Is Nikki Araguz The Trans Claudette Colvin?
Transgriot
By Monica Roberts
30 July, 2010


http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-nikki-araguz-trans-claudette-colvin.html


After the initial flurry of media hype, activity, and initial court rulings being handed down last Friday, things seem to have settled down as both sides hunker down and prepare for the legal battle ahead.

But I've been dealing with the unsettling feeling over the last few days that I'm watching history replay itself.

Some of the things I've been concerned about over the last week is the revelations that Nikki appeared on the Jerry Springer Show in 1995, has admitted to not being forthcoming during her deposition in the custody case, and having details about a criminal conviction come out.

That's not the kind of stuff you want to hear as a member of a marginalized group when your ability to overturn an odious law rests on one particular individual.

The more I read about this case, the more disturbed I become about this part of the US.

Essentially, this woman is being tried in the court of public opinion, not on the issues, but on whatever can be dug up to deminish her character.

Now the writers here are suggesting that this woman be abandoned to her fate while they wait for a more suitable person, without any baggage.

Good luck on that.

And good luck to America. It really needs it.