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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:07 PM Jun 2014

Murdered Florida trans woman set on fire and dumped near trash bin

Police in Fort Myers, Florida are searching for the people responsible for the murder of a transgender woman whose burned body was found behind a garbage bin last Thursday.

The body of Yaz’min Shancez was found on a dead-end behind a Budget Truck Rental location. Her father, Harvey Loggins, said that he and his family left balloons and stuffed animals at the location, from which blood and burnt remnants had not yet been removed.

Loggins told Naple News that “we didn’t hate him for what he was. Still to this day I love him — I wish he was here right now.”

Shancez, who began identifying as a woman in 2004, was born “Eddie James Owens,” the name that appeared on her various official documents for minor arrests. But with the exception of her father, the majority of her family accepted her decision to live as a woman.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/23/murdered-florida-trans-woman-set-on-fire-and-dumped-near-trash-bin/

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Murdered Florida trans woman set on fire and dumped near trash bin (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2014 OP
This is 30 miles from where I live HockeyMom Jun 2014 #1
And my stepsister just moved from NJ to Bonita KamaAina Jun 2014 #4
Not sure what to say. Words fail. closeupready Jun 2014 #2
Mercy shenmue Jun 2014 #3
anti-trans bigotry runs deep. La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #5
Would you believe I know a trans who is a Teabagger? Archae Jun 2014 #6
yes, i believe it because trans people are humans La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2014 #10
Lt. Rodriguez enlightenment Jun 2014 #7
Hate claims another victim theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #8
Florida Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #9
 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
1. This is 30 miles from where I live
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:16 PM
Jun 2014

This part of red, teabagger Florida is SICK in so many ways. I cannot wait until I can get out of here.

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
4. And my stepsister just moved from NJ to Bonita
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:41 PM
Jun 2014

and despite being the offspring of Republican Stepdad, she is a true-blue Dem. Go figure.

Archae

(46,311 posts)
6. Would you believe I know a trans who is a Teabagger?
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:47 PM
Jun 2014

Oh yeah, racist as hell, Obama is to blame for everything, the whole 9 yards.

Big Alex Jones and George Noory groupie.

 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
10. yes, i believe it because trans people are humans
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 06:18 PM
Jun 2014

and humans can be shitty. being a minority does not make people less vulnerable to human flaws.

also, i dont know if its a typo, so i am not berating you, just making a note that saying "a trans" is considered really rude. (like saying "i know a black')

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)
7. Lt. Rodriguez
Mon Jun 23, 2014, 04:50 PM
Jun 2014

needs some education - the statement he made, assuming it is quoted correctly, is ignorant and dismissive.


“We have no indication at this time to say this was specifically done because it was a male living as a female or anything like that,” Rodriguez said. “If you really think about it, a hate crime is killing someone for a specific reason, being black, Hispanic, gay. We’re investigating as we would any other homicide.”


With that sort of attitude, I seriously doubt they will look very hard for her killer.
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