my white chalk trans body

[butterflywing.livejournal.com]

Took a deep breath tonight
As a girl carefully traced my body
Onto cement
With white chalk
Looked up at the sky
Felt cool still air on my face
In my lungs
Lungs of a trans-person
Of a possible future victim
Future statistic
Frightning
Sad
Crying silently
So they wouldn't know
How deeply it touched me


for the
-Transgender Day of Remembrance 2002-

the list...

[ftalex.livejournal.com]

Here's the list of 286 "individuals murdered by transgender hate and killed by transgender predjudice". Help preserve their memory by remembering them today, the fourth annual Transgender Day of Rememberance.

~Edna Brown
~Tyra Hunter
~Huriell Lockett (David King)
~Unknown (New York City, 1972)
~Rhonda Star (Ronnie Dean Lyles)
~Cynthia Coffman
~Felicia Coffman
~Harvey Aberles
~Unknown (Atlanta, 10/29/91)
~Jamie Ford
~Jean (Woodrow) Powell
~Unknown (Atlanta 12/20/92)
~Anthony Swain
~Derry Glenn
~Quincy Favors Taylor
~Lynn Therrett
~David A. Perez
~Michelle Maree
~Rev. John “Gypsy” Prowett
~Chanelle Pickett
~Brandon Tenna
~Logan Smith
~Robyn Brown (James Brown)
~Maxwell Confait
~Giuseppe Mandanici
~Marsha P. Johnson
~Alan Fitzgerald Walker
~Jae Stevens
~Stella Essie (Jerome Brent)
~Debra Forte
~Unknown (Madrid, 1997)
~Jose Angel Osuna
~Mara Duvouw
~John
~Sigfrilda Shantall
~Pastor Arguelles
~Fitzroy “Jamaica” Green
~Luana (Junior de Silva Lago)
~Chanel Chandler
~Rita Hester
~Unknown (Santa Ana, 11/20/88)
~Harold Draper
~Richard Goldman
~Mary S.
~Jessy Santiago
~Cameron “Tina” Tanner
~Robert Woefel
~Thomas Hall
~Maria “La Conchita” Palencia
~Rene “Michelle” Ouellet
~Tasha Dunn
~Terrie Ladwig
~Chrissey (Marvin) Johnson
~Steven Wilson
~Christian Paige
~Vianna Faye Williams
~Johanna Langer
~Unknown (Guatemala City, 1997)
~Robert H. Jones
~Stacey Estupinian
~Unknown (Los Angeles, 1991)
~Diane Delia
~Marcela (Sergio Arias)
~Lisa Janna Black
~Janice Ricks
~Dianne Aubert
~Deanna Wilkinson
~Larry Laverne Turner
~Karla (José Alexis) Barrahona
~Mocha Celis
~Shawn Keegan
~Keooudorn Phothisane
~Castro Nova Estabon
~Gracie (James) Detzler
~Felix Abarca
~Nikki
~Kristi Independence Kelly
~Venus Xtravaganza
~Donald Pierce
~Monique (Rufus) Thomas
~Lauryn Paige (Donald Fuller)
~Carlos “Tasha” Santiago
~Lazaro Comesana
~Peggy Santiago
~Carmen Marie Montoya
~Rafael Sanchez Ayala
~Jody Susan Ford
~Steve Dwayne Garcia
~Grayce “Candace” Baxter
~Robert Eads
~William Battles
~Unknown (Philadelphia, 1995)
~Anna Francisco
~Lynn Montana
~Patrick Calvert
~Gisele Gaga
~Tarayon Corbitt
~Stephan “Stephanie” Chapman
~Unknown (Houston, 2/25/99)
~Ashley-Ann Summers (Eric Farrow)
~Cam (Camilla) Lyman
~Chantal Gillade
~Ernest “Ernestine” Murray
~Unknown (Oakland, 7/10/95)
~Gordon Tuckey
~Regina Haskins
~David F. McLaughlin
~Unknown (Bronx, 2/8/92)
~Donnie O. Osby
~Larry Venzant
~Leslie Re’Geanne
~Alanna Kella
~Reynaldo “Reyna” Sandoval
~Unknown (Washington, D.C., 1/4/82)
~Rosando “Crystal” Sanchez-Reyes
~Tracy Thompson
~James “Tatiana” Rivers
~Tara O’Hara
~Ruby Bota
~Philip Robert Filshie
~Daniel A. Castro
~“Midnight” (Kenneth Dale Robinson)
~Christiaan D’Arcy
~Jacqueline Julita Anderson
~David Edward Wigley
~Unknown (San Antonio, 03/29/91 )
~Unknown (Akron, 09/17/94)
~Emmon Bodfish (Margaret Bodfish)
~Carol Wright
~Unknown (San Diego, 6/22/94)
~Valerie Hill
~Shannon Elroy Clay
~Derrick “Miss Tess” Hampton
~Unknown (Miami, 1984)
~Barbara (William) Brodie
~Jean Shelley
~Boushard Fox
~Toni (David) Lowry
~Martine Bohn
~Chiron Collins (Allen Kenneth Byrd)
~Jonathan “Tanya” Streater
