Even in death do get disrespected.
Another trans woman of color has been murder and misgendered in death.
Who will speak for us in death?
Will they put our true gender on our death certificate?
Will they put our true name and gender in the obituary?
Will they honor our wishes and put our true name on our headstone?
Who will stand up for us?
Another trans woman of color has been murder and misgendered in death.
This Transgender Woman Was Brutally Murdered. To Police And Local Media, Though, She Was Just “A Man In A Dress”I have to wonder if they do it on purpose, if as the kids say they dis them by the police, medical examiner, and the media.
Stephanie Montez is believed to be the 22nd transgender person murdered in the U.S. this year.
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By Dan Avery
October 29, 2017
The violent death of a transgender Texas woman almost went unacknowledged after police and local media misgendered and dead-named her. Stephanie Montez, 47, was initially referred to as “a man in a dress” in a Nueces County police report.
Had friends not investigated her disappearance and spoken up, it’s likely we’d never know about the murder of what’s believed to be the 22nd transgender American this year alone.
An October 26 article in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported that the sheriff’s office was “investigating the death of a 47-year-old man found with multiple gunshot wounds on County Road 61 near Robstown.”
Medical examiner Heraldo Pena said authorities initially believed the person was a woman; the person was wearing a dress and make up. They discovered later the person was male and that he had been shot in the chest, abdomen and a shoulder.
Who will speak for us in death?
Will they put our true gender on our death certificate?
Will they put our true name and gender in the obituary?
Will they honor our wishes and put our true name on our headstone?
Who will stand up for us?
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