |
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There was a rally yesterday to speak out against violence in light of what happened last week in Baltimore:
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Thank you for sharing your comments with McDonald's and for giving us an opportunity to share some information with you. There's no room for violence under the Golden Arches. We strongly condemn the videotaped assault in one of our Baltimore franchised restaurants. Working with the authorities, we now have more facts, and we want to share our actions with you. First and foremost, our thoughts are with the victim during this time. Our franchisee is investigating the behavior and response of his employees. Action has been taken, and the crew member who made the video is no longer employed by his organization. Appropriate action regarding other employees will take place as warranted. We want to reassure our customers that your neighborhood McDonald's is a safe, welcoming place for everyone. We share our customers' concern, and we are doing everything possible to make sure the right thing is done. Again, thank you for taking the time to contact McDonald's. Jessica McDonald's Customer Response Center |
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