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Related: About this forumPD - really lousy coverage about the murder of a trans woman
There's a rally today in Cleveland, for anyone there who might like to stand up for Cemia Dove, and all of the other trans* people in the Greater Cleveland area.(3:00 PM on the steps of City Hall)
https://www.facebook.com/events/100575020146982/
(Cross posted from GD & LGBT yesterday, in case you missed it):
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At TransGriot, Monica Roberts calls the Cleveland Plain Dealers articles transphobic, a journalistic hate crime, and adds, this is the worst piece of alleged reporting on a trans murder Ive seen in a while.
Roberts writes:
Misgender the person at every opportunity? Check
Use police mugshot? Check
Drag old criminal record into the story? Check
Deception meme injected into story? Check
Tragic transsexual meme injected into this story? Check
Use salacious and sensationalist headlines? Check
Not give a rats anus about the victims dignity and their femme presentation? Check
Disrespecting another African-American transwoman? Check.
Cemia Dove's body was found about 2 miles from a bike route I rode this summer with my trans* girlfriend from high school (who was traveling for the first time as a woman, in advance of transitioning about 3 months later) - so this strikes pretty close to home. (Cemia Dove is the name she preferred, according to her friends. Very few reports include either the correct first or last name, so if you are looking for articles covering the story most use the last name Acoff.)
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I'm too far away to be there in person.
Cirque du So-What
(25,907 posts)Believe me, coverage is no more respectful in this particular medium.
Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)No surprise.
The PD wrote three articles, each repeating the mistakes of the previous one and adding some. The articles you can currently find are sanitized, following community outrage.
Cirque du So-What
(25,907 posts)They seem hellbent on emulating their FAUX 'News' cable counterparts, perhaps hoping they'll get recruited from the minors.
Glad to see that the PD is catching major flak for their execrable coverage.
Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)Well, the TV functions but I'm too far from the towers with too many trees to get much more than 23 and All Jesus All The Time (17). I just landed on their web version when I was looking to see how it had been covered.