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Title: Remembering Angie Zapata and Reflecting on Media Coverage of Transgender People
Post by: Butterfly on August 05, 2010, 04:53:30 PM
Post by: Butterfly on August 05, 2010, 04:53:30 PM
Remembering Angie Zapata and Reflecting on Media Coverage of Transgender People
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Guest Blogger
August 5, 2010 1:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/08/zapata_media_coverage_transgender_people.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/08/zapata_media_coverage_transgender_people.php)
Your 21st birthday is supposed to be a happy moment; it's one of those "big" birthdays. Today would have been Angie Zapata's 21st, but just over two years ago, Angie was murdered. On behalf of GLAAD, I sat through the trial where Angie's murderer was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. As I thought of how to honor Angie on the occasion of her 21st birthday, I decided to take a look at how her life and her story lives on today. The way the media told Angie's story, set the bar for media coverage of stories involving transgender people.
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Guest Blogger
August 5, 2010 1:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/08/zapata_media_coverage_transgender_people.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2010/08/zapata_media_coverage_transgender_people.php)
Your 21st birthday is supposed to be a happy moment; it's one of those "big" birthdays. Today would have been Angie Zapata's 21st, but just over two years ago, Angie was murdered. On behalf of GLAAD, I sat through the trial where Angie's murderer was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. As I thought of how to honor Angie on the occasion of her 21st birthday, I decided to take a look at how her life and her story lives on today. The way the media told Angie's story, set the bar for media coverage of stories involving transgender people.