HOW MANY TRANSGENDERS HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YOU GET INVOLVED?



On June 22, 2003 Transgenders and their allies will march as a coalition to bring awareness of the atrocities that are happening to the transgender community fueled by hate. A large banner stating 'HOW MANY TRANSGENDER HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YOU GET INVOLVED' will guide our march. Followed by posters with pictures of transgenders who have lost their lives, and messages of the needed support from our allies.

This march will take place as a contingency in the 2nd largest pride parade Christopher Street West, in the City of West Hollywood, California. There is over 100 people expected to march including representatives from all agencies whom provide services to the transgender community in Los Angeles.



All marchers are encouraged to wear white as a symbol of peace and unity.



When: Sunday June 22, 2003 @ 10:00 a.m.

Where: Santa Monica Blvd and Fairfax.

There will be a designated person with a sign "Trans March" giving the location within the contingency.

Contact persons:

Maria Roman 323-573-6428 Cell

Program Manager Trasgeneros Unidas, Bienestar Human Services, Inc.

323-660-9680 ext 21

Shirley Bushnell 323-804-5243 Cell

The Transgender Menace Southern California

Shirley@earthlink.net

"8"

"HOW MANY TRANSGENDERS HAVE TO DIE BEFORE YOU GET INVOLVED? "

All of them, goddamit! And the way I'll get involved is making sure they all STAY dead.

"Plexi"

You stated that 8 transgenders have to die before you get involved. Unfortunately, that's been taken care of. I would like to give you a list of resources in your community in which your new-founded activism will be helpful (go to the link at the end of this post). If you would like to know the women and men whose deaths spurned you into action, let me introduce a few of them to you... but before I do, I want to thank you so much for all ofthe contributions you are going to make toward ending prejudice, gender oppression and stupidity. Thank you.

Gwen Araujo

Location: Newark, California

Cause of Death: Beaten to death, allegedly by four ex-classmates.

Date of Death: October 3, 2002

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, October 17, 2002

Gwen Araujo had been dressing as a woman since she was 14 years old, and was murdered at the age of 17. During a house party, she was revealed to have been more a male. After this revelation, at least three individuals allegedly beat her, dragged her into a garage, and strangled her, before disposing of her body in a remote location 150 miles away.

Ontwon Curtis

Location: Newport News, Virginia

Cause of Death: Shot several times in the chest

Date of Death: September 13, 2002

Source: WVEC Channel 13, September 13, 2002

Ontwon Curtis, who neighbors claim was a transvestite, was shot several times in the chest while at home. Andrew Coleman has been arrested in this crime, and is awaiting trial.

Daniel Phillip "Danielle" Redding

Location: Daytona Beach, Florida

Cause of Death: Single gunshot wound to the head, allegedly by Jason Lee Starkey

Date of Death: September 7, 2002

Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, September 23, 2002

Daniel Phillip "Danielle" Redding worked at a hair salon by day, and as a sex worker in the evening. He was found face down with a bullet hole in his head in a vacant lot near a church. The alleged killer, Jason Lee Starkey, was shot and killed two weeks later.

Porfiro Mejia (aka Daisey, Flora Blanca)

Location: Delano, California

Cause of Death: Blunt force trauma to the head.

Date of Death: August 20, 2002

Source: The Bakersfield Californian, October 25, 2002

Little is known about this death. Mejia, a transwoman, used to frequent some of the bars in the Delano area. She was found in a grape vineyard just south of Delano.

Stephanie Thomas

Location: Washington, DC

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: August 12, 2002

Source: WJLA ABC 7, Washington, DC

Stephanie and Ukea were friends living in Washington, D.C., and had begun living in their preferred gender roles. Both were shot multiple times in a car they often shared. They were half a block away from home.

Ukea Davis

Location: Washington, DC

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: August 12, 2002

Source: WJLA ABC 7, Washington, DC

Deasha (Gerald Andrews)

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: August 8, 2002

Source: WLTV 12, Jacksonville, Florida

Deasha Andrews was discovered in her car, after having been shot several times. Police are not pursuing this as a hate crime, and do not feel that there is any tie-in between it and the Terrianne Summers case.

Paola Matos

Location: Brooklyn, New York

Cause of Death: Strangled

Date of Death: July 22, 2002

Source: The New York Post, July 23, 2002

Paola Matos had recently moved to New York after a series of transsexual-related surgeries done abroad. She was discovered in her home by her live-in boyfriend with a white cord wrapped around her throat. Police have ruled her death a homicide, and are seeking a suspect, Fernando Batista.

Aretha "ReRe" Scott (Franklin Freeman)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

Cause of Death: Bled to death after being shot in the leg

Date of Death: June 7, 2002

Source: The Charlotte Observer, June 30, 2002

Five months before Aretha Scott’s death, she was picked up by an off-duty vice officer, who fired his service pistol twice during an argument over money. The officer quit during an internal investigation. Another officer was fired, and two other officers were suspended. Scott was killed five days before she was to be a witness in a hearing about one of the suspensions. Very little has been done since them to apprehend her murderer.

