In so far as is possible...

[catsittingstill]

Angie Zapata has justice.

For those who haven't been following this story, Angie Zapata was a transgender teen, murdered for being transgender.  Lawyers for her assailant, Allen Andrade, claimed that he had freaked out in "trans-panic" on discovering that she had been born male, and beat her to death, first with his fists and then with a fire extinguisher, in the grip of that panic.

As if freaking out is a perfectly natural response to discovering that someone is trans.

Fortunately the jury got it. 

Comments

[erin-ruston.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome.

Love your icon.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

that's an interesting take on that icon. I've always liked the motif, but the words.... I'm not sure I like the contrast factor, but the graffiti-like quality of it, I do like.