Comments on: Russian Trans Woman Murdered By Her Boyfriend

By: Russian Trans Woman Murdered « Gender Across Borders

Russian Trans Woman Murdered « Gender Across Borders — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:18:50 +0000

[...] slit his own wrists, leaving a note in which he claimed that he couldn’t stand the betrayal. Cara of the Curvature writes: That’s right. Vladimir saw Kamilla being the person she was as a “betrayal” to him. And [...]

By: SunlessNick

SunlessNick — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:59:15 +0000

It happens a lot.. it’s commonplace, not some freak story.

Exactly.

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:30:07 +0000

But.. this isn’t woman sucks man dry like spider. This is trans woman is the victim of a hateful individual exercising their cis privilege over them, murdering them, because they took offence to their gender orientation. It happens a lot.. it’s commonplace, not some freak story.

^I don’t know if I’ve used the right terms here, and I know it’s not anyone else’s job to educate me, but if I’ve fucked up please let me know so I don’t do it again.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:20:29 +0000

The most seemingly definitive account I have found in english is at pravda.ru ( http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/24-06-2009/107843-sex_change-0 ). In this case the article ends with a reference to life.ru, suggesting this is perhaps an english translation of the original life.ru article that all other articles in english refer to.

Check out this other story similarly attributed to life.ru: Woman sucks her men dry in bed like female spider ( http://english.pravda.ru/society/stories/20-06-2009/107817-female_spider-0 ) Are we supposed to believe that one too?

By: Cara

Cara — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:45:09 +0000

Kate:

1. People get mail from individuals other than their friends. In fact, I get very few pieces of physical mail from friends. Most of it is bills or other such correspondence.
2. Family members, though, are frequently assholes who refuse to use a trans person’s correct name. There are countless instances of it.
3. Where did you see anything about him exchanging emails with her friends? I’m not finding that.
4. Where did you see anything about him shooting her at a train station? The article says he came home and shot her.

Lastly, it was my impression that tabloids didn’t generally make up facts such as criminal charges being filed in courts. Though granted, I don’t regularly read tabloids and can’t be certain. It just seems like it would pose a particular liability issue to inform the public about legal charges that don’t exist.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:34:34 +0000

Ugh, what’s with the “weird” tag for this article (on the site, I mean)? There’s nothing “weird” about this story. It’s tragic, plain and simple. This is a crime, not Ripley’s “Believe It or Not.”

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:04:29 +0000

I have to wonder about the veracity of this story. Why would Kamilla’s friends be using her old name? How would this guy exchange emails with her friends without her finding out? Why do the shooting near a train station and not at home? Too many things sound fishy.

Furthermore, it appears the only source for this story is a trashy website called life.ru. So let’s hope this is just a fiction made up to sell a few tabloids.

By: SunlessNick

SunlessNick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:34:51 +0000

Ugh.

By: Cara

Cara — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:48:05 +0000

I find it very disturbing and very telling that I’ve deleted twice as many comments on this post as I’ve published.

That is all.

By: Jet

Jet — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:36:22 +0000

God. What a terrible story. And the article paints Vladimir as the sympathetic focus of the story. Of course.

I hope there is justice for Kamillia.