Beaver to transgender@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoMexico City Takes Bold Stand: 70 Years for Transgender Murderswww.transvitae.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down11
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minus-squareTywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoTransfemicide sounds like only murders of trans women get these high prison sentences but the article makes no mention of that. Does that mean it is for murder of any transperson (trans men and women)? The naming is confusing.
minus-squarePsychodelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThat’s a good question. That said, if I had to guess I would assume trans men aren’t murdered at nearly the same rate as trans women
minus-squareTywèle [she|her]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI figured that this is the case but I wanted some clarification.
Transfemicide sounds like only murders of trans women get these high prison sentences but the article makes no mention of that. Does that mean it is for murder of any transperson (trans men and women)? The naming is confusing.
That’s a good question.
That said, if I had to guess I would assume trans men aren’t murdered at nearly the same rate as trans women
I figured that this is the case but I wanted some clarification.