SOCI 380 Chapter Butler: Butler, Why Do Men Kill Trans Women
19 Jul 2016
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There were 23 known killings of transgender women in the united states in 2015. That number nearly doubled from the 12 reported in 2014. Talks about the fatal importance of an intersectional approach to the liberation of transgendered people. Trans deaths were caused by men because of men"s need to meet culturally held standards of male power and masculinity. 91% of the trans murders investigated were people of color. Butler recognizes that the context in which these women lived and died is inseparable from their live as transgender women of color. 2015 showed more visibility and representation of the trans community yet violence reported against trans people basically doubled. While we have seen an increase in media attention towards trans people, we have also seen much backlash. The proliferating signs of greater acceptance stoke those who are transphobic, so that there is now a kind of war between the move to consolidate violent exclusion or debasement of trans people.
