Comments on: Divided We Fall: Addressing Transphobia in the DC Queer Community http://thenewgay.net/2009/03/divided-we-fall-addressing-transphobia-in-the-dc-queer-community.html For Everyone Over the Rainbow Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:23:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DC http://thenewgay.net/2009/03/divided-we-fall-addressing-transphobia-in-the-dc-queer-community.html#comment-10288 DC Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:45:21 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=3766#comment-10288 I agree, Amanda. It also doesn't seem to me that there is an attempt to cover up anyone's orientation, especially considering the Blade's habit of identifying a source's orientation. It's something I've never totally understood. So, given that policy of theirs, if they couldn't confirm the orientation of the assailants then they should have reported that. But, I guess the Blade is not the greatest example of consistent style. I agree, Amanda.

It also doesn’t seem to me that there is an attempt to cover up anyone’s orientation, especially considering the Blade’s habit of identifying a source’s orientation. It’s something I’ve never totally understood. So, given that policy of theirs, if they couldn’t confirm the orientation of the assailants then they should have reported that. But, I guess the Blade is not the greatest example of consistent style.

]]> By: Amanda Hess http://thenewgay.net/2009/03/divided-we-fall-addressing-transphobia-in-the-dc-queer-community.html#comment-10252 Amanda Hess Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:59:09 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=3766#comment-10252 Good to see more coverage of this story. One question for Kasey---how do we know the assailants were lesbians, if they have not been identified? The Blade covered an assault on two transgender men that occurred outside a known gay bar, and stated that the harassment began when both parties were inside the gay bar. How is that covering up the queer-on-queer aspect of the violence? It would have been inappropriate in an objective news story to assume that the women identified as lesbians. We don't even know who they are. Good to see more coverage of this story. One question for Kasey—how do we know the assailants were lesbians, if they have not been identified? The Blade covered an assault on two transgender men that occurred outside a known gay bar, and stated that the harassment began when both parties were inside the gay bar. How is that covering up the queer-on-queer aspect of the violence? It would have been inappropriate in an objective news story to assume that the women identified as lesbians. We don’t even know who they are.

]]> By: J. http://thenewgay.net/2009/03/divided-we-fall-addressing-transphobia-in-the-dc-queer-community.html#comment-10249 J. Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:24:27 +0000 http://thenewgay.net/?p=3766#comment-10249 This is shocking, totally and completely horrific. I don't really pick up the Blade anymore, so this is the first time I'm reading this. WTF? I hope that the conversation continues. That anybody who has been the target would go out of their way to target another group is abhorrent, period. This is shocking, totally and completely horrific. I don’t really pick up the Blade anymore, so this is the first time I’m reading this. WTF? I hope that the conversation continues. That anybody who has been the target would go out of their way to target another group is abhorrent, period.

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