I remember writing this story but did not know it was attached to a true story. Today, I met the uncle of the murdered Transgender teen. The assailant, a Bosnian man got 20 years. He tried to use the excuse that finding out was so upsetting to him that he lost his mind. Apparently, Washington State has passed a law that bars that as a defense.
It is illogical to me that MTF Transgender folk somehow engage in the delusion that a genetic male will never find them out and they can run around late at night or very early in the morning and not be in danger. Yes, I know that genetic women mostly get away with it and if they get drunk and have sex, mostly the only consequence is worry about being sore and STDs the next day.
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Love, Andrea Lena
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Well shit, I guess it really CAN happen here..,
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You Really Want To Rethink This
Gwen, the penalty for genetic women is all too often rape and murder for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Agreed.
The world is not as nice, or equal, a place as we like to believe.
You also forgot pregnancy, which can be a serious consequence for all those involved.
Melanie E.
Ditto
Like it or not it is still a man's world.
The balance of benefits to responsibilities lean far more on a man's side due to a womens' responsibility for reproduction.
I have been full time transitioned for over 30 years now and am well resigned to the limitations but, like it? No stinking way.
7 Times More Likely
Statistically T women are at much greater risk. For me, the sun goes down and I am inside. I was almost entrapped by a vice detective years ago. The only thing that saved me is I did not know that I could sell it.