Allen Andrade convicted of first-degree murder and a bias-motivated crime in the slaying of Angie Zapata. (CNN link, and good god, their reporters can't copyedit for crap).
This is a landmark case for everybody with an interest in the alternatively-sexual community: Angie's death was specifically due to her being transgendered, according to Mr. Andrade's own testimony. And this was the first time that a state's hate crime statutes were used in the prosecution of a transgendered person's demise.
Every so often, America? You give me hope.
This is a landmark case for everybody with an interest in the alternatively-sexual community: Angie's death was specifically due to her being transgendered, according to Mr. Andrade's own testimony. And this was the first time that a state's hate crime statutes were used in the prosecution of a transgendered person's demise.
Every so often, America? You give me hope.
While it's sad she's gone, it's very much a good thing that her passing was treated as a hate crime. Her passing may produce positive response for those of us who survive her.
Rumor has it that the supporters vs opposition was at a 4:1 ratio at the hearing in Augusta.
That is good news, though... Nay, awesome news.
With Vermont making the call (and the leap of freak'n common sense) just last week or so?