Comments on: Killing a Woman Because She’s Trans “Not a Classic Hate Crime”

By: San Antonio Woman Assaulted; Police and Media Respond With Transphobic Excuses — The Curvature

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:21:15 +0000

[...] all of the “surprise”-related language above, also plays into the old, tired, hateful “trans panic” defense. The “trans panic” defense involves a scenario in which a trans woman [...]

By: Convicted Rapist Hopes His Victims Will Learn to Lock Their Doors : The Curvature

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:47:36 +0000

[...] sex workers can’t be raped? Why is it not a cause of shock and source of headlines when a sexual assault is explained away as verifying the genitals of a person the assailant suspected was trans*? Where are the expressions [...]

By: Man Allegedly Murdered Albanian Woman Because She Was Trans : The Curvature

Man Allegedly Murdered Albanian Woman Because She Was Trans : The Curvature — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:38:07 +0000

[...] Hoxha’s initial confession, he used the trans panic defense. Police initially, though differently, also attempted to construe Kristina’s murder as her [...]

By: Allen Andrade Trial « Pizza Diavola

Allen Andrade Trial « Pizza Diavola — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:55:28 +0000

[...] last summer, particularly “legal analyst” Scott Robinson’s assertion that the murder was “not a classic hate crime.” The colleagues, both former lawyers, laughed at the idea of trans panic defense; they thought it [...]

By: Trans Panic Defense Underway in Trial for Angie Zapata’s Murder : The Curvature

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:05:27 +0000

[...] to the time that Angie Zapata was murdered last July, I wrote a post about the clear signs that the defense was going to use the wildly bigoted “trans panic” defen… — in which someone is supposedly and “understandably” so enraged upon learning [...]

By: Light a Candle for Angie : The Curvature

Light a Candle for Angie : The Curvature — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:31:06 +0000

[...] Zapata is a woman who was murdered in July 2008. I have written about her before. Her alleged murderer, Allen Andrade, is believed to have killed her because she was trans. The jury [...]

By: Transsexuals Not Covered In Hate Crimes Bill at transadvocate

Transsexuals Not Covered In Hate Crimes Bill at transadvocate — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:45:37 +0000

[...] but their genitals or genital history. The murderers used (or in the case of Zapata, is using) the trans-panic defense, not the victims [...]

By: Congress says “Please Don’t Pass” or no justice for you! | The Transadvocate

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:54:53 +0000

[...] but their genitals or genital history. The murderers used (or in the case of Zapata, is using) the trans-panic defense, not the victims [...]

By: Trans Hate Continues To Lead To Violence | Menstrual Poetry

Trans Hate Continues To Lead To Violence | Menstrual Poetry — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:16:35 +0000

[...] that we have allowed it to control what bodies truly matter in this society and this is why the trans panic defence is routinely employed to legitimate violence that we would find otherwise [...]

By: Transgender Day of Remembrance 2008 : The Curvature

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2008 : The Curvature — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:52:49 +0000

[...] hatred against who they were. Their names include Duanna Johnson, Sanesha Stewart, Alexis King, Angie Zapata, Lateisha Green, Ebony Whitaker, Dilek Ince, and Aimee Wilcoxson. Four of these women — [...]