Real  Jihad
Real  Jihad


The #trans activist who was murdered? I thought she had the same name as someone I knew, #JulieBerman . No. She WAS the person I knew. We communicated infrequently but she was from my old 'hood & we'd joke about it. She was a real person, not a statistic.

One sick person did this to her. But with society's general indifference about violence against #trans ppl, we contributed to it in part. We didn't commit the crime, we bear no guilt for it, but we do bear the responsibility for our apathy & rationalizations about #transphobia .

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When Julie Berman came up to the open mic at the trans day of remembrance event on Nov. 20, 2017, she talked about a trans friend of hers that was murdered. On Sunday, a little over two years later, the trans woman and activist was assaulted and murdered


    Their trials were conducted unfairly in a variety of ways. They were executed at Mankato, Minnesota on December 26, 1862, in the largest mass hanging in U.S. history. This day after Christmas is...

    The largest mass hanging execution in U.S. history happened on this day after Christmas. A somber day for Native Americans marking a travesty of justice