As a transgender woman, I can’t help but be familiar with the story of Angie Zapata. She was born in 1989, the year I graduated high school; we also shared the same birth name, Justin. The week of her murder the New York Times reported on her death: It was in that apartment that Ms. Zapata’s badly beaten body was found on July 17. On Wednesday, the police arrested Allen R. Andrade, 31, and charged him with murder. According to the authorities, Mr. Andrade had gone out on a date with Ms. Zapata, and upon discovering she had male genitalia, (more…)
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Apr
2011
Photos of Angie
15
Mar
2011
MCC Knoxville Pastor Retires
I just received an electronic flyer announcing a tribute to retiring Metropolitan Community Church pastor Rev. Bob Galloway. You are invited to join us as we celebrate Rev.Bob’s ministry, contributions, and years of serviceto MCC Knoxville. We will honor Rev. Bob through music, guest speakers, and multimedia presentations. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served. Saturday, April 9, 2011 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Metropolitan Community Church 7820 Redeemer Ln Knoxville, TN
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27
Feb
2011
Advancing Equality Day
Many believe that a crime against a protected minority warrants no greater punishment than a crime against any other person. I believe this to be true as well. The problem, however, is all too often a crime against a protected minority is punished less severely not more. Even though the legal definition of “hate crime” normally means a crime in which the defendant intentionally selects a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of (more…)
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02
Feb
2011
Justice Delayed…
update: I have made it easy to send a free fax to American National with the click of a button. Click here or on the fax number below. another update: you can donate to purchase a replacement for the stolen insulin pump here. “Justice delayed is justice denied.” – William E. Gladstone That quote kind of sums up a story that has surfaced here in East Tennessee. Today, Rose Kennedy of the Metro Pulse reports that the attorney of Carol and Laura Stutte, Margaret Held, filed a lawsuit today on behalf of her clients against Janice Millsaps “…because the insurance (more…)
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Topless Transsexual Served 21 Days in Jail
UPDATE: Andrea was interviewed on the Michelangelo Signorile Show, Nov 17th, on Sirius OutQ 108. You can listen to a recording here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwIfckTlMcY It really caused me great consternation when I heard the story of Andrea Jones on WATE channel 6 last night. Jones had visited her local Tennessee driver’s license office to attempt to have the gender marker on her driver’s license changed from “M” to “F”. Of course, she was refused. From the WATE report: The rules regarding change of gender marker are dictated by the Tennessee Department of Safety. They will change the sex on a (more…)
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