TX- ‘She was a friend to everybody’

[SandraJane]

'She was a friend to everybody'

Boyfriend Jonathan Stuart Kenney held in murder of trans woman Janette Tovar of Dallas, who was known for her vibrant personality


ANNA WAUGH  |  Staff Writer | Posted on 26 Oct 2012 at 12:00pm

http://www.dallasvoice.com/she-friend-everybody-10129957.html


Janette Tovar                                                                                      Jonathan Stuart Kenney


Friends, family members — and seemingly everyone who came into contact with Janette Tovar — will forever remember her vibrant personality and infectious smile.

Tovar died Oct. 15 after she and her boyfriend Jonathan Stuart Kenney fought. She was 43.

The Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office ruled her death a homicide, with the cause of death listed as blunt force trauma to the head. Kenney was later arrested in connection with her murder. As of press time, Kenney remained in the Dallas County jail in lieu of a $500,000 bond.

[MaidofOrleans]

ugh...

Another good person lost to senselessness

[Vicky]

The death is tragic.  It may not be "because" she was trans, domestic violence like a farm comodity happens.  I almost think it should be portrayed as violence against a nice and loving human because it makes the woman much much more human, and shows TG people as "just people" this may be a case where TG can be put where it really belongs, in the suffering years we have that are past, and not in the years we are good complete humans and nothing else.

[SandraJane]

ugh...

Another good person lost to senselessness

Rest In Peace, JANETTE TOVAR

[MeghanAndrews]

Trans or not, this kind of stuff scares me. DV is such a big issue, for any couple. 43, transitioned, death isn't exactly what she was expecting from the relationship when she got in it, I'm sure. Just....so....scary.

[spacial]

While I agree with you in principal Megan, I suggest this is what these scum want. For us to continue living in fear.

They have enjoyed social dominance for so long. They refuse to let go. I think this is an inevitable position. But I do strongly believe, we must be strong. We don't need to ask permission to exist, any more. Those of us, who for one reason or another, are unable to fully express themselves, can still stand open about their own positions by being frank.

Even simply using the transgender avitar online where appropriate, or wearing a similar badge, Saying: I may look as grotesque as I ever did, but I have no fear of what I am inside. So, please, keep your social bigotry.

[MeghanAndrews]

See, I don't know, I was envisioning their relationship as relatively "normal" since they'd been together for twenty years. It's really sad that a life partner, someone you've shared a bed with and made a part of your life, can turn on you and kill you. It's just a social tragedy. I googled mapped the block where this happened and imagined what she must have felt like to have her life partner bang her head against the cement at 6:00 am on this dirty south Dallas street. Such a tragedy. I'm totally with you, we all need to stand strong against discrimination and, especially, domestic violence. I've been near it and worked with batterers and those who are battered. It's heart-wrenching. No one goes into a relationship with the expectation they'll be either. 43, such a young age, and a 20 year relationship, that's a long time.