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TommyT139

(2,031 posts)
10. I disagree
Tue Oct 28, 2025, 07:37 PM
Tuesday

A secluded location, where she wouldn't be interrupted...
Yet on-campus, technically...
While not in the dorms or where other students, unprepared, would find her.

On the other hand, murders of trans people (women especially) tend to be very violent.

I'm not invested in whether or not you are convinced, but please consider how assumptions of murder might undercut discussions of the very real statistics of trans suicides; the progress that has been made by trans communities working for years with police and press to minimize harm by, for example, misgendering a deceased person; and in a way, erasing or minimizing whatever Lia was going through in order to paint the news with vibes of conspiracy and suspicion.

There is enough violence against trans people without giving the rightwing more fodder to doubt the truths of our lives.

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💔💔💔 ultralite001 Tuesday #1
What makes you doubt the report? TommyT139 Tuesday #2
+1. What reason do we have to doubt this ? stopdiggin Tuesday #6
Call me extremely suspicious. chouchou Tuesday #3
I seem to recall... Mike Nelson Tuesday #4
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Are you accusing Greg_In_SF Tuesday #9
High profile "suicides" always remind me of the "Enemy of the State" movie. rubbersole Tuesday #17
I disagree TommyT139 Tuesday #10
Thank you! Insightful, sensitive - and very much on point ! stopdiggin 14 hrs ago #19
😡😥😢🫂😇 QueerDuck Tuesday #11
Heartbreaking. She was very brave to participate the campus forum. ❤️ MLAA Tuesday #12
I guess that if someone is driven to kill themselves, markodochartaigh Tuesday #13
Aw damn. calimary Tuesday #14
Sorry for My Assumption Deep State Witch Tuesday #15
Totally understandable. TommyT139 9 hrs ago #20
Given the climate of fascist insanity in this country hadEnuf Tuesday #16
There has only been Greg_In_SF Tuesday #18
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