3/15/13

Transgender woman Gang Raped In Moving Van In Mumbi

Thursday morning three men kidnapped a transgender woman and raped her repeatedly between Kurla and Ghatkopar Mumbai India. They forced her into the van by threatening to kill her friends then began torturing and raping her over a three hour period before throwing her onto the street.

Source The Indian Express: "The victim said she knew one of the three men, and identified him as Mubarak. We registered a complaint of kidnapping, criminal intimidation and unnatural sex against the three accused," said Police Inspector N Shivle, VB Nagar police station."

"The victim was allegedly burnt with cigarette butts and some kind of chemical was poured on her body, and the police are awaiting medical reports to check if these claims are true."

"After a day-long operation, the police picked up Mubarak Sheikh (25) from the Amrut Nagar slums in Ghatkopar. After being questioned, he was placed under arrest on Thursday evening. DCP (Zone 5) Dhananjay Kulkarni confirmed the arrest."

Full story at Indian Express article: "Mumbai outrage: Eunuch gangraped in moving Maruti, tortured"

There also a problematic article at Times of India which repeatly missgenders the victim: Eunuch sexually assaulted in car



3/14/13

Sydney Police Brutally Slam Teenager For Swearing During Marti Gras

'I blanked out and started crying': Astonishing video showing teenager attacked by cops in Australia as he relives moment he was thrown. A teenager has said he 'could have died' as he relived the moment he was allegedly thrown to the floor by police while being arrested at Australia's Mardi Gras festival.

Thousands of Australians have signed a petition protesting against 'police brutality' after a video showing an officer slamming teenager Jamie Jackson to the ground and standing on his back went viral.



A second video has emerged:



Published on Mar 6, 2013

SYDNEY MARDI GRAS 2013 | POLICE BRUTALITY: 'I do remember the first slam to the ground... then
Amateur footage of 18-year-old Mr Jackson being arrested as he celebrated Sydney's Mardi Gras festival last weekend has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people across the world.

The video, which was filmed by at least two people, has sparked outrage across Australia and resulted in the head of the Police Association, Scott Weber, warning against trial by social media.

Hundreds of gay activists will now march to a Sydney police station on Friday in protest at Mr Jackson's treatment.

The New South Wales Ombudsman is to investigate Mr Jackson's arrest.

The incident has also opened a debate about the public's right to film incidents involving police as the footage shows officers telling the bystander behind the camera to stop.

Despite being shown protesting his innocence in the footage, Mr Jackson has been charged with using offensive language against police, assaulting officers and resisting arrest.

The arrest, which was witnessed by hundreds of people, came hours after thousands of gay and lesbian people had marched through the Sydney streets to celebrate the annual festival.

Mr Jackson told 7News in Australia: 'I didn't deserve to be treated that way, that's for sure.

'It just got pretty heated and I'm just completely in shock about the whole thing, it could have been dealt with so much easier.

'I've got nothing bad to say about the police but that one officer that was just standing on me in the video treating me like a piece of meat, that was just wrong.'

The crying youngster is heard on the video protesting is innocence and is heard to say 'I didn't do anything wrong' repeatedly.

The person behind the camera is told to stop filming by the officer who then pulls Mr Jackson away by his neck.

The tearful teenager, still vehemently protesting his innocence, is heard telling a bystander who is shouting at the officers to get the policeman's name.

The footage then pans down to what appears to be a spot of blood on a bit of paper on the ground.

But the camera then switches focus back to the office and Mr Jackson, who is seen being slammed face down to the ground.

He is then shown sobbing on the floor with the policeman's boot on his back.

New South Wales MP, Alex Greenwich, who is a gay rights campaigner, said it was very concerning that a large police officer 'body slammed' a teenage boy for swearing.

He said: 'If the only thing that the individual did was use offensive language, then I think many would agree that the approach the police took to the situation and the body slam on the ground is certainly a heavy-handed approach to the matter.'

The officers involved in the incident are heard to warn people filming the incident to put their mobile phones away, but one woman can be heard saying she had a right to record what was going on.

As debate flared over whether police can order people to stop filming their activities with their mobile phones, New South Wales Assistant Commander Mark Murdoch said that not only did the public have a right to do so, but he encouraged it.

Mr Murdoch said an officer who told one witness to stop filming 'cos I said so', will be pulled aside and reminded of police protocol which encourages the public to film police.

He said: 'It is the right of the community to film anyone in a public space.

'Police need to be mature enough to know everyone on the street has a mobile phone and that anyone has the right to record anyone in a public space.'

He added: 'This is a matter we are taking very seriously.'

'It's not about anything other than doing what we do, day in, day out, and that is policing by consent and with the support of the community.

'We're not in the business of doing otherwise -- we are not a third-world organisation.'
Although neither of the two videos that have gone viral captures the initial encounter between Mr Jackson and police, a woman interviewed in one of the clips is heard to say: 'They just slammed his head. There's blood all over the ground.'

According to Sydney's Channel Seven, police sources said that Mr Jackson was 'not an angel' on the night, and is alleged to have tried to kick a woman in the shins and using the worst kind of profane language.

More at Star Observer



3/13/13

Militant March Protesting Death Of Transsexual Kayla Moore While In Police Custody

A large group of LGBT activists strode down the middle of Berkeley streets, enraged that one month has passed and still no statement from police detailing exactly who or what killed trans person Kayla Moore while she was in police custody.

