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When I first learned about Kassim Omar, I saw a video embedded in story by the Columbus Dispatch. She had been fully paralyzed in the 2022 shooting, relying on a trach tube that should have prevented her from speaking. But she trained herself to speak. Kassim was not interviewed by law enforcement before the trial. […]
There seems to be a new trend in reporting to report anti-trans attacks as ‘anti-LGBTQ’ without further detail on the victim. That’s according to Anna-Jayne Metfalfe. Further details often reveal the victim was either trans or perceived to be trans. This is a disturbingly misleading trend in media as well as the seemingly increase in […]
Content Note: Graphic descriptions of violence, sexual assault, brutal murder of a trans teen. Today, prosecutors in the trial of the murder and dismemberment of 14 year old trans girl Pauly Likens successfully added two charges – Involuntary Deviant Intercourse with a minor and a general homicide charge. Watkins had been previously charged with murder, […]
Content Note: transgender, anti-trans violence, graphic descriptions of violence As we continue to grieve the violent death of Nex Benedict in Oklahoma, there’s another case that should hold our attention. Jacob Williamson, an 18 year old white trans man, was brutally murdered in Monroe, North Carolina while on a first date with someone he met […]
35 days ago, I was handcuffed into a police cruiser under an invalid civil commitment warrant. I was only detained for four hours, but does that matter? Denying me my civil liberties – my actual liberty – for any period of time without just cause or due process is an affront to democracy. I am […]
Most just horrifying news. First from Richmond, Indiana, where a 59-year-old Black cisgender woman Michelle Dionne Peacock was killed by a neighbor wielding a blade, in part due to his perception that she was a transgender woman. From TransGriot According to the affidavit, Tommy Wayne Earl who also confessed to the crime stated “I had […]
19-year-old Clay Stephens was shot to death in the early morning of Easter Sunday in Lawton, Oklahoma by a man with whom he allegedly had a sexual relationship. A 19 year old white cisgender gay male was killed in the early hours of Easter morning, April 9, in Lawton, Oklahoma. His name was Clayton (Clay) […]
When we connect on social media, it helps us as trans people become stronger, because we will have each other’s backs. Social media helps us speak to others like us and communicate who we are as trans individuals. Brianna Ghey. a 16-year-old British transgender girl from Birchwood in Warrington, Cheshire, England, died from fatal stab wounds in Culcheth Linear Park […]
