Notes from Syracuse
by: eastsidekate
Thu Jul 09, 2009 at 19:49:47 PM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11961/notes-from-syracuse (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/11961/notes-from-syracuse)
This is difficult for me to write about, and I really hope I strike the right tone. I really, really appreciate the hard work that everyone in the trans, LGBTQ communities and our allies have placed on publicizing the senseless violence that takes places against trans people. I love that much (albeit not all) of the discussion has kept the humanity of the victims front and center. Nobody deserves to be murdered, much less to have their identity stripped away after the fact by the media, and by defense attorneys looking to justify the taking of a life. Lateisha Green's murder troubles me deeply. I'm a transsexual woman and a mother. Talking about the taking away of somebody's child because of who they makes me nauseous. I won't be surprised if I spend much of the next week trying to stay away from news of the trial, because I simply can't take it. I understand the need to focus on the horrifying consequences—and the need to prevent homophobia and transphobia (yes, the two are intertwined, and yes, that's a discussion that's been ongoing elsewhere).
Something about the response to Lateisha Green's murder troubles me, though.