Baltimore Crime: Male in gender-nonconforming clothing shot

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Male in gender-nonconforming clothing shot

Justin Fenton

Police tweeted a shooting of a woman last night at Fayette/Caroline; now say a man in women's clothing was killed in argument at gas station

Victim was pumping gas when female friend went to pay the cashier, & suspect began arguing w her. ictim directed friend back to car,was shot

· · @justin_fenton on Twitter · 3 minutes ago via Twitter ·

7 comments:

Cham said...: I'd say 'crossdresser', as we have no idea yet whether this victim has had any gender reassignment surgery or taken any androgenic hormones which would allow for a the 'trans man' moniker.; Sat Jun 02, 11:46:00 AM EDT
meka*paul said...: No matter what he was we lost someone special r.i.p deshawn!!; Sat Jun 02, 03:09:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...: R.i.p. deshawn; Sat Jun 02, 07:05:00 PM EDT
Anonymous said...: HATE CRIME!!!!!!!!; Sun Jun 03, 05:13:00 PM EDT
Cham said...: Are you suggesting that this is a hate crime due to the crossdressing? According to the news sources the alleged killer, Tay, had no idea the victim was male. He was peeved because the victim's passenger would not give him the time of day and Mr. Bowman had suggested she return to the car and ignore him. Tay has some very thin skin and serious anger management challenge.; Sun Jun 03, 05:24:00 PM EDT
Listening said...: Cham: Whether or not a person has had any sort of surgery or hormone treatment has nothing to do with their right to use the term transgender. The best thing to do in any such situation is ask, and listen respectfully to the answer, not decide for the person what you think is best or most accurate. We obviously cannot ask this person his or her preferred descriptor, pronoun or even name, but other sources are using the term transgender, which indicates this is probably what the victim preferred. 'Gender non-conforming' is another good term to use if you are not sure.

Mr. Fenton: 'Crossdressing' refers to a completely different issue. 'A man in women's clothing' is just dismissive.; Thu Aug 02, 02:42:00 PM EDT
Maurice Bradbury said...: What's the issue with "crossdressing" as a term? Why is "a man in woman's clothing" dismissive? The latter, at least, is factual, seems like a good option if indeed one don't know if a person is going through a gender-reassignment medical process or just came from playing Edna Turnblad or put on a skirt bc that was all they had clean that day.; Sat Aug 04, 01:51:00 PM EDT