Can I just shout-out another NYC event this Thursday? The Brooklyn Friends Meeting (a Quaker congregation) is holding a presentation on violence against transfolk and trans rights, followed by a memorial service. It’s at 6:30, at our Meetinghouse in Brooklyn Heights (Boreum Place and Schermerhorn). If folks want more info, they can email me at brooklynmili at gmail dot com. The event is part of an ongoing effort by our LGBT Issues committee to make the meeting more transfriendly.

And now, I have to go finish writing my speech for said event.

“If we want this violence against trans people to stop, we must move beyond mourning our dead and take up the fight for the rights of our living.”

In Hartford Ct. this year again like the ones before we will be mourning the dead but working our butts off to pass a gender identity and expression civil rights bill. But we realize that this will not stop the hate on the streets so we must also work hard to protect our people and to stand up for each and every one of our sisters and brothers. We need justice for Duanna Johnson and all of our Trans sisters and brothers murdered. In Miss Johnson’s case a full independent federal investigation must take place.

We must over and over again take the mainstream movement to task over their exclusion of Trans issues or their regulation of these issues to the back pages of newspapers and blogs. I know what you mean Jack, for the last few days I have been crying and then angry over it all. Our blog Queers Without Borders continues to fight hard for liberation.