Murdered Trans People
who is "our" community?
Forum: Strap-on.org
Date: 03/28/2002
Does anyone know of that website where they list names of murdered transpeople? It's for school...
tends to be at the rate of 1 a month, that we know of. as beth said, for a time 2 of us were being killed a month.
but who precisely do you mean by "us"? aren't murdered trans people disproportionately poor, people of color, homeless, sex workers, etc., compared to, say, trans people posting on strap-on.org?
last year i was watching the film about the compton riot in the tenderloin district of san francisco made by susan stryker. while i appreciate her effort as a queer/trans historian documenting the histories of trans people in tenderloin, i felt really uncomfortable where she said (in film) "compton cafe was a place for people like me." i mean, i am pretty sure that none of the people, trans or otherwise, involved in the riot had a ph. d. in history like she does... i was offended by this comment, especially knowing that she is a member of the mid-market (i.e. tenderloin) neighborhood development group that has been waging a war against homeless people, hookers, and junkies who live there.
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