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Violence Targeting Transgender Women in Honduras Continues

11:23 am By Maegan La Mala · GLBT|honduras|Violence|Women · 2 Comments

13 Jan 2011

*****May be triggering due to discussion of extreme violence**************

In the last four weeks the bodies of five transgender women in Honduras have been found. The murder of women, especially transgender women, has been on the rise following the June 28, 2009 coup. According to the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission, prior to the most recent murders, there have been 31 deaths of LGBTI people in Honduras in the last year and a half.

In the most recent incidents, the media is reporting that these women showed signs of physical and sexual assault. According to Planet Transgender :

On December 22, 2010 in Comayagüela, 23-year-old Lorenza Alexis Alvarado Hernández was found dead, her body visibly beaten and burned. There were also signs of rape and she was beaten so badly, perhaps even stoned, that it was difficult to recognize her.

The same day, Lady Oscar Martinez Salgado, age 45, was found burned to death in her home in Barrio El Rincón of Tegucigalpa. Her body showed multiple stab wounds.

Less than two weeks later, on January 2, 2011, a young transgender woman known only as Cheo was found murdered on the main street of Colonia Alameda in Tegucigalpa. Her body was left without legal documentation. She appears to have died from a severe stab wound to her chest.

Losing Another Angie

9:04 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · crime|GLBT|Immigration|Puerto Rico · 3 Comments

26 May 2010

Otra hermana perdida, another sister lost to violence in Puerto Rico.

Angie González Oquendo was found killed in her apartment in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The 37 year old was last seen on Friday by her father. Eyes are looking at a man Angie was in a relationship with as a suspect. Puerto Rican Police are investigating Angie’s death as a hate crime.

I find it interesting how Primera Hora felt the need to publish Angie’s “real” name, as if her identity as Angie wasn’t legit, as if the fact that throughout the article Angie’s father talks about his daughter is meaningless.

Remembering Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar : “She Wasn’t a Loner, She Wasn’t a Throwaway”

4:17 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · GLBT|Justice|Violence|Women · 4 Comments

28 Apr 2010

I did not know Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar in her life here, but after meeting and sharing space at a memorial and at a vigil this past Saturday with those who did know her, I felt the love, respect, and pride that her life was reflected back.

The memorial service was held at The Metropolitan Community Church in Midtown Manhattan, a Christian church who primarily ministers to the LGBT community nationwide. Organized by Amanda’s friend Elizabeth M. Rivera-Valentine, the memorial service and vigil were an answer to the transphobic portrayal that Gonzalez-Andujar received in the mainstream press after the 29 year old was found killed in her own apartment in Glendale, Queens. Rivera-Valentine, a health educator with Transcend in Boston, especially wanted to counter the notion that transgender members of our comunidades aren’t loved and don’t have families, actual and/or chosen that care about them and will fight for them. Rivera-Valentine shared how she met Amanda and how struck she was at seeing how supportive Amanda’s family was during her transition and how supportive her community was. Rivera-Valentine then shared a poem about how her own feminine spirit continued to beat the odds and the hate.
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Accused Killer of Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar Caught in Las Vegas

6:40 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · GLBT|Justice|New York City|Violence|Women · 1 Comment

16 Apr 2010

The person accused of killing Amanda Gonzalez-Andujar, Rasheen Everett, was caught in Las Vegas earlier this week and now faces second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence charges. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years to life in prison.

May justice be served.

Message from Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado’s Mom

7:58 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · GLBT|Puerto Rico · 1 Comment

23 Nov 2009

Yesterday evening there were vigils across the country to remember and demand justice for Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado. Jorge’s mom, Miriam Mercado, sent a message to all who have supported her and her family at this horrific time and as a mother watching this just broke my heart and made me incredibly proud at the same time. Que triste that we have to lose beloved ones and yet we find new strength as community.

Via / Blabbeando

Angie Zapata Case to Go to Trial

1:01 pm By Maegan La Mala · Colorado|crime|GLBT|Justice|Women · Comments Off

19 Sep 2008

In July, we wrote about the horrific hate motivated killing of the young mujer Angie Zapata. Seems that the prosecutor in the case is ready to move forward with a trial.

According to Colorado’s KDRO-TV, alleged murderer Allen Ray Andrade was arraigned by Weld District Court Judge Marcelo Kopcow:

A Weld County district judge ruled Thursday that there is enough evidence against a man charged with killing a transgender woman to proceed with a trial.

Thirty-one-year-old Allen Ray Andrade is charged with first-degree murder after deliberation, felony motor vehicle theft, felony identity theft and bias-motivated crime in the death of Angie Zapata on July 17.

NY Rag Shows its Transphobia Against Latina

11:50 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · GLBT|Health|New York City|Newspapers · 2 Comments

1 Mar 2007

I don’t read the New York Post on principle, so I wouldn’t have known about their recent transphobic reporting of what actually was a victory for a young Latina if it weren’t for Jack over at Angry Brown Butch.

An important victory was recently won in the struggle for trans rights, specifically around health care. Judge Sheldon Rand of the Manhattan Family Court found, for the second time, that the City of New York is obligated to pay for the sexual reassignment surgery of Mariah Lopez, a young trans woman of color who was denied this important and necessary medical care while in the care of the NYC foster system. The City is constitutionally required to provide adequate medical coverage for all children in its care, and SRS is a medically approved procedure, one that is often necessary for trans people. In the decision, Judge Rand wrote: “Mariah L. should be treated in order that she may go on with her life and be in a body which blends with the gender with which she identifies.”*

The blatantly right wing NYC newspaper chose to cover the story using tired stereotypes and slurs.

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