Putting Lantos' Support In Focus: The Murder of Sanesha Stewart
by Cole Krawitz • February 14th, 2008 • LGBT, Women & Girls
http://jspot.org/?p=1891cross-posted from JVoices
Yesterday, I posted about Lantos' support of trans communities. Later that day I was alerted to the murder of Sanesha Stewart, a 25 year old black transgender woman from the Bronx. Her murder is not an isolated incident, nor is the horrific coverage by the news media new. What I think is new is how the blogs offer a strong counter lens and opportunity for people to have a different conversation, one that immediately calls out the disgusting media coverage–one that immediately calls out the use of "->-bleeped-<- panic" defense as legitimate. One that helps push out GLAAD's immediate call to action to communities who will take action, and one that adds to GLAAD's call to also challenge the stereotype and bias that all trans woman must be sex workers, or that sex work is an inherently bad thing.
