Transgender Community Wins Some and Loses Some
Filed By Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | October 21, 2011 3:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/10/transgender_community_wins_some_and_loses_some.phpThere have been a number of different events that have occurred within the trans community recently, and these point to the difficult position that the community is in. While these events may seem unrelated, they demonstrate that the community is in the process of beginning to form a unified opposition to the oppression that we face on a daily basis.
Here are some of the news items that I think are significant. The first two items demonstrate the one-step-forward, two-steps-back nature of what's happening with the community.
In D.C., where a large number of assaults on trans people have taken place within the past few months, community advocates have charged that the DC police is "completely filled with bias," and that the provision of sensitivity training to only 124 officers of a 4,000 person force is inadequate to provide appropriate police protection. The mayor's office has indicated that it will take steps to address these problems, although, troublingly, police management has suggested that no steps are necessary.
