I've been feeling particularly emotional, sad and angry, all day today. I read with much horror and disgust that yet another trans sex worker was brutally murdered Saturday in the Bronx by a man claiming he did not know she was a TS, and therefore felt justified in stabbing her to death. Perhaps this hits particularly close to home because she has worked for some of the same companies that I have worked for, or maybe its just because I started escorting again last week after a year long break. Regardless of why, I've been feeling a tremendous amount of anger. Anger at the media for their callous and sensationalist coverage of her death, particularly the New York Post and the Daily News which insist on referring to her as he, and by her birth name. This is not surprising, as Murdoch's papers have in the past held a consistent stance disregarding trans-peoples genders almost as an excuse for the brutal crimes committed against them. Anger at the lack of outrage that queer communities seem to have when a hate crime is committed against a trans-woman who is a sex worker, and a woman of color. For some reason I just don't see movies being made about Sanesha like the Matthew Shepphard story, because many people whether they are willing to state it publicly or not, believe in some way or another that she probably had it coming to her. And it just makes me so fucking mad. Do we all deserve to die brutal deaths, and then be mocked publicly afterwords? Being Transsexual, and being a prostitute is not cause for violence, we are wonderful human beings, and should be treated accordingly.
Sigh.
Fuck the New York Post and the Daily News.