Gary "Brazon" McMurtry

Location: Clintonville, Ohio

Cause of Death: Stabbed, allegedly by Michael Jennings

Date of Death: May 17, 2002

Source: Columbus Dispatch, May 18, 2002

Gary "Brazon" McMurtry, Miss Gay Columbus and Miss Gay Ohio, was stabbed with a Samurai sword, allegedly by Michael Jennings. A roommate was also stabbed by the assailant.

Arlene (Hector) Diaz

Location: El Paso, Texas

Cause of Death: Shot in the back, allegedly by Justen Grant Hall

Date of Death: April 10, 2002

Source: El Paso Times, April 27, 2002

Arlene (Hector) Diaz was planning her upcoming transition, and attended a local transgender support group the night of her murder. She was fatally shot in the back, allegedly by Justen Grant Hall. The local police have classified this murder as a hate crime.

Alejandro Ray Lucero

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Cause of Death: Murdered

Date of Death: March 3, 2002

Source: Phoenix, Arizona police report

Little is known about the death of Alejandro Ray Lucero, aside from the fact that she was murdered in Phoenix, and her body was dumped in the alley.

Amy Soos

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Cause of Death: Murdered

Date of Death: February 16, 2002

Source: Phoenix, Arizona police report

Amy Soos lived all her life on the Salt River Pima Indian Reservation in Arizona, but often went into Phoenix in the evenings. After not returning home one such night, her body was discovered in a roadway. She died of multiple blunt force trauma. She had been beaten many other times before her death.

Bibi Barajas (Hugo Cesar Barajas)

Location: Houston, Texas

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: January 26, 2002

Source: KTRK News and Vanessa Foster

Bibi Barajas was a sex worker in Houston, after coming over the border from Mexico. She is believed to have been killed by some of her customers, who dumped her body near a local club.

Terrianne Summers

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Cause of Death: Shot

Date of Death: December 12, 2001

Source: Florida Times-Union, December 14, 2001

Terrianne Summers was a transgender activist in the Jacksonville area, who had been very involved in efforts against discrimination at the Winn-Dixie food chain. She was shot to death on her own front yard days after participating in the 2001 Transgender Day of Remembrance in Florida.

http://www.gender.org/remember/day/

Lexi: so... you said that 8 dead transpople would spurn you into action? Here is a list - pick out the 8 you want to work in rememberance of, and go to the link at the bottom of this post to find out how you can help rid the world of this sort of hatred and prejudice.

Gwen Araujo

Location: Newark, California

Cause of Death: Beaten to death, allegedly by four ex-classmates.

Date of Death: October 3, 2002

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, October 17, 2002

Gwen Araujo had been dressing as a woman since she was 14 years old, and was murdered at the age of 17. During a house party, she was revealed to have been more a male. After this revelation, at least three individuals allegedly beat her, dragged her into a garage, and strangled her, before disposing of her body in a remote location 150 miles away.

Ontwon Curtis

Location: Newport News, Virginia

Cause of Death: Shot several times in the chest

Date of Death: September 13, 2002

Source: WVEC Channel 13, September 13, 2002

Ontwon Curtis, who neighbors claim was a transvestite, was shot several times in the chest while at home. Andrew Coleman has been arrested in this crime, and is awaiting trial.

Daniel Phillip "Danielle" Redding

Location: Daytona Beach, Florida

Cause of Death: Single gunshot wound to the head, allegedly by Jason Lee Starkey

Date of Death: September 7, 2002

Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, September 23, 2002

Daniel Phillip "Danielle" Redding worked at a hair salon by day, and as a sex worker in the evening. He was found face down with a bullet hole in his head in a vacant lot near a church. The alleged killer, Jason Lee Starkey, was shot and killed two weeks later.

Porfiro Mejia (aka Daisey, Flora Blanca)

Location: Delano, California

Cause of Death: Blunt force trauma to the head.

Date of Death: August 20, 2002

Source: The Bakersfield Californian, October 25, 2002

Little is known about this death. Mejia, a transwoman, used to frequent some of the bars in the Delano area. She was found in a grape vineyard just south of Delano.

Stephanie Thomas

Location: Washington, DC

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: August 12, 2002

Source: WJLA ABC 7, Washington, DC

Stephanie and Ukea were friends living in Washington, D.C., and had begun living in their preferred gender roles. Both were shot multiple times in a car they often shared. They were half a block away from home.

