A Troubling Look at Why Men Kill Transgender Women

http://www.teenvogue.com/story/transgender-women-killed-by-men

Teen Vogue/Emma Sarran Webster Dec 17, 2015 4:30PM EST

"Looking back on this year, it certainly feels like we as a society have made immense progress in accepting and understanding transgender people: Caitlyn Jenner was named one of Glamour's Women of the Year; Jeffrey Tambor won an Emmy for his portrayal of a trans woman in Amazon's series, Transparent; retailer & Other Stories enlisted an all-trans team for their ad campaign."

Not sure I agree with Butler's analysis. (I'm assuming it's Judith Butler, though her full names seems to have been edited out. The editing in this article is not up to Teen Vogue's standards).

I've heard a lot of people espouse the "preserving male power" argument but no proof whatsoever. They all have been women so I'm not sure how much they understand what's going on inside a murderous male's head.

I think it's more likely due to autohomophobia and general anger leading to the need to beat up someone weaker.

Agreed. It's homophobia because they view trans women as men and some of the killings are where a man has sex with a trans woman then later finds out she is trans.

It's homophobia. These men see trans women as men.

And yet homophobes are gay but won't admit it.

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