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Title: Blog # 59: From Cradle to Grave: Trans People are Disrespected, Repudiated and S
Post by: Natasha on August 03, 2011, 08:14:07 PM
Post by: Natasha on August 03, 2011, 08:14:07 PM
Blog # 59: From Cradle to Grave: Trans People are Disrespected, Repudiated and Scorned
http://transmeditations.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/from-cradle-to-grave-trans-people-are-disrespected-repudiated-and-scorned/ (http://transmeditations.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/from-cradle-to-grave-trans-people-are-disrespected-repudiated-and-scorned/)
8/4/11
by transmeditations
"I was absolutely horrified, but sadly not surprised, to read about the treatment of Lashai Mclean at her own funeral. The article "Mass Walk-Out at Trans Woman's Funeral" discusses how the minister presiding over the funeral engaged in victim-blaming and typical religious fundamentalism about "the wages of sin" to effectively dishonor and disrespect the memory of a trans woman who had been viciously murdered in a probable hate crime. At her OWN FUNERAL."
http://transmeditations.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/from-cradle-to-grave-trans-people-are-disrespected-repudiated-and-scorned/ (http://transmeditations.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/from-cradle-to-grave-trans-people-are-disrespected-repudiated-and-scorned/)
8/4/11
by transmeditations
"I was absolutely horrified, but sadly not surprised, to read about the treatment of Lashai Mclean at her own funeral. The article "Mass Walk-Out at Trans Woman's Funeral" discusses how the minister presiding over the funeral engaged in victim-blaming and typical religious fundamentalism about "the wages of sin" to effectively dishonor and disrespect the memory of a trans woman who had been viciously murdered in a probable hate crime. At her OWN FUNERAL."