Seattle Man Accused of Assaulting Trans Woman

It's terrible that Trans women (and men) continue to be subject to hate crimes and threats. Calling a trans person "it" or refusing to recognize their gender identity as legitimate really feeds into the gender policing bigotry that creates the hateful climate for these things to happen. Whether or not you want attacks like this to happen if your actions and language legitimize the dehumanization of transgender people and their RIGHT to self identify you are helping to perpetuate anti-trans bigotry and the violence that goes along with it. @ Sarah what are you so afraid of I am a cisgender woman and am not threatened in the slightest that gender should be a fluid, personal matter, I do not believe that I am one bit more entitled than a transwoman to be a woman and a "she". Gender is a social construct and transwomen sure do face the sexism and violence that cisgender women are subject to. Self-identified women are my sisters (not BIGOTS who participate in gender policing).

Julie-Anne I agree with you!! I am also a trans-woman and I know who I am! I don't need the gay bigots here acceptance they have their pathetic little lives to worry about!!! A particualer set of genitals does not define a persons gender!! There are many variations that are medically accepted!! Again i wonder why we T's stay in a movement (GLBT) where we are not welcomed or accepted!! I have spent many hours advocating for gay rights, but now I think it is time to re-think that!! If I am not wanted so be it!!

I really wanted to be diplomatic here, but since certain people have resorted to personal attacks against me, I have no choice. I'm a woman who also happens to be transsexual. You don't like or accept that? Then go fuck yourselves.

@Sarah: You're disgusting. The fact that you refer to the female victim as an object is absolutely revolting. I hope, one day, someone treats you the same way you've treated this person, who was attacked for doing NO harm to anyone else. What, exactly, makes YOU a woman, Sarah? The fact that you have a uterus and breasts? Guess what, genius: I'm a woman, but I don't have female reproductive organs, and I don't have breasts, yet my DNA says XX. If genitals are what make a woman to you, then you're going to be extremely confused the day you meet an intersex individual.

@Randy: Well I was recently called a "self hating closet case" here for defending gay people who enjoy football - not even for liking football (which I don't really), merely for defending those who do. You have a lot of idiotic company here!

Greg, try a bigger dildo

My heart goes out to the victim. What's sad, is the fact that not only do we [as trans people] get physically attacked, but we are also verbally attacked by members of our own [queer] community. Also, Sarah should be utterly ashamed of herself for using 'it' to describe the victim - how dehumanizing! Come on people, we're all fighting for the same thing here. I'm sure the Teabaggers would love to see us as divided as this.

The point is, he/she was attacked physically, and then attacked psychologically by a bunch of gay idiots on the Advocate site who don't believe being transgender is real.

I agree with Pat that the concern should be with the victim not which terms to use. I also agree that the silly teachers of everything correct started this crap here. Just a point, however, calling yourself a woman does not make you one. Calling yourself or wanting to be straight does not make it so. I don't really care if it calls itself a woman or not. If you were born with a penis, you are not a woman. So a man was attacked here for his appearance and it is a homophobic attack. We should be united against it.

It is terrible to be subjected to homophobic violence. I'm glad that the attacker was arrested. To the same tired "teachers" here who care nothing about the victims but use this board to pontificate on the 'correct" terms to use- you know nothing about how this man wants to be called. So please, do the world a favor and leave us. The issue isn't if we call the victim a drag queen or transgendered, the issue is he or she was attacked. And I'm certain "Julie Ann Dryer" is about as dried up as his fake name implies, about as dried up as Carol in Mo.