Police investigate possible transgender hate crime in Ballard
By CASEY MCNERTHNEY
SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF
03 June, 2010


http://www.seattlepi.com/local/421116_attack04.html


A man who was previously convicted of a hate crime was arrested after he yelled a derogatory slur at a transgender person and assaulted her, police said.

The incident happened about 3:50 p.m. Sunday at Northwest Market Street and 15th Avenue Northwest. The transgender person, who police say identifies as a woman, told an officer the suspect approached at a bus stop, yelled slurs at her and punched her several times with closed fists.

The bad: violence of this sort is still happening in one of the areas of the US where trans people feel safest.
The good: excellent, sympathetic news coverage that respects the victim's identity.