Maryland Morning
WYPR 88.1 FM
8-22-11: Our Interpretation of Gender
August 22, 2011
This segment originally aired on May 4, 2011.
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Earlier this month, a teenager, Teonna Monae Brown, pleaded guilty to first degree assault for beating a transgender woman at a McDonald's in Baltimore County. She'll be sentenced in September.
Last month, a 22 year old transgender woman, Chrissy Lee Polis, was brutally beaten by two teenage girls at a McDonald's in Baltimore County. The beating was video taped, and posted online. It triggered millions of views, and national headlines.