~Faustino “Tina” Arroyo
~Diane (Anthony Ellsworth) Carter
~Sherri Ransom
~Tianna (Timothy) Langley
~Steven Hernandez
~Samantha York
~Eduardo Lora Vasallio
~Michelle Byrne
~Juaquin Jiminez
~Linda Williams
~Vernon Sivills
~Maurice E. Murray
~Lim Yeow Chuan
~Jessica (Gerardo) Castillo
~Phyllis Olson “Benderella”
~Cortez Morris
~Clyde Massie
~Terry Wilson
~Charles Albert Lizotte
~Felix Benitez
~Terri Williams Moore
~Jane Golden (James Boyd)
~Ramon Baez
~Victor Hugo Castillejos
~Rita Sellers
~Carla Leigh Salazar
~Perry Young
~Unknown (Boston, 1979)
~Vanessa (Barry) Lane
~Rodney D. Neadeau
~Ali He’shun Forney
~Unknown (Santa Ana, 7/10/93)
~Dion Webster
~Adele Bailey
~Kevin Freeman
~Pfc. Barry Winchell
~Yancey-Lisa R.
~Yamile (Jorge) Lee
~Barbarella (Joe V.)
~Kareem Washington
~Barretta Williams
~Marvin Ball
~Chareka Keys
~“Tiny” (Robert Howard Gibson)
~Quona R. Clark
~Tacy Raino Ranta
~Lindsey Alexander (Todd Alexander Asay)
~Unknown (Dallas, 12/8/99)
~Toni Lee
~Alina Marie Barragan
~Christine Chappel
~Jill Seidel
~Delores Mack
~Ihok (Hugo Yonathan)
~Vanesa-Lorena Ledesma (Miguel Angel Ledesma)
~Curdell James III
~Michelle Lynne O’Hara
~Carla Natasha Hunt
~Stephanie Yazum (Frank Yazum)
~Toya Charlton
~Andre Vacarro
~Tyra Henderson
~Amanda Milan
~Julie Birchall
~Unknown (New York City, 1975)
~Déjà (Dondre) Johnson
~Astrid La Fontaine
~Dayana (Jose Luis Nieves)
~Keith E. Jackson
~Julia Carrizales
~Beverly Lineth
~Dinh Van Vo
~Brandi Houston
~James Jerome Mack
~Ana Melisa Cortez
~Billy Jean Lavette
~Antonio Johnson
~Francisco Javier Luna
~Robert Martin
~Sissy (Charles) Bolden
~Fred Martinez, Jr. (aka Fredericka, F.C.)
~Jamie (James) Jackson
~Loni Okaruru
~Joanne Lillecrapp
~Willie Houston
~Alexandra
~Unknown (Rome, 9/12/98)
~Carlo Enrique Teixeira
~Marzia De Melo Rosa
~Antonio Texera Dos Santos
~Antonia K.
~Terrianne Summers
~Faye Urry
~Bibi Barajas (Hugo Cesar Barajas)
~Marquita (Martin) Johnson
~Michelle Paz
~Unknown (Indonesia, 5/17/02)
~Gary “Brazon” McMurtry
~Unknown (Japan, 2/26/02)
~Arlene (Hector) Diaz
~Aretha “ReRe” Scott (Franklin Freeman)
~Alejandro Ray Lucero
~Della Reeves (Lester Childress)
~Amy (Raymond) Soos
~“Walquiria” (aka “Walter”)
~Paola Matos
~Leonela Valero Parra
~Chris Muzett (Eddie Matthews)
~Anjie Milano (Andy Rafael Milano)
~Nicole Lee Anderson (Thomas Shrom)
~Deasha (Gerald Andrews)
~Ukea Davis
~Raymond "Raimundo" Nonato
~Stephanie Thomas
~Victor Pachas
~Pilar (Vladimir)
~Ibáñez Carrasco
~Sidnei Geber Aguila
~Daniel Phillip
~“Danielle” Redding
~Raimundo Rocha Alves
~Nguyen Bui Linh
~Ontwon Curtis
~Ediviana Lopez da Cruez
~Porfiro Mejia
~Gwen Araujo

Reminder

[ftmichael.livejournal.com]

Today is (Inter)National Transgender Day of Remembrance. When I ran a search at the below Web site for "2002," I came up with 32 names. Only one or two of the names were at all familiar to me.

http://www.rememberingourdead.org/

Never forget.

tranny art!

[dirtyemployee.livejournal.com]

My friend Gina is making really great tranny art. Check this out.

Trans websites + resources needed

[dirtyemployee.livejournal.com]

UMASS Amherst is working on putting in gender-free bathrooms on campus. They are looking for trans resources and information to help move this process along. It's already been passed by the senate.

Anyone have any good general info links on transgender that I could pass on to them? They want to hang info in or around the bathrooms and give stuff out to people.

Thanks.

this might piss some people off....

[rottenkid.livejournal.com]

( Time for a rant.. )