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seatonsatinChris Thompson
11/17/15 1:49am
Reminder: women are hurt/killed in astonishing numbers by their male partners or ex partners. Trans people do suffer violence - as well as anyone who is perceived as gender non-conforming -BUT -check your statistics for the number of trans people murdered in the US this year v.s. the number of women killed by their male partner in the last 12 months.
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  Sqarrseatonsatin
  11/17/15 2:10am
  Of course men fucking hurt and murder women every day.
  
  Why are you #AllLivesMattering on an article about violence against trans people?
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  LittlePortseatonsatin
  11/17/15 3:01am
  “Remember, people die every day. Why care about trans people? They aren’t human beings.”
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GeorgeGeoffersonLivesChris Thompson
11/17/15 1:53am
Apropos of nothing, A family friend took me to San Francisco for what was supposed to be a day trip back early in the oo’s. We ended up missing our flight back so decide to spend the night in town, and not having prepared we had to find basically the cheapest dump we could, but wanted to stay as close to the Transbay Terminal as we could (BART wasn’t at the airport, yet, I don’t believe). Anyway, we stayed somewhere quite a ways down Mission in some motel that was elevated above a parking lot, and it was gritty as fuck. Now, I’m originally from Detroit, and I was uneasy.

This sounds like it took place in that area. One thing that will dispell the stereotype of San Francisco as some wonderland is walking around it for a day. Loved the city, but it definitely has areas as rough as any you’ll find anywhere else in the country.
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  Shut Up!GeorgeGeoffersonLives
  11/17/15 2:38am
  Sounds like the Rodeway Inn which used to have a location on 9th & Mission.
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  GeorgeGeoffersonLivesShut Up!
  11/17/15 2:55am
  Looking at Bing bird’s eyes, I think you’re right. I may have been slightly exaggerating how I felt, but I definitely felt like I had to be more street smart in this area than others. I do remember even then it looks like gentrification was encroaching on the area as I remember quite a bit of construction going on, but not on Mission, itself.
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Chris ThompsonChris Thompson
11/17/15 12:09am
My original headline for this was awkward and clumsy and poorly-worded and made no sense. It’s late and I’m braindead. Forgive me.
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  The Vars MoltaChris Thompson
  11/17/15 12:16am
  Well, now I wanna know what it was... :[
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  Chris ThompsonThe Vars Molta
  11/17/15 12:17am
  Nothing scandalous. Just dumb and needlessly dense.
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Chicago48Chris Thompson
11/17/15 12:27am
How do we know she’s “transgendered”? There are plenty of trans people who are “cross dressers” and transvestites” parading as Transgendered.

My understanding is you’ve trans’d when all your body parts have been operated on.
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  Chris ThompsonChicago48
  11/17/15 12:39am
  You want her to lift her fucking skirt? Jesus. What the hell is your point.
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  You might be wrong.Chicago48
  11/17/15 12:40am
  Trans people are trans, regardless of medical intervention.
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September Autumnleaf MeadowsChris Thompson
11/17/15 1:01am
Hi Chris. Thank you for the article and your time.

I wanted to point out something that seemed peculiar to me. I realize you meant nothing negative and that vernacular is often regional but where I live stating, “The upshot” is akin to stating, “The positive thing from all of this.”
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  DonnaLSeptember Autumnleaf Meadows
  11/17/15 1:17am
  Really? To me, it just means “the result.”
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  Chris ThompsonSeptember Autumnleaf Meadows
  11/17/15 1:24am
  Ah. Hmmm. The definition I’ve got is “the final or eventual outcome or conclusion of a discussion, action, or series of events.” I personally would use the word “upside” to mean “the positive thing from all of this.”
  
  I’ll reconsider using it in the future in instances where this might lead to an unfortunate misinterpretation.
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MelodyLaceChris Thompson
11/17/15 1:33am
I can see this happening to me in Oklahoma, but even if I went to San Francisco? I would say that’s just not fair, but life seems to excel at being anything but fair.

I hope they get a really long jail sentence at least.
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  Kate1983MelodyLace
  11/17/15 8:50am
  Yeah, I went to San Francisco last year thinking it would be a safe place for me to go and be able to actually be myself for a few days (I’m a trans woman, still living part time). Guess I overestimated how safe it would be for me. :/
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  Donnie who loved bowlingMelodyLace
  11/17/15 8:58am
  I can see this happening to me in Oklahoma, but even if I went to San Francisco?
  
  I hear this all the time, and not that it sends me into full-blown anger but people need to stop thinking of San Francisco like it used to be. It’s not really all that welcoming to those that aren’t white, wealthy, and status quo anymore. It’s sad that it’s becoming this way, kind of regressing. Only 10 more months till i’m out of this bullshit city, I can’t wait.
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SonicToothChris Thompson
11/17/15 12:12am
Remember when SF was cool?
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  deadkittensSonicTooth
  11/17/15 12:13am
  1967 was a great year, man.
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  Cam/ronSonicTooth
  11/17/15 12:25am
  Sadly, SF has a long history of transphobic violence. The Compton’s Cafeteria riot of ‘66 was a response to the widespread police abuses:
  
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mmsfcChris Thompson
11/17/15 7:53pm
I’m beginning to wonder whether all personal violence, even things like terrorist attcks, are not from a phobia or prejudice (homophobia, racism, sexism, religionism) but from a bunch of seriously damaged people who take out their own fears and anguish on others. It’s like an international abuse cycle of “I got hurt, so now I have to hurt you.” I’m sure there are elements of the attacker(s) intending to prove that they’re better than whomever they’re attacking, but it’s pathetic and frightening to know that these attacks are not for something that can be surrendered, like a wallet, but over the ephemeral, inseperable, identity of another human being and the morals and values of a society.
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ThatGuy524Chris Thompson
11/17/15 2:35pm
The numbers don’t seem all that different to me and really they are meaningless unless you account for the number of times a group is attacked per capita. Doesn’t everyone experience violence at some point in their lives?
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David RochlinChris Thompson
11/17/15 1:07am
There was one horrific assault on a trans woman in Spokane, eighty miles from my tiny WA town, in 2015. The case was dismissed for lack of evidence. The reign of unrestrained violence must end.
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  TsakisakeDavid Rochlin
  11/17/15 5:43pm
  I remember this story (Spokane resident) but cannot remember any names or details. That’s when you know it happens too often. Do you by chance remember the victims name
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  David RochlinTsakisake
  11/17/15 6:05pm
  Here is a link to a story with the name:
  
  http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/f…
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