Friday, 22 October 2010
(In)Actions speak louder than words
Zoe Brain
http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2010/10/inactions-speak-louder-than-words.html (http://aebrain.blogspot.com/2010/10/inactions-speak-louder-than-words.html)
It's been nearly two years since I posted about former US Marine Jennifer Gale's death from exposure on the steps of a Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas.
From Planetransgender:
Two years have passed since transgender woman and former mayoral candidate Jennifer Gale died on the steps of a Austin Church. Jennifer's serenades often preceded council appearances and her notoriety spurred a outcry and a memorial was held. It was so very, very cold at her memorial on that grey Austin day but sadly her death has yielded no concrete results. The publicly funded homeless city shelter the ARCH, still offers no overnight accommodations to transgender woman.
Those eulogies were breath taking in their crass hypocricy, even by politicians standards.