Dax -
Could you look at this report and ask Donna Red Wing to review it as
well....I am afraid that it is another case of Gays cruelly using the TG
community as cannon fodder...
This could be an interesting article for you to research to help bring
the TG Community at-large into the US mainstream...through your excellent LBGT
magazine ...Alliance..
Most of us are proud of ourselves and the great successes members of our
community regularly achieve in the US...it always saddens me when people
claiming to support us actually undermine us by separating us from the other
members of general society with whom we live because of our supposed
supporters agendas need to flog their own devils..
One person mentioned in the report was identified as a 100,000 dollar a
year business person who went on welfare after transitioning from Male to
Female..
Most of the rest of the TGs were identified with all the 'National
Enquirer' buzz of Bikers from Hell or Two-headed Goats...not
the simple humans living simple lives that most TGs that I know are..
Lord knows i would be scared to live next door to anybody TG or not with a
proclivity to be involved with evil civil servants on a regular basis..
I question whether the authors of this report really know much about the US
TG community, its size, its variety and most of all its success..
Elizabeth
In a message dated 9/26/2005 11:52:14 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As a 55
year old TG who has never been abused by police or general public
anywhere in the US during the last 37 years since I identified
myself as TG...I
would be very interested in reading this report...I guess
I do not run with
the right crowd...I am very intrigued to see who
is in this crowd...
If anybody in the group knows how or where to
get the report please tell me
and us..
Elizabeth Jeffords -
executive director
Transgendered Voices, Inc. - a wyoming
not-for-profit
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hi
good
to see your mail after such a long time
you can either download the
entire report or read the key findings at
http://www.amnestyusa.org/outfront/stonewalled/
regards
moderator
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In
a message dated 9/26/2005 9:04:24 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
police accused of "shameful" gay
abuse
Eric Johnston, Gay.com/PlanetOut.com Network
Friday 23
September, 2005 14:03 |
Police mistreatment and abuse of
lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender people is widespread in the
United States, according to
a report released by Amnesty
International (AI) that describes
a "shameful state of affairs" in
the relationship between the LGBT
community and law
enforcement.
"Stonewalled: Police abuse and misconduct against
lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people in the United States"
is a 150-plus
page report that AI called the most comprehensive
report of its kind
to date.
The document focused on four
cities -- Chicago, Los Angeles, New
York and San Antonio -- but also
includes information from surveys
of the 50 largest police
departments in the country, as well as
hundreds of interviews and
testimonies.
"Quite simply, Amnesty International's new report
finds that police
abuse and misconduct against members of the LGBT
community is a
persistent and widespread problem across the United
States," said Dr
William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty
International USA.
The allegations against some law enforcement
officers range from
unfair searches and detentions, to verbal abuse,
to violent physical
and sexual abuse, including abuses that are
"tantamount to torture",
according to Schulz.
The report
gives several detailed and graphic examples.
In one case,
Frederick Mason, 31, a gay African-American man who was
arrested by
Chicago police following an altercation with his
landlord, alleged
that officers handcuffed and raped him with a
baton that had been
dipped in cleaning fluid.
In another, police officers allegedly
beat, hog-tied and dragged
Kelly McAllister, a white transgender
woman, across hot pavement
upon her arrest in Sacramento,
California.
She was placed in a Sacramento County Main Jail cell
with a male
inmate who struck, choked, bit and raped her. That
inmate received a
mere three-month sentence, while no officer was
been disciplined for
the incidents surrounding Kelly's
incarceration.
According to the report, transgender people,
ethnic minorities and
youth are the most likely to suffer
mistreatment.
The study also indicates incidents go largely
unchecked because of
underreporting and unclear, under-enforced or
nonexistent policies
and procedures.
The AI report did point
out some initiatives taken by several police
departments to improve
their practices. For instance, the city of
West Hollywood,
California established a Transgender Task Force to
address policing
issues. Washington DC created a Gay and Lesbian
Liaison Unit staffed
by four full-time officers and 10 volunteers.
Two-thirds of
police departments reported providing training on hate
crimes against
LGBT individuals. But while most departments offer
training on
sexual assault (86 percent), only about half (52
percent) include
LGBT-specific issues.
The report concluded that despite some
positive initiatives, police
departments nationwide needed to do
more to protect LGBT people,
specifically by increasing training
and accountability.
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