if you are so wrapped up in your homophobia and self hatred, that you would kill someone because *you* can’t tell the difference between a man, woman, transperson, or any other socially constructed category of persons, then maybe you should just ask before you lay your money down.
the daily news reports:
A transgendered prostitute was stabbed to death in the Bronx Saturday by a customer who was apparently surprised by the hooker’s true sex, police sources said Saturday.
i’d like to know how one determines “true sex”.
they go one to say:
The victim - a 25-year-old man who dressed like a woman - was identified by sources as Talib Stewart, who often went by the feminine nicknames of Nesha or Sanesha.
ah yes, the old “man dressed like a woman” meme. i’m inclined to call them out on nexy’s law for that one.
Stewart also apparently had undergone surgery to give him larger breasts and other female characteristics, neighbors said.
“She looked like a girl but when she turned around, you knew it was a man,” a 17-year-old neighbor said. “She had a big jaw and an Adam’s apple.”
give “him” larger breasts? if the woman is transsexual, that makes her a “her”. “you knew it was a man”? “it”?!?!? i hate language sometimes.
if you think the article is bad, the real bigots come out in the comments. calico’s is a gem:
NO ONE deserves to die for a lifestyle he/she prefers to be identified or live with; however, you are one dumb, ignorant or stupid @ss if you still cannot understand that not everyone appreciates being fooled, deceived, humiliated, trifled with, hoaxed, lured under false pretenses. HOW do you want this repeated so that YOU can understand this?
so no one “deserves’ to die for being trans, but just be sure to wear your trans-ness on your forehead in neon letters or you are deceiving and humiliating the world. so if you get killed, it’s your fault. just like the women who incite rape for wearing short skirts. sounds like victim blaming to me.
well, there you have it - being yourself, expressing yourself, moving through the world as yourself is deceit. yes folks, we’ve attained double-speak.
h/t autumn, with prayers and best wishes on your surgery and speedy recovery!
“i’d like to know how one determines “true sex”.”
The presense of a penis is a reasonable indication.
Comment by Tillie — February 11, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
ah, a gender essentialist. welcome
Comment by nexy — February 11, 2008 @ 10:17 pm
I never understood these cases, either. I would think “I PAID to see a VAGINA, asshole!” would be a sufficiently angry and communicative response.
Comment by Christine — February 12, 2008 @ 4:00 am
Obviously, the solution here is for the government to certify all genetic female prostitutes as “100 percent Grade A Female” and put the onus back on the customer to make sure they are getting what they paid for. Then they couldn’t say they were “deceived” because they didn’t check the label on the goods.
Comment by Michelle — February 12, 2008 @ 6:39 am
the plot thickens.
“The ex-con who stabbed a Bronx prostitute to death had known the transgendered victim for months, police sources said Monday, casting into doubt the alleged killer’s claim that he never knew she was biologically a he.“
Comment by nexy — February 12, 2008 @ 10:03 am
Figures. The press kept saying how she was “six feet tall” and wore extremely high heels and blah blah blah, she looked so trans the stones could tell and yadda yadda. So how could she trap that guy? Sounds like bull to me.
Comment by stassa — February 12, 2008 @ 10:15 am
[...] story from the UK’s Pink News today reflects pretty well the feelings of myself and others regarding the New York Daily News‘ reporting of the murder of Nesha Stewart … American [...]
Pingback by The View From (Ab)Normal Heights » Blog Archive » Daily News Catches Flak Over Trans Murder Coverage — February 12, 2008 @ 9:45 pm
It still amazes me that it’s 2008 and this stuff is still happening. I guess we really should be wearing neon signs on our forehead–otherwise it’s freegame on murdering us.
Comment by Colleen — February 13, 2008 @ 2:06 pm