Trans community demands justice!

http://www.greenleft.org.au/2008/777/40057
Ryan Radclyffe-Brown
11/30/2008

The following article is based on a speech given at the November 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance in Canberra.


In 1995 a man named Brandon was assaulted in front of his girlfriend, and then later he was raped and murdered, along with his two housemates. The local police force did nothing. Men like Brandon didn't deserve an investigation, or justice.

Brandon was a transman.

An activist organisation called Transsexual Menace flew 40 people out to Brandon's home town in Nebraska. They held a candlelit vigil outside the police station and courthouse every night to draw attention to the injustices done to Brandon. They stayed until his killers were tried and found guilty of murder.

later he was raped and murdered, along with his two housemates. The local police force did nothing.

B.S.  The two killers were tried and convicted and are serving life terms in a Nebraska maximum security prison.