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Op-ed: CeCe McDonald Was Punished for Surviving

Started by Shana A, May 04, 2012, 09:14:30 PM

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Shana A

May 04, 2012, 09:14:30 PM
Op-ed: CeCe McDonald Was Punished for Surviving
BY Mara Keisling
May 03 2012 2:01 PM ET

http://www.advocate.com/op-ed/2012/05/03/oped-black-poor-young-trans-sadly-often-recipe-violence-says-nctes-mara-keisling

Society too often accepts that young, black, transgender women are victims of violence.

Earlier this week, I was in Minneapolis and Chicago supporting community activists seeking justice for two recent victims of anti-trans violence. In Chicago, I attended a rally for Paige Clay, who we lost two weeks ago to a gunshot to her head. In Minneapolis, the community has mobilized to support CeCe McDonald, a target of a racist and transphobic attack, who yesterday accepted a plea deal for defending herself from an attacker. And while I travelled, friends of Brandy Martell in Oakland began organizing in response to her murder this weekend, sitting in her car.
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