Baltimore ABC2's crime report reveals beyond-offensive trans bias and ignorance

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Baltimore ABC2's crime report reveals beyond-offensive trans bias and ignorance
Pam's House Blend
by:  Pam Spaulding
Tue Aug 24, 2010 at 12:35:07 PM EDT


http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/17141/baltimores-abc2s-crime-report-reveals-beyondoffensive-trans-bias-and-ignorance


Never mind the GLAAD media reference guide, this is completely off the hook offensive in many newsrooms. How many people's eyes were on this copy:

    "It was alleged that Mr. Majette actually hit the other party in the head with a hammer and there was physical evidence of that," said Lt. Robert McCullough, "The other party involved in this also assaulted Mr. Majette with a pair of scissors."

    Complicating matters is the fact that the woman who faced off with the firefighter, 30-year old Tamara King, is a self-described ->-bleeped-<- who has not completed all of the necessary surgeries to change his sex from male to female.

    "Did you think King was a male or female?" we asked his neighbor, Ford.

    "As far as I thought, I thought it was just a young girl," she replied, "You know. A young girl starting out on her own. I didn't know it was male, female or whatever. I just thought it was a young girl."