Caultron wrote:pelmut wrote:...How long do you think a visibly half-transitioned transwoman would survive unmolested in some of the southern US states or the 'sink' housing estates of some UK cities?...
Well, the first question is whether we here are that - partially-transitioned transwomen.
Some are, most don't appear to be.
Caultron wrote:
Most of us vehemently deny so and will never seek out sex-reassignment surgery, but I guess it depends on one's definition. Here I sit typing this in a black pencil skirt, black tights, black 3" heels, earrings, and a padded bra and claiming not to be the least bit cross-dresser, transvestite, or transsexual in any way.
Ask if you would feel more comfortable with yourself if you had been born female; I don't mean whether you would have had an easier or more interesting life, but who you feel you really should be. If the honest deep-down answer is 'no', you aren't transgender. (By the way, you don't need to tell anyone the answer.) The thing which clinched it for me was realising that all my childhood heroes had actually been the heroines of the books or plays, they were the people I identified with.
Caultron wrote:I'm not aware of the details of any murders or assaults on transsexuals or other gender-nonconforming individuals but I suppose they happen. It would be interesting to know the motives of some actual attackers and any perceived provocations by some actual victims.
Here is part of a list from 2017, the full list is on
Wikipedia, a few of them are robbery-related crimes, but the majority are because the victims were trans.
2017
United States
Sean Ryan Hake, a 23-year-old transgender man was shot three times by police
Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow, a 28-year-old Native American trans woman was found murdered in her apartment
Mesha Caldwell, a 41-year-old black trans woman, was found shot to death
Jojo Striker, a 23-year-old trans woman of color, was found shot to death
Jaquarrius Holland, an 18-year-old black trans woman, was shot
Tiara Lashaytheboss Richmond, a 24-year-old black trans woman[...] was shot
Chyna Doll Dupree, a black trans woman, also known as Chyna Gibson, was shot
Ciara McElveen, a 26-year-old black trans woman, was stabbed
Alphonza Watson, a 38-year-old black trans woman, was shot in the stomach
Chay Reed, a 28-year-old transgender woman of color, was shot
Kenneth Bostick, a 59-year-old black trans person identifying as male, was found with severe injurie[...] and later died
Sherrell Faulkner, a 46-year-old black trans woman, died on 16 May from injuries sustained during an attack the previous year
Kenne McFadden, a 27-year old black trans woman, was found in the San Antonio River
Kendra Marie Adams, a 28-year old trans woman of color, was found [with] burns on her body
Ava Le’Ray Barrin, a 17-year old trans girl, was shot and killed
Ebony Morgan, a 28-year-old trans woman of color, was found shot
TeeTee Dangerfield, a 32-year-old transgender woman was found shot multiple times
Gwenevere River Song, a 26-year-old person identifying as femandrogyne was shot
Kiwi Herring, a 30-year-old transwoman of color was shot by police
Pepper K, aka Phoenix, a 33-year-old trans person was killed by another inmate while incarcerated
Ally Steinfeld 17-year-old trans person went missing early September. Ally's body was found stabbed and burned
Kashmire Redd 28-year-old transgender man was stabbed to death
Derricka Banner 26-year-old trans woman of color was shot and killed
Scout Schultz 21 year-old non binary intersex student at Georgia Tech was shot and killed by police
Stephanie Montez 47-year-old trans woman was shot multiple times
Candace Towns 30-year-old trans woman of color was found dead
One of the saddest was Leelah Alcorn in 2014, she was driven to suicide by her parents sending her to a religious bigot to be 'cured'.
Caultron wrote:It's easy to imagine some gay drag queen persistently propositioning some drunken truck driver late at night in a redneck bar, and the two of them going out back, and then truck driver then beating up the drag queen, but that's a very stale stereotype that I suspect accounts for a very small number of actual occurrences. Open violence in everyday situations is pretty rare.
Gays and drag queens have nothing whatsoever to do with transgender people transitioning. Gay is a sexual preference which is not connected with gender - and drag queens are professional performers who parody women.