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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Stop Killing Us
Posted in Commentary, Information, tagged crime, International Transgender Day of Remembrance, misogyny, trans women, transphobia on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow, November 20, is the Eleventh Annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance. While memorial ceremonies and other events have taken place throughout the country and the world all week and will continue to take place over the weekend, many areas will have their memorials tomorrow night. And while these ceremonies and events differ from place [...]
Trinidad Assault Suspect Not Local
Posted in News, Observations, tagged crime, Dr. Marci Bowers, surgery, trans women, transition, transphobia, transsexual, Trinidad on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A small amount of new information has surfaced in the brutal attack on a trans woman who had traveled to Trinidad, Colorado, to consult with noted surgeon Dr. Marci Bowers. The Denver Post reports that, while no arrests have been made, the primary suspect is not from Trinidad. The Post says that non-trans residents of [...]
Trans Woman Attacked in Trinidad, Colorado
Posted in Information, News, Observations, tagged Colorado Anti-Violence Program, Colorado Gold Rush, crime, Dr. Marci Bowers, Gender Identity Center of Colorado, surgery, transition, Trinidad on August 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A trans woman was brutally attacked in a hotel room in Trinidad, Colorado, in July, as reported by the Pueblo Chieftain. A man apparently forced his way into the woman’s room after seeing her in the lobby, sexually and physically assaulted her, attempted to drown her, attempted to electrocute her in the bathtub, then bound [...]
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 [...]
The Other Side of Hate Crimes Legislation
Posted in Commentary, Observations, tagged crime, discrimination, hate crimes legislation, legal on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like many other trans people, I cheered when Allen Ray Andrade was sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder and a hate crime in the slaying of Angie Zapata. I was amazed and overwhelmed that a conservative Republican district attorney would fight so hard for a hate crimes charge and that a jury from [...]
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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Weighing In on ‘Ticked-Off’
Posted in Commentary, tagged activism, crime, film, trans women, transgender, transphobia, transsexual on April 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’m all about revenge, but I think it goes too far when a filmmaker attempts to tie the brutal murders of real victims that he knows nothing about to a campy “comedy” that’s supposed to somehow bring increased attention to the continued victimization of trans people. I doubt that I need to describe the ongoing [...]
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