trans misogyny

Transphobic Assault on a Woman in Queens

by Cara July 11, 2009

Trigger Warning Earlier this week, yet another trans woman was assaulted in a transphobic hate crime.  Carmella Etienne was attacked on Wednesday night while walking home from the store. Two men started yelling slurs at her, threatened to kill her and rape her with a baseball bat, and then threw rocks and a beer bottle [...]

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Another Trans Person Shot in Memphis

by Cara June 3, 2009

Last Wednesday, Memphis resident Kelvin Denton was shot in the nose and throat.  According to police documents, the alleged shooter Terron Taylor says that he committed the assault because Denton misrepresented hir gender. Kelvin Denton is currently still in critical condition.  Details are short at the moment, and so how Denton self-identifies with regards to [...]

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Cis Supremacy, Feminism and Women’s Shelters

by Cara May 2, 2009

I’m a few weeks behind on this, but I really just couldn’t let it pass without comment. It deserves comment, and it needs comment. Recently, Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, a group that provides rape crisis relief, counseling and shelter to battered women and their children, won a court case declaring the right for [...]

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Trans Panic Defense Underway in Trial for Angie Zapata’s Murder

by Cara April 20, 2009

I have been very closely following the Twitter feed by JusticeforAngie, which is live-tweeting the trial of Allen Andrade for the murder of Angie Zapata.  The details of the case have been absolutely engrossing; they have also made me feel quite physically and emotionally ill, particularly on the day that opening arguments began, and the [...]

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