As we enter a new year, 2008 cannot end soon enough for Memphis male to female transsexuals. In July Ebony Whitaker was found shot dead, in November Duanna Johnson was shot in the street, and in December Leeneshia Edwards was shot in the face and is seeing the new year in recovering in hospital. All three were prostitutes and in the Old Year’s Day edition of Pink News, Jessica Green writes that local trans campaigners are blaming their shootings on being forced into prostitution because no one will give transsexuals employment.
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Memphis Belles
Posted in Trans, Victims, tagged Memphis transgender murder shooting prostitute on 31 December, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Second Life’s Transgender Day of Remembrance
Posted in Victims, tagged SL, TGDOR, Victims on 20 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Second Life’s Transgender Day of Remembrance is taking place currently, it lasts for 24 hours and takes place at the Transgender Suicide Memorial. As the name of the memorial suggests, it will remember those driven to suicide as well as murder victims. The memorial is at Elysium Gardens 194,201,22.
Second Life Trans Remembrance Day
International Transgender Day of Remembrance
Posted in Music, Victims, tagged Music, TGDOR, Victims on 20 November, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Each year on the 20th November transgender people around the world remember their bothers and sisters who have died because they were trans. The focus is on those killed by bigots, but many also remember those who were driven to suicide because family, friends, or society would not allow them to be their true selves. [...]
