Comments on: Deaths in Memphis http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/01/05/deaths-in-memphis/ helen boyd's journal of gender & trans issues Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:12:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: LaurieSheril http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/01/05/deaths-in-memphis/#comment-56394 LaurieSheril Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:50:53 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=7538#comment-56394 Helen, As someone who lives in Memphis, TN and also works within the criminal justice system here, I can tell you that the Trans community reached out to the woman that died, but the African American community did NOT. There is a great deal of homophobia in the African American community in this city. And you are right, Memphis is #2 in violent crime (after Detroit), though the heads of the law enforement agencies here refuse to admit it. Laurie Helen,

As someone who lives in Memphis, TN and also works within the criminal justice system here, I can tell you that the Trans community reached out to the woman that died, but the African American community did NOT. There is a great deal of homophobia in the African American community in this city. And you are right, Memphis is #2 in violent crime (after Detroit), though the heads of the law enforement agencies here refuse to admit it.

Laurie

]]> By: mk39 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/2009/01/05/deaths-in-memphis/#comment-56245 mk39 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:01:38 +0000 http://www.myhusbandbetty.com/?p=7538#comment-56245 That really is quite a sad thing. As human beings, we should be upset at this,. --- I am new to commenting on the site. I found it through a link, and was overjoyed, because your books pretty much changed my life. I am planning on writing a pretty big paper(20 pages perhaps...though i will probably ramble on for more) on transgenderism for a class at my pretty conservative college. I would love if you would be interested in perhaps doing an interview sometime in the next month over email or something. Send an email my way to matthias39@msn.com if you are interested. Thanks! That really is quite a sad thing. As human beings, we should be upset at this,.

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I am new to commenting on the site. I found it through a link, and was overjoyed, because your books pretty much changed my life. I am planning on writing a pretty big paper(20 pages perhaps…though i will probably ramble on for more) on transgenderism for a class at my pretty conservative college. I would love if you would be interested in perhaps doing an interview sometime in the next month over email or something. Send an email my way to matthias39@msn.com if you are interested. Thanks!

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