Comments on: Can the LGBT community spare some outrage for Duanna Johnson?

By: When Xenophobia Meets Homophobia | Queer Immigration

When Xenophobia Meets Homophobia | Queer Immigration — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:03:02 +0000

[...] Angry Brown Butch reflected on Johnson’s murder: “Just to be trans, just to be a woman, just to be a person of color in this country is enough to [...]

By: Silence Like a Cancer Grows – and the Same for Bullshit « ENDAblog

Silence Like a Cancer Grows – and the Same for Bullshit « ENDAblog — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:14:29 +0000

[...] than $5,000 to pay for the funeral of Duanna Johnson, a transwoman and a victim of police brutality who was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee. According to Johnson’s family, half of the money raised for Johnson’s funeral came [...]

By: Savage Extortion « ENDAblog

Savage Extortion « ENDAblog — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:02:08 +0000

By: My new favorite thing « Women’s Glib

My new favorite thing « Women’s Glib — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:36:19 +0000

[...] historical failure of the mainstream feminist movement to include anyone but elite white women and what the queer justice crowd is willing to get loud about (hint: yes to Prop 8, no to the horrifyingly commonplace murders of trans women of color). It is [...]

By: Miranda

Miranda — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:39:11 +0000

Hi Jack – I’m co-leader of my school’s GSA, and we’ve been discussing issues of race, class, and “acceptable” queerness for the past few weeks. Your posts, especially this one, have been invaluable food for thought about what the mainstream queer justice movement is willing to get loud about. Thank you.

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FIA » some recent things of interest/citeva stiri recente — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:42:18 +0000

[...] Can the LGBT community spare some outrage for Duanna Johnson? & follow-up: Remembrance and Action [...]

By: jaysays

jaysays — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:01:07 +0000

Thank you for the detailed information and post. It is shocking to me the lack of media coverage these disgusting displays of violence have received. In all actuality, I only learned of Duanna’s murder when looking for additional information on Teisha’s murder, and I read a lot of news reports to keep up with my blog.

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By: billie

billie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:44:33 +0000

I would like to add to the many expressions of appreciation to Jack for this piece. The consistency of media violence which follows transphobic violence certainly continues with this recent expression of hate. The New York Times covered Duanna Johnson’s murder today, “Memphis Killing Revives Anger at Assault by Police.” However, much like their coverage of the NJ7 (now NJ4) they have yet again lent a hand to bashing. The article is brief. The firing of officers McRae and Swain and the sensitivity training conducted by Tennessee Equality Project are implicitly celebrated as justice. There is little exploration into the lack of prosecution of the two officers. The language used throughout the article is apologetic of heteronormativity. Especially the description of the psychological abuse Ms. Johnson received as, “anit-gay epithets.”

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:14:34 +0000

Thanks Jack
Everyone is so busy wanting to say I do that as always they are forgetting about everything else. I love to hear and read all the tack on’s to the demo’s over marriage. I am afraid once the homonormative irate gays get their way its back to doing what they do so well everything that is at the end of their nose. I am so sick of that issue taking the whole pie I don’t want to even hear the word marriage again. As a 60 year old white man in the movement for 40 years I can only say I no longer know this movement. The movement of I got mine, now go get yours. A movement where the rich white, gay community tries to convince us all that what their interests are so then are ours. But I fight on. I fight on because of what happened to Duanna and many others. I fight on for liberation for us all.

The lack of attention to the murder of Duanna really hurts me more. I posted last Friday about it on Queers Without Borders and we all did what we could to send in a donation. Over $5,000 was raised in one afternoon. As any of us can gather the police killed that woman and there must be a full investigation. Damn Jack I am so mad I have to stop.