Results for: dead to me
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The Day I Decided to Be Out and Proud as a Transgender Medic
I am almost running to keep up with the nurse and make sure I am hearing every word she says. When we get to the room, I look at the patient and see… me.
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Six Songs You Love That Are Actually About Being Trans
I’m not trying to win you over to my interpretation of the lyrics of any of these songs; but I am inviting you to explore the world within each of them. Looking at songs we love through a trans lens can teach us new things about our gender.
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Not Just Murder Victims: A Plea on Trans Day of Visibility
“If we are going to mourn our lost trans siblings, family and community members publicly, we need to do right by our community and contextualize their deaths with accuracy and intention.”
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Trans Latina Monica Loera Murdered in Texas, Misgendered by Police and Media for a Week
To add to the tragedy, when Loera was murdered, she was misgendered by the Austin Police and local media, something that happens far too often.
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Black Trans Woman Brandi Bledsoe Is At Least the 23rd Trans Person Murdered This Year in US
“Not even a week ago we were reporting on the murder of another Black trans woman, Jazz Alford, and now, here we are again. I’m extremely sorry to report that this time her name is Brandi Bledsoe, and she was 32 years old and she was from Cleveland, Ohio.”
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On Trans Day of Remembrance We Look Back on the Worst Year Yet and Prepare for a Terrifying Future
I don’t know how to be hopeful right now, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop writing or working or fighting, and I know everyone at Autostraddle stands firmly with me.
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Black Trans Woman T.T. Murdered In Chicago, Is At Least the 20th Trans Person Murdered In 2016
While we don’t know the exact number and almost certainly never will, we know that she is at least the 20th trans person murdered this year, most of them being Black and Brown trans women.
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Shante Thompson Becomes 8th Trans Person Murdered in US So Far This Year
Shante Thompson, a Houston native and Black trans woman, was shot along with a man named Willie Sims late last night and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Black Trans Woman Maya Young Murdered Two Days After Another, Veronica Banks Cano, Found Dead
According to the TransHealth Information Project, Maya Young was described by friends as “truly a funny girl who was mad REAL and LOYAL.”
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Amber Monroe Becomes the 12th TWOC Murdered in the US This Year, We Must #SayHerName
Monroe, a Black trans woman from Detroit was just twenty when her life was taken away from her.
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Ashton O’Hara, Black, Trans and Genderfluid, Has Been Murdered; I’m Running Out of Hope
O’Hara, a Black trans and genderfluid 25-year-old, is the 14th trans person murdered this year and the fifth murdered in the last month.
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Listening to the Living and the Dead: Ruminations on #justiceforLeelahAlcorn
This post/essay/etc will be an exploration into what justice for Leelah Alcorn might actually look like and some of what is needed to ‘fix society.’
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Media Refuses To Grant Trans Women Dignity — Even Murder Victims
Often, trans people are treated as little more than curiosities. Even when they lose their lives to hate crimes and other violence, they are rarely treated as more than clickbait.
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Sadism Masquerading As Journalism: The Press And Lucy Meadows
While it’s not clear what role her ordeal with the press played in Lucy’s decision to end her life, these types of stories focusing on the private details of trans people’s lives and bodies serve absolutely no public interest.
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“Trapped in the Wrong Body:” Katie Couric Talks to and About Trans* People with Limited Success
A trans* take on Katie Couric’s “Growing Up Transgender” show.
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Call and Response: On Body Snarking and The Word “Tr*nny”
“If you do feel the need to ask if someone is transgender or not, first ask yourself why. Why is it your business? Why do you need to know? And will it change anything you think about this person?”
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Our (Extra) Ordinary Evening Watching Nightline’s “Transgendered Special”
AKA “How to not make a trans* documentary”
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Kate Moss & Lea T’s LOVE Mag Cover Brings Out Media’s Inner Transphobe
Kate Moss and Lea T are kissing on the cover of Love magazine. People who don’t know anything at all about trans people felt they needed to write ignorant things about this event. Also it’s a hot cover.