Can the LGBT community spare some outrage for Duanna Johnson?
feministe.us wrote an interesting post today on Can the LGBT community spare some outrage for Duanna Johnson?
Here’s a quick excerpt
On February 12, 2008, Duanna Johnson was brutally beaten by a Memphis police officer after she refused to respond when the officer called her “he-she” and “faggot.” That night, Johnson became yet another of the countless trans women of color to be targeted and brutalized by police in this country. Two officers were fired after the attack; neither was prosecuted. Just to be trans, just to be a woman, just to be a person of color in this country is enough to drastically increase one’s exposure
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