Helen Boyd: Law And The Objects Of Hate
by: Autumn Sandeen
Mon Nov 02, 2009 at 07:00:00 AM EST
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/13889/helen-boyd-law-and-the-objects-of-hateThis is a guest post by Helen Boyd. Helen Boyd is the author of My Husband Betty and She's Not the Man I Married. Her partner Betty transitioned in the past few years and they've found themselves living in Wisconsin, where Boyd teaches Gender Studies at Lawrence University. Her blog (en)gender can be found at
www.myhusbandbetty.com.
Why we have to pass a law to tell people it's not okay to hurt or kill people for whom or what they are is beyond me.
Why we have to inform police and other law enforcement that the victim of a crime is a victim of a crime even if she is black, trans, and queer is completely baffling, and frustrating.
Why a person who is different provokes such violent rage is incomprehensible.
What is true is that these kinds of crimes happen, and they are happening this year at an alarming rate.
