Today, a man on the LA Metro E train brought up the Minneapolis shooting, and then proceeded yelled "kill all f***", according to a trans woman who witnessed the event. She described him as a "tall guy with a fucked beard and hella disrespectful with blasting music"
Please stay safe. From hate crimes after 9/11, we know that these kinds of threats are real. He didn't hurt anyone in this case but regardless, violent hate speech is intended to make LGBT people feel unsafe in public, and can lead to actual violence.
The woman is fine, and unfazed. "I was just ready to beat his ass," she told me.
it'll get worse and the saddest part is, the news won't report a good chunk of this stuff because they think it's a choice to be trans, and they'd be "playing into our game" if they covered our plight. they feel like any hate we receive is our own fault, denying our humanity as a result