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Title: Remembering LaTeisha Green
Post by: Shana A on December 08, 2009, 07:34:09 AM
Post by: Shana A on December 08, 2009, 07:34:09 AM
Remembering LaTeisha Green
Paula C. Johnson 12/07/09
http://www.cnylink.com/cnynews/view_news.php?news_id=1260197356 (http://www.cnylink.com/cnynews/view_news.php?news_id=1260197356)
On Thursday, Nov. 12, people from across Syracuse filled the Syracuse University Warehouse auditorium to commemorate LaTeisha Green's life on the first anniversary of her death. Her parents, Roxanne Green and Albert Cannon, family members and a cross section of the community gathered so that the we could come together over our shared loss to grieve and celebrate in harmony with our humanity and our diversity.
LaTeisha Green was an African American transgendered woman who lived openly and proudly. She came out to her family at age 16 and from that declarative moment insisted on living in the way that she found true to her own existence and gender expression. LaTeisha's audacity to live freely in the world angered and probably frightened those at school and elsewhere who taunted and threatened her.
LaTeisha's young life was ended on Nov. 14, 2008 in a senseless act of gun violence.
Paula C. Johnson 12/07/09
http://www.cnylink.com/cnynews/view_news.php?news_id=1260197356 (http://www.cnylink.com/cnynews/view_news.php?news_id=1260197356)
On Thursday, Nov. 12, people from across Syracuse filled the Syracuse University Warehouse auditorium to commemorate LaTeisha Green's life on the first anniversary of her death. Her parents, Roxanne Green and Albert Cannon, family members and a cross section of the community gathered so that the we could come together over our shared loss to grieve and celebrate in harmony with our humanity and our diversity.
LaTeisha Green was an African American transgendered woman who lived openly and proudly. She came out to her family at age 16 and from that declarative moment insisted on living in the way that she found true to her own existence and gender expression. LaTeisha's audacity to live freely in the world angered and probably frightened those at school and elsewhere who taunted and threatened her.
LaTeisha's young life was ended on Nov. 14, 2008 in a senseless act of gun violence.
Title: Re: Remembering LaTeisha Green
Post by: Britney_413 on December 08, 2009, 11:34:18 PM
Post by: Britney_413 on December 08, 2009, 11:34:18 PM
It is sad that there are so many sick people out there. I worry about my safety as well and I'm sure a lot of us do. I've always believed that people reserve the right not to like us, reserve the right to be stupid and ignorant, and reserve the right to make fun of us or otherwise badmouth us behind our backs. Hopefully, we can educate such people so they know that we are not the freaks they think we are. While people have these rights to free speech and freedom of association, nobody has the right to threaten, harrass, stalk, commit violence, or other acts that violate our rights to be who we are.
This is something I have truly never understood. A trans person can walk into a store and be poorly passable and suppose a dozen or so people snicker about it or make weird stares. That is unfortunate but an emotionally well-balanced trans person can continue shopping and not let it bother him/her. The part that I don't understand is where or why it would go from harmless snickering or eyeballing to violently attacking him/her in the parking lot. Because there are so many sickos out there in the world that don't understand where lines are drawn, I almost always have a gun with me. I'm not invincible but if some hatemongerer tries to make me the next LeTisha Green, I will do my best to make sure it backfires on them. It is sad that this is what it comes to but I refuse to be a victim at least not without a fight.
This is something I have truly never understood. A trans person can walk into a store and be poorly passable and suppose a dozen or so people snicker about it or make weird stares. That is unfortunate but an emotionally well-balanced trans person can continue shopping and not let it bother him/her. The part that I don't understand is where or why it would go from harmless snickering or eyeballing to violently attacking him/her in the parking lot. Because there are so many sickos out there in the world that don't understand where lines are drawn, I almost always have a gun with me. I'm not invincible but if some hatemongerer tries to make me the next LeTisha Green, I will do my best to make sure it backfires on them. It is sad that this is what it comes to but I refuse to be a victim at least not without a fight.