Transgender Woman Murdered in Philadelphia; GLAAD Working to Improve Coverage
http://glaadblog.org/2010/10/13/transgender-woman-murdered-in-philadelphia-glaad-working-to-improve-coverage/As confirmed today by the Philadelphia Daily News, autopsy results indicate that a transgender woman's death in Philadelphia has been ruled a homicide.
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GLAAD is in contact with the Philadelphia Daily News about some problematic elements in its coverage of this story, including putting quotes around Stacey's name. After speaking with GLAAD the paper did remove quotes around Stacey's name in part of the story but not the entire piece. It is never appropriate to put quotation marks around either a transgender person's chosen name or the pronoun that reflects that person's gender identity. After consulting with GLAAD the outlet also made changes to include the word transgender to describe Stacey and we are continuing conversations with editors to bring the paper's overall reporting on this story in line with fair, accurate and inclusive standards.
