violence

[deniz]

Has any one been beaten by someone ts hater.Do you ever feel threatened?And why usa people are so violent?why is it so easy for them to kill.compared to italians,turkish or greeks? is there an explanation.Please share your experience.

[lisagurl]

I never had a problem even living in the middle of redneck country. But I do not invade other people's traditional culture. Many clubs have their own unspoken rules. Why would I want to be friends with bigots? I choice my friends and activities carefully. Their is never a problem in the general public. The USA is not a violent place. Poverty, poor education, and religious dogma can create violent behavior anywhere.

[Kim]

I have been lucky or pass rather well (not sure which to believe) so no beatings but they are not uncommon here. Yes there are clubs for the GBLTG people but attitude adjusters wait outside these clubs for people to 'correct' with an @## whooping. Have heard enough to realize these clubs are more a collecting pen (unintentionally mind you) than a fun place to be so I avoid them altogether.
                    Kim   

[LynnER]

Ive had more scarry experiances dealing with the GLB("T)" croud localy than Ive had anywhere else....

Ive been assulted, beaten, and raped by the very people who are supposed to be our "friends" at "safe" places... but when your one of the only actual TS people known where you are... there tend to be dangers...

I know which places to avoid, and I know to listen to my intuition about where to go and when to leave....

Ive found that the places where most think they will find the least acceptance are the places Ive found the most
It seems to gain you some respect when your willing to continue your life rather than hide from you past *shrugs*
The metal heads, the bikers, the vile violent punk rockers, those are my people, my crew, my safety net... and when things are at there worst, the worlds biggest group of misfits are there to hold me up and protect me 

Granted Ive had some minor troubbles, but really, when you have the biggest meanest people as your friends... people are reluctant to mess with you for fear of what those big mean friends would do to them...

[Schala]

Didn't have problems in the being-beaten department since transitioning. When I first went full-time I had people staring, asking questions, second-guessing, but no violence. The violence I suffered was all pre-transition, when no one imagined I was trans or intersex.

[tekla]

I love to walk, and at that I like long walks (5 miles or so) after work.  And I get off at 1-3 a.m.  I have never had a problem, ever.  I walk all over SF, even through some pretty marginal places (but NOT ghetto) and its never been a problem for me.  I'm not afraid of the night people, they are my people after all like LynnER said.

As to the why?  No one is sure, I think its some combination of the frontier mentality, a DIY notion, and the amazing number of guns.  But we only had 17K murders out of 300 million people, so a lot less violent then South Africa.