Ukea Davis

Location: Washington, DC

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: August 12, 2002

Source: WJLA ABC 7, Washington, DC

Deasha (Gerald Andrews)

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: August 8, 2002

Source: WLTV 12, Jacksonville, Florida

Deasha Andrews was discovered in her car, after having been shot several times. Police are not pursuing this as a hate crime, and do not feel that there is any tie-in between it and the Terrianne Summers case.

Paola Matos

Location: Brooklyn, New York

Cause of Death: Strangled

Date of Death: July 22, 2002

Source: The New York Post, July 23, 2002

Paola Matos had recently moved to New York after a series of transsexual-related surgeries done abroad. She was discovered in her home by her live-in boyfriend with a white cord wrapped around her throat. Police have ruled her death a homicide, and are seeking a suspect, Fernando Batista.

Aretha "ReRe" Scott (Franklin Freeman)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

Cause of Death: Bled to death after being shot in the leg

Date of Death: June 7, 2002

Source: The Charlotte Observer, June 30, 2002

Five months before Aretha Scott’s death, she was picked up by an off-duty vice officer, who fired his service pistol twice during an argument over money. The officer quit during an internal investigation. Another officer was fired, and two other officers were suspended. Scott was killed five days before she was to be a witness in a hearing about one of the suspensions. Very little has been done since them to apprehend her murderer.

Gary "Brazon" McMurtry

Location: Clintonville, Ohio

Cause of Death: Stabbed, allegedly by Michael Jennings

Date of Death: May 17, 2002

Source: Columbus Dispatch, May 18, 2002

Gary "Brazon" McMurtry, Miss Gay Columbus and Miss Gay Ohio, was stabbed with a Samurai sword, allegedly by Michael Jennings. A roommate was also stabbed by the assailant.

Arlene (Hector) Diaz

Location: El Paso, Texas

Cause of Death: Shot in the back, allegedly by Justen Grant Hall

Date of Death: April 10, 2002

Source: El Paso Times, April 27, 2002

Arlene (Hector) Diaz was planning her upcoming transition, and attended a local transgender support group the night of her murder. She was fatally shot in the back, allegedly by Justen Grant Hall. The local police have classified this murder as a hate crime.

Alejandro Ray Lucero

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Cause of Death: Murdered

Date of Death: March 3, 2002

Source: Phoenix, Arizona police report

Little is known about the death of Alejandro Ray Lucero, aside from the fact that she was murdered in Phoenix, and her body was dumped in the alley.

Amy Soos

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Cause of Death: Murdered

Date of Death: February 16, 2002

Source: Phoenix, Arizona police report

Amy Soos lived all her life on the Salt River Pima Indian Reservation in Arizona, but often went into Phoenix in the evenings. After not returning home one such night, her body was discovered in a roadway. She died of multiple blunt force trauma. She had been beaten many other times before her death.

Bibi Barajas (Hugo Cesar Barajas)

Location: Houston, Texas

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: January 26, 2002

Source: KTRK News and Vanessa Foster

Bibi Barajas was a sex worker in Houston, after coming over the border from Mexico. She is believed to have been killed by some of her customers, who dumped her body near a local club.

Terrianne Summers

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Cause of Death: Shot

Date of Death: December 12, 2001

Source: Florida Times-Union, December 14, 2001

Terrianne Summers was a transgender activist in the Jacksonville area, who had been very involved in efforts against discrimination at the Winn-Dixie food chain. She was shot to death on her own front yard days after participating in the 2001 Transgender Day of Remembrance in Florida.

http://www.gender.org/remember/day/

Lexi: so... you said that 8 dead transpople would spurn you into action? Here is a list - pick out the 8 you want to work in rememberance of, and go to the link at the bottom of this post to find out how you can help rid the world of this sort of hatred and prejudice.

Gwen Araujo

Location: Newark, California

Cause of Death: Beaten to death, allegedly by four ex-classmates.

Date of Death: October 3, 2002

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, October 17, 2002

Gwen Araujo had been dressing as a woman since she was 14 years old, and was murdered at the age of 17. During a house party, she was revealed to have been more a male. After this revelation, at least three individuals allegedly beat her, dragged her into a garage, and strangled her, before disposing of her body in a remote location 150 miles away.

Ontwon Curtis

Location: Newport News, Virginia

Cause of Death: Shot several times in the chest

Date of Death: September 13, 2002

Source: WVEC Channel 13, September 13, 2002

Ontwon Curtis, who neighbors claim was a transvestite, was shot several times in the chest while at home. Andrew Coleman has been arrested in this crime, and is awaiting trial.

Daniel Phillip "Danielle" Redding

Location: Daytona Beach, Florida

Cause of Death: Single gunshot wound to the head, allegedly by Jason Lee Starkey

Date of Death: September 7, 2002

Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal, September 23, 2002

Daniel Phillip "Danielle" Redding worked at a hair salon by day, and as a sex worker in the evening. He was found face down with a bullet hole in his head in a vacant lot near a church. The alleged killer, Jason Lee Starkey, was shot and killed two weeks later.

