Thursday, March 25, 2004
There's a good article here on anti-transgender violence in Washington.
What has made transgendered people such popular targets? "It's partly because we're coming out into the daylight," says Toni Collins, who works ... at Transgender Health Empowerment.
Jack Levin, the criminologist, agrees. "There are more transgendered people who are coming out, willing to expose themselves to the possibility of victimization," he says. "It reminds me of the period beginning in the '80s when gay and lesbian Americans began to come out in larger numbers. They exposed themselves to the risk of being victims of homophobic offenders. The same thing is happening with transgendered people now. They are encountering much the same violence, for much the same reasons."
You may also want to read another report on [a]n 'elite' cadre of scientists and journalists [which] tries to turn back the clock on sex, gender and race. It highlights The Man Who Would be Queen by J. Michael Bailey, which the good folk at Gendertalk were quite rightly incensed at for being nominated for an award at the Lambda Literary Awards until Lambda realised they'd made a mistake.
There's an overview of what Lou from Little Britain might call "a right kerfuffle" here.
What has made transgendered people such popular targets? "It's partly because we're coming out into the daylight," says Toni Collins, who works ... at Transgender Health Empowerment.
Jack Levin, the criminologist, agrees. "There are more transgendered people who are coming out, willing to expose themselves to the possibility of victimization," he says. "It reminds me of the period beginning in the '80s when gay and lesbian Americans began to come out in larger numbers. They exposed themselves to the risk of being victims of homophobic offenders. The same thing is happening with transgendered people now. They are encountering much the same violence, for much the same reasons."
You may also want to read another report on [a]n 'elite' cadre of scientists and journalists [which] tries to turn back the clock on sex, gender and race. It highlights The Man Who Would be Queen by J. Michael Bailey, which the good folk at Gendertalk were quite rightly incensed at for being nominated for an award at the Lambda Literary Awards until Lambda realised they'd made a mistake.
There's an overview of what Lou from Little Britain might call "a right kerfuffle" here.
