“How can I find a trans-friendly city?” For this “Ask Matt” question, I definitely want to enlist the help of my readers. I personally think that many cities in Colorado are great places to live and the state, for the most part, is trans friendly. Yes, we have discrimination here – and hate crimes. But [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Angie Zapata’
Ask Matt: Looking for a Trans-Friendly City
Posted in Advice, Ask Matt, Information, Observations, tagged Angie Zapata, Colorado, community, crime, employment, ENDA, transphobia on July 23, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Violence Against Colle Carpenter Reflects Our Ongoing Dehumanization
Posted in Commentary, Information, News, Observations, tagged Angie Zapata, being out, Colle Carpenter, crime, legal, trans men, trans women, transphobia on May 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Colle Carpenter, a trans man who was physically assaulted on the Cal State Long Beach campus, spoke out last week about his assault at a rally that was organized in response to the violence. Carpenter, a student at the college, was shoved into a campus bathroom stall about two weeks ago, and his attacker slashed [...]
2009: The Best, the Worst, and the Downright Boring
Posted in News, Observations, tagged Angie Zapata, Chaz Bono, Christine Daniels, crime, discrimination, ENDA, hate crimes legislation, Internet, Mike Penner, Stu Rasmussen, Thomas Beatie on December 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Personally, 2009 has been just so-so, and I’m looking forward to starting a “new year,” even though the “starting over” thing is purely psychological. But for the community as a whole, 2009 has provided some successes, some setbacks, and some downright sleepers. Here are just a few of each, in my opinion: The Best: Chaz [...]
Can We Please Dump the Gay/Trans Panic Defense?
Posted in Commentary, News, tagged Angie Zapata, crime, hate crimes legislation, homophobia, Jorge Mercado, legal, transphobia on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A story on 365gay.com last week indicated that the alleged killer of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, the 19-year-old Puerto Rican man who was murdered in mid-November — and not just murdered, but beheaded, dismembered, and burned — might use the “homosexual panic” defense at his trial. Apparently, according to reports, Juan Antonio Martinez Matos was [...]
Memorial Day: Remembering Our Trans Dead
Posted in Commentary, tagged Angie Zapata, crime, discrimination, health care, Remembering Our Dead, Robert Eads, Tyra Hunter on May 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today is Memorial Day, when we remember and honor our dead soldiers and our dead loved ones. I’m not one to get sentimental, but I would like to make a couple of points here (because don’t I always?). Trans people are killed in this country at an alarming rate. Some, like Angie Zapata, are brutally [...]
When Did Angie Zapata Come Out to Allen Andrade? It Doesn’t Matter.
Posted in Commentary, tagged Angie Zapata, bodies, coming out, crime, trans women, transgender, transsexual on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A central premise of the Allen Ray Andrade murder trial was whether or not Andrade knew that Angie Zapata was transgender before they had contact. I wasn’t at the trial, but my understanding is that the defense’s “trans panic” argument revolved around the fact that, when Andrade had physical contact with Zapata and discovered that [...]
Angie Zapata: A Historic Verdict
Posted in News, tagged Angie Zapata, crime, hate crimes legislation, legal, trans women on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While this blog exists to provide information and, hopefully, insight into gender issues, both for trans and non-trans people, I think it’s fitting to start out on a more serious note (that’s right — gender issues don’t always have to be serious) — with an acknowledgment of the verdict today in the Angie Zapata murder [...]
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Ticked-Off Trans Guy with Hives
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged Angie Zapata, being trans, gender, politics, transition, transphobia on October 25, 2010 | 12 Comments »
When I get really stressed or upset, my skin breaks out. But my recent irritations have been small and haven’t resulted in a full-blown eruption – more like a minor rash. Some of the more trivial annoyances in the last couple of weeks have been: 1. I called the utility company and was ma’amed through [...]
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