Porfiro Mejia (aka Daisey, Flora Blanca)

Location: Delano, California

Cause of Death: Blunt force trauma to the head.

Date of Death: August 20, 2002

Source: The Bakersfield Californian, October 25, 2002

Little is known about this death. Mejia, a transwoman, used to frequent some of the bars in the Delano area. She was found in a grape vineyard just south of Delano.

Stephanie Thomas

Location: Washington, DC

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: August 12, 2002

Source: WJLA ABC 7, Washington, DC

Stephanie and Ukea were friends living in Washington, D.C., and had begun living in their preferred gender roles. Both were shot multiple times in a car they often shared. They were half a block away from home.

Ukea Davis

Location: Washington, DC

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: August 12, 2002

Source: WJLA ABC 7, Washington, DC

Deasha (Gerald Andrews)

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: August 8, 2002

Source: WLTV 12, Jacksonville, Florida

Deasha Andrews was discovered in her car, after having been shot several times. Police are not pursuing this as a hate crime, and do not feel that there is any tie-in between it and the Terrianne Summers case.

Paola Matos

Location: Brooklyn, New York

Cause of Death: Strangled

Date of Death: July 22, 2002

Source: The New York Post, July 23, 2002

Paola Matos had recently moved to New York after a series of transsexual-related surgeries done abroad. She was discovered in her home by her live-in boyfriend with a white cord wrapped around her throat. Police have ruled her death a homicide, and are seeking a suspect, Fernando Batista.

Aretha "ReRe" Scott (Franklin Freeman)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

Cause of Death: Bled to death after being shot in the leg

Date of Death: June 7, 2002

Source: The Charlotte Observer, June 30, 2002

Five months before Aretha Scott’s death, she was picked up by an off-duty vice officer, who fired his service pistol twice during an argument over money. The officer quit during an internal investigation. Another officer was fired, and two other officers were suspended. Scott was killed five days before she was to be a witness in a hearing about one of the suspensions. Very little has been done since them to apprehend her murderer.

Gary "Brazon" McMurtry

Location: Clintonville, Ohio

Cause of Death: Stabbed, allegedly by Michael Jennings

Date of Death: May 17, 2002

Source: Columbus Dispatch, May 18, 2002

Gary "Brazon" McMurtry, Miss Gay Columbus and Miss Gay Ohio, was stabbed with a Samurai sword, allegedly by Michael Jennings. A roommate was also stabbed by the assailant.

Arlene (Hector) Diaz

Location: El Paso, Texas

Cause of Death: Shot in the back, allegedly by Justen Grant Hall

Date of Death: April 10, 2002

Source: El Paso Times, April 27, 2002

Arlene (Hector) Diaz was planning her upcoming transition, and attended a local transgender support group the night of her murder. She was fatally shot in the back, allegedly by Justen Grant Hall. The local police have classified this murder as a hate crime.

Alejandro Ray Lucero

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Cause of Death: Murdered

Date of Death: March 3, 2002

Source: Phoenix, Arizona police report

Little is known about the death of Alejandro Ray Lucero, aside from the fact that she was murdered in Phoenix, and her body was dumped in the alley.

Amy Soos

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Cause of Death: Murdered

Date of Death: February 16, 2002

Source: Phoenix, Arizona police report

Amy Soos lived all her life on the Salt River Pima Indian Reservation in Arizona, but often went into Phoenix in the evenings. After not returning home one such night, her body was discovered in a roadway. She died of multiple blunt force trauma. She had been beaten many other times before her death.

Bibi Barajas (Hugo Cesar Barajas)

Location: Houston, Texas

Cause of Death: Shot multiple times

Date of Death: January 26, 2002

Source: KTRK News and Vanessa Foster

Bibi Barajas was a sex worker in Houston, after coming over the border from Mexico. She is believed to have been killed by some of her customers, who dumped her body near a local club.

Terrianne Summers

Location: Jacksonville, Florida

Cause of Death: Shot

Date of Death: December 12, 2001

Source: Florida Times-Union, December 14, 2001

Terrianne Summers was a transgender activist in the Jacksonville area, who had been very involved in efforts against discrimination at the Winn-Dixie food chain. She was shot to death on her own front yard days after participating in the 2001 Transgender Day of Remembrance in Florida.

http://www.gender.org/remember/day/

"Beaten to death, Shot several times in the chest, Single gunshot wound to the head, Blunt force trauma to the head, Shot multiple times x 3, Strangled, Bled to death after being shot in the leg, Stabbed, Shot in the back, Murdered x 2, Shot multiple times, Shot."

But they were transgenders, so what's the crime?

I also think that all gays and lesbos should be killed. Actually, I think that all non-WASPS should be exterminated.