LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The past week brought to our attention the death of two trans women. Contrary to reports on social media, one may not be a homicide. In Miami, Florida, Kristina Grant Infiniti, (aka Kristina Gomez… Read More ›
Month: February 2015
(UPDATED) Deputized Texas ‘bathroom cops’ risk felony if they allow trans to use bathroom
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Updated April 2, 2015: Additional anti-trans bathroom bills have been proposed in Texas. From Towleroad: A Texas lawmaker (GOP state Rep. Gilbert Pena) has filed a bill that would prohibit schools from allowing transgender… Read More ›
Congressman proud of transgender grandchild
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Support poured in after U.S. Rep. Mike Honda of California announced that he is the “proud grandpa of a transgender grandchild” on Twitter according to a news report in the San Jose Mercury News…. Read More ›
Trans woman murdered in Ohio, another tortured on video then killed in Brazil
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The number of reported trans deaths of late is sobering. But is this an uptick in actual murders? Although stats point to two trans murders every three days worldwide, it is too early to… Read More ›
Legislator’s bill to trash pro-transgender student sports policy gets traction
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Never mind the U.S. Department of Education’s insistence that transgender students athletes are protected by Title IX, a Republican legislator in South Dakota wants to ban trans student athletes from playing on a team… Read More ›
(UPDATED) Trans woman shot to death in New Orleans
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — The horrid streak of reported trans deaths since TDOR 2014 continues — especially targeted are trans women of color in the United States. The latest victim is Penny Proud (aka Penny Proud Johnson) of… Read More ›
(UPDATE: Bathroom Bill DEAD!) Transphobic Bathroom Cop surfaces, this time in Florida
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Update April 28, 2015: Florida’s Bathroom Bill is dead: https://lexiecannes.com/2015/04/22/nevada-bathroom-bill-fails-california-style-anti-trans-ballot-petition-possible/ Original article Feb. 8, 2015: Concerned about transgender people committing, among other things, “assault, battery, molestation, rape, voyeurism, and exhibitionism,” a Republican in Florida… Read More ›
(UPDATED) SF trans woman stabbed to death; Ecuadorian trans woman murdered in December
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATED Feb. 7, 2015 — The suspected killer of Taja DeJesus has been found dead. From SF Weekly: “The suspect in the stabbing death of a transgender woman was found dead behind a warehouse… Read More ›
New study: Trans kids gender ID deeply held — not confusion or pretense
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — Major finding from the new research study: trans kids’ gender identity is deeply held — not pretense or the result of confusion. From the researchers as reported in Medicalxpress: “. . . our results… Read More ›
Open Letter to TransAdvocate re: transgender murders
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — This is an open letter to the founder and editors of TransAdvocate: Marti Abernathey, Founding Editor; Cristan Williams, Editor-in-Chief; Autumn Sandeen, Editor; Monica Roberts, Editor. I just wrote my third article on transgender deaths… Read More ›
(UPDATE — Victim identified) The latest in a horrid string of transgender murders: Los Angeles
LEXIE CANNES STATE OF TRANS — UPDATE Feb. 4, 2015: Murder victim identified and a suspect has been arrested. From LA Weekly: “The partner and roommate of a transgender woman found fatally stabbed in a Van Nuys apartment last weekend… Read More ›
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