Update 3/17 STILL NO new information offered at the police commissioner's regular meeting. How long is since she died while in police custody, a month, almost two?

Anonymous Queers in action angry that the police have only offered a vague statement
believe they are responsible for Moore's death, repeatedly taunted the police. The Berkeley police have announced the will Review the facts Wensday night.





Three Charged With Assault and discriminatory harassment of Trans Person in Silver Springs Md


Downtown Silver Springs is a dangerous place. There have been five assaults since March 1st within walking distance of the location a trans woman was beaten March 5th.

Source Silver Spring Patch: Hate crime charges are pending on three men who are accused of beating and kicking a transgendered person and a friend, according to a report from Montgomery County police's 3rd District.

"The victim told police that he and a friend were followed by a group of four people while walking near the intersection of Colesville Road and Ramsey Avenue in downtown Silver Spring around 2:35 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5. The suspects made comments about the victims' sexuality before assaulting the two, according to police."

"The suspects ran away when a bystander tried to help the victims, police said."

"Preliminary charges include three counts of assault and two counts of discriminatory harassment. A 21-year-old male from Baltimore and two men from Washington, DC, ages 22 and 28 were charged in the assault. Read more at : Silver Spring Patch.

3/12/13

Petition: Spain Stop The Deportation Of YASIRA, MUJER TRANSEXUAL PANAMEÑA

Spain's Ministry of the Interior has denied asylum to Yasira, a transsexual's 29 years old, whom the police of Panama stopped for the first time when she was just 17 years old. It was the year 2000, agents pepper sprayed her, threw her to the ground and kicked, subjected her to electric shocks... She was locked up two weeks. Until her mother paid for it a 300 euro fine and was released. Her only crime was being born male and go down the street dressed as a woman, something that is forbidden in this Central American country.

El Ministerio del Interior ha denegado el asilo a Yasira, una transexual de 29 años a quien la Policía de Panamá detuvo por primera vez cuando apenas tenía 17 años. Era el año 2000, y los agentes la rociaron con gas pimienta, la tiraron al suelo y le dieron patadas, la sometieron a descargas eléctricas... Estuvo encerrada dos semanas. Hasta que su madre pagó por ella una multa de 300 euros y quedó en libertad. Su único delito era haber nacido hombre e ir por la calle vestida de mujer, algo que está prohibido en este país centroamericano.

Agents arrested Yasira and forced her to have sexual intercourse. She insists that it is not prostitute - she was beaten on the head with a stick and they threatened her. She was arrested and imprisoned several times. She was also raped by other inmates in prison.

Los agentes detenían a Yasira y la obligaban a mantener relaciones sexuales. Ella insiste en que no es prostituta–, la golpeaban en la cabeza con un palo y la amenazaban. Fue arrestada y encarcelada varias veces. En la prisión también fue violada por otros reclusos.

In 2008, she began activism in the LGBT movement and participated in a demonstration "against the trans discrimination" that was harshly suppressed by police. To Yasira also people in their neighborhood, and street gangs, who stabbed her and stole insulted her. Even on three occasions attempted to commit suicide

En 2008, comenzó a militar en el movimiento LGTB y participó en una manifestación "contra la discriminación trans" que fue duramente reprimida por la policía. A Yasira también la insultaban los vecinos de su barrio, y las bandas callejeras, que la apuñalaron y robaron. Hasta en tres ocasiones se intentó suicidar.

A few days ago she decided to flee. The situation "was unsustainable in Panama." Yasira arrived at the airport of Barajas (Madrid) last day 7 and requested asylum for persecution in their country because of their sexual identity. The request was denied, as well as the protect that asked his lawyer to paralyze the expulsion. Wednesday morning, at 1150 hours, will be deported and sent back to Panama.

Hace unos días decidió huir. La situación "era insostenible en Panamá". Yasira llegó al aeropuerto de Barajas (Madrid) el pasado día 7 y pidió asilo por persecución en su país debido a su identidad sexual. La solicitud fue denegada, al igual que la cautelarísima que solicitó su abogada para paralizar la expulsión. Mañana miércoles, a las 11.50 horas, será deportada y enviada de vuelta a Panamá.

And that of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued a favorable report that they admitted to processing asylum request

Y eso que el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (Acnur) emitió un informe favorable para que se admitiera a trámite la petición de asilo.

"Yasira has been victim of abuse, coercion, threats, and physical and sexual assaults by the police authorities of his country on numerous occasions in the past 13 years, as well as social discrimination," denounces Paloma Favières

"Yasira ha sido víctima de abusos, coacciones, amenazas y agresiones físicas y sexuales por parte de las autoridades policiales de su país en numerosas ocasiones en los últimos 13 años, así como de discriminación social", denuncia Paloma Favieres.

Please sign the petition Jorge Fernández Díaz, Ministro del Interior de España: STOP DEPORTACIÓN YASIRA, MUJER TRANSEXUAL PANAMEÑA.




Watch: SNL Trans Parody with Justin Timberlake "She's Got A Dick"

"She's got a dick", another SNL skit skating on the thin ice of trans sensitives. Is this as bad as the extremely offensive Estromax skit? Well, they pushed Timberlake across this untried ice. Funny or Fail?



I started to condemn it after the initial reveal and following yeeewww, but then I find myself laughing. Go after her you big lug! And if she still turns you down you know where I live!

Comedy that's romantic trans commentary opens doors to us, making our somewhat unique physical condition not so unusual. My opinion? it's endearing. Funny. I Love it.