Security of Sex: Martyring the 'Ballbreakers'
Sep 2nd, 2009
by admin.
http://www.womeninandbeyond.org/?p=519 Last Wednesday, August 28th, residents of the 200 block of Q St. NW in Washington, DC were shocked by a brutal assault against two women, one of whom was killed. Violence is nothing alien to DC, the District was once known as the 'murder capital' of the U.S., but this act stands out. The motive, officially, is unknown. The act occurred at 2:30 in the afternoon in broad daylight after the assailant had followed both women for several blocks and was exceptionally brutal. Tyli'a 'NaNaBoo' Mack was stabbed in throat; her injuries were fatal. The women involved were also both African-American, male-to-female transgender, were possibly been sex workers and there were supposedly several anti-LGBT epithets used by the assailant. The scene was also only a few blocks from a local transgender health center. Yet, the motive is said to be unclear.
