by Cara
March 2, 2010
Trigger Warning for discussions of police harassment and violence against trans* people. The New Jersey police department is being sued after two Newark officers allegedly harassed a trans woman on the basis of her gender identity. Diana Taylor of Newark said two officers steered their cruiser into her path as she walked down a street [...]
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by Cara
February 26, 2010
There are exceedingly few places in the world where trans people are truly safe. Turkey, then, is only one of many, many countries where trans people, usually trans women, are violently attacked and murdered at epidemic levels simply for being who they are. The abuses there, however, could be considered particularly bad — and regardless, [...]
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