A 19-year old cis lesbian woman was beaten unconscious and robbed after she tried to use the women's restroom at a McDonald's in the US
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Transphobia also hurts cisgender people.
I would know. I was hurt by it too. It doesn't involve bathrooms btw.
I'm not sure this had anything to do with transphobia. The attackers just sound homophobic; they probably saw her hair and don't know or care that the slur they picked isn't for girls. It's sad that she's going through this. Their girlfriends robbing them after they had been beaten down speaks volumes about what sort of people they are.
It generally really sucks to be a victim of a hate crime.
How sure are we that she was attacked because she was perceived as trans? This could be a simple mugging.
EDIT- nevermind I actually read the article, this was a hate crime
And so it continues...
Awful, just awful.
Y'all, don't go anywhere without some means of self-defense. A pocket stun gun costs $20, or if you live in a country where they're banned, carry a pocket corkscrew with a foil cutter on the end.
Stun guns, while potentially being intimidating to a lone attacker, are surprisingly ineffective if actually used for defense.
Pepper spray, specifically the type that uses a stream instead of a fine mist, is far more effective at stopping an attack and giving an opportunity to escape.
I recommend POM pepper spray, personally. The smaller versions are 50 state legal.
Two rolls of quarters are entirely legal to carry, and act as makeshift brass knuckles in a pinch. The additional mass will make you break your knuckles, but you'll be shattering their bones as well.
Shattering your knuckles sounds like a bad idea, especially if your initial defense does not incapacitate your attacker, as it may render you unable to continue to fight back.
As Despoticruin mentioned, a 'tactical' style flashlight or pen would be better options.
Definitely not a bad way to go in a pinch.
If you go this route then hammer, don't punch. I hear that those small steel flashlights with the castellated heads are perfect for exactly that kind of swing.
"This should have never happened just because I am the way I am, and it should have never happened just because I was just trying to use the bathroom. But I don’t want people to be scared to stand up for themselves because they think that someone will hurt them all the time,” she told LGBTQ Nation. “I want to be seen as someone that is strong because they tried to ruin my life, but instead, they ruined their own.”
This is more common still for trans people who are earlier on in their transition but the media doesn't talk about it. This violence was intended for a trans person so why do people only care when it impacts the cis? This ultimately says that violence towards trans people is ok but that it is a problem when those who aren't trans are impacted.
This violence was intended for a trans person
Did you read the article?
When she confirmed that she was indeed a lesbian woman, one of the individuals hit her
So, no.
And I've see n similar reports that did indeed involve trans people so... also no.
This is more common still for trans people
Not sure about this. There's way much more cis women that trans women, so attacks on "trans women" could have more cis women victims just because of the number if cis vs trans women.
Purely as numbers, this isn't crazy, but since the size of affected demographics is so different, you have to look at proportions rather than just figures
This ultimately says that violence towards trans people is ok but that it is a problem when those who aren't trans are impacted.
For the people you want to reach with these kinds of stories, it is. I don't think there's much use in preaching to the choir.
A GoFundMe crowdfundraiser has since been launched to help with her medical bills and to afford a lawyer to press charges.
The US is utterly fucked. Nothing short of a revolution will save them.
Why the fuck does she need a lawyer to press charges? Assault is a crime against the state. It's supposed to be the police and the state prosecutor who deal with this.
The state will fail to accomplish anything meaningful in prosecution - a bad deal or bungled case. Plus there's the notoriety the case is already generating. She'll need to file a civil suit as well, and she'll need someone making sure everything is OK on her end (the attacker doesn't counter-sue for instance).
I've been the victim of hate crime, you think you're gonna get a justice boner and fight it to the core, but in reality the simplest/safest answer for the victim is to shut up and make it disappear. You're already traumatized, fighting is confusing and painful.
The reply you got is spot on, and so are you. Often, you don't get choice as a victim, the state/county/city/whatever is charging a crime whether you like it or not.
We already had a revolution, we let the conservatives live and breed until they won the elections, Idiocracy
The revolution would be led by nazis who think trump is too soft
How can there be a cis lesbian?
You might be confused on the terms. Cis is the opposite of trans. You can be attracted to members of your same gender without being trans. It's much more common to be cis and homosexual than to be trans.
What confuses you about that?
But 'you can always tell'...
This was a homophobic hate crime, trans people weren't mentioned. The bigots actually guessed correctly in this case.
A fair point, I'll put my hands up that I didn't read the article before commenting, and made some assumptions based on the headline.
Huh, it seems you're right.
This woman will never feel safe using a public restroom again.
Not should anyone, in places like this! Yokes! Yikes, even!
cis lesbian
I guess I don't know what cis means. Pretty sure I'm clear on lesbian, but I guess you never know.
Cis = cisgender = she was assigned female at birth and is not transgender
Cisgender means "gender match (birth) genitals"
Trans comes from "on the other side" as cis comes from "on the same side".
A trans woman who's attracted to other women would be a trans lesbian, if that's what was tripping you up.
Cis is short for cisgender. It's the antonym of transgender. Has nothing to do with sexuality.
Cis-het would be cisgender, heterosexual.
I think a lot of people don't. The word 'cis' seems to have been invented because some people object to the term biologically-female or biologically-male, but that's generally what it means.
To add, cisgender is not that new of a word, it's been around since the 90s in English. Using the term "biological male/female" is an immidate red flag as it carries with it the insinuation that trans identities are not ligitimate; you could just say "not trans." Hence the heavy use by right wingers and bigots.
Cis and trans have existed since Ancient Rome was a thing
If you know how to create an account and post here, you also know how to look up words.
It's about having a conversation. Who knows, maybe a bunch of people that were confused on terms learned from this.
You are clearly overestimating the American public education system.
ok but this happens to all kinds of americans dialy for no reason
So what? Does that make it better?
The reason so many people down voted you and this got reported so many times is likely a combination of:
I don't think you're actually trying to be bigoted, but figured if I wasn't going to remove your comment I should at least try to clear things up.
Oh, well I guess rampant violence excuses their bigotry
Yes, your country is a fucking armpit for a number of reasons (I think at last count 347089088 reasons). But it'd be real cool if bigotry wasn't one of them.
They are called a faggot and then are beaten bloody for it?
Huh?