1. * Sharon Brown
2. * Cops
3. * Carla D
4. * Harold Draper
5. * Richard Goldman
6. * Alan Hart
7. * The Human Rights Campaign Fund
8. * Tyra Hunter
9. * Marsha Johnson
10. * Dana Marie
11. * Chanel Pickett
12. * Mary S
13. * Jessy Santiago
14. * Cameron Tanner
15. * Brandon Teena
16. * The U.S. Passport Office

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Brown, Sharon Sharon Brown was fired from her job at Fayetteville (NC) State University after it was discovered that she was born male.

"Cops" I've never watched the show, but have been told that the television show "Cops" has on several occasions featured harassment of transvestites and transsexuals. If anyone has more detailed info, please e-mail me.

D, Carla A telephone worker from Orange county, Carla was found dead in her apartment of multiple stab wounds. No suspect was ever charged.

Draper, Harold A sex worker in Patterson, NJ, Harold was found dead of multiple stab wounds on May 30, 1992.

Goldman, Richard Richard was a fourty year old transgender man who, along with his wife, was shot and killed by his father.

Hart, Alan Hart, a female-to-male transsexual, has been continually misrepresented by Oregon's Right to Privacy. Since 1982, they have been giving out an annual award in his female name. Activists are currently trying to engage in a dialogue about the issue, but progress is slow.

The Human Rights Campaign Fund The HRCF has been consistently unwilling to acknowledge the basic needs for inclusion of transgenderists in their charter. Much more detail on this is available from Click for Human Rights Campaign.

Johnson, Marsha A long-time activist, Marsha was found dead in the Hudson river after having been harassed by some kids earlier that night. The police chose not to investigate, claiming there was no reason to suspect a crime of any sort.

Hunter, Tyra Tyra Hunter was a transgendered individual who died while members of an EMS crew joked about her anatomy. Chris Hampton wrote an excellent article about the incident.

Pickett, Chanel Chanel Pickett is one of many transsexuals who have been murdered by supposed lovers. Here's a portion of a news article:

Palmer was a reputed admirer of pre-op transsexuals who frequented one of Boston's two TS pick-up bars, the Playland. On Sunday evening, November 19, Palmer drove Chanel and her twin transsexual sister Gabrielle to their Chelsea apartment, staying for about 90 minutes to drink, and snort cocaine he had purchased near the Playland. Palmer apparently attempted to persuade the twins to participate in a three-way tryst. Only Chanel packed an overnight bag and went home with him. According to Gabrielle, Chanel did not regard Palmer as a trick, but as a potential relationship partner.

Palmer's roommates stated he and Pickett spent 5 hours in Palmer's room, during which an argument broke out. The roommates knocked on the door, but were assured everything was all right. Shortly thereafter, the conflict escalated and Pickett was strangled to death.

This report was taken from Click for Transgendered Forum.

S, Mary Mary S. was fired without cause after beginning to transition on the job. Eventually, she turned to sex work to pay food and rent. Shortly afterwards, she was found in the trunk of a car in the river, lacerated by multiple stab wounds.

Santiago, Jessy On February 8th, 1992, Jessy was attacked by a man who wanted to date her while the police were standing at her door. The Police refused to call the murder a bias crime despite the attacker's comment "I'm going to kill that fag."

Tanner, Cameron A transgendered individual in San Francisco, on March 11, 1992, Tanner was assaulted by two bat-wielding men. Cameron died of resulting wounds on April 21.

Teena, Brandon Brandon Teena was a female-to-male transsexual who was outed by local police in Falls City, NE. According to the news report:

Police publicly released this information to the local newspaper, the Falls City Journal. One week later, on Christmas Day 1993, Brandon was raped and assaulted at a Christmas party by two men, whom he identified to local police as Nissen and Lotter, despite the fact that they had threatened to kill him if he reported the incident to the police.

However, charges of rape and assault were not filed against Nissen and Lotter until after Brandon's slaying, despite the fact that his sister Tammy Brandon had called Richardson County sheriff Charles B. Laux four days before the slaying to ask why Lotter and Nissen had not been arrested when Brandon had identified them as his attackers.

The full text of this article is available. There is also a first hand account of the trial.

The U.S. Passport Office Apparently, the gender police are alive and well in the federal government. Dana Marie, a post operative transsexual, was told that she'd only be able to receive a passport as a male because her doctor said he'd "performed" the operation, not "completed" it.