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Crowd cheered as two transgender women were attacked in Minneapolis, advocates say (www.independent.co.uk)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22334414

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Two transgender women, Dahlia and Jess, were attacked at a Minneapolis rail station, with onlookers cheering their assailants instead of helping.

After confronting a man yelling transphobic slurs, the situation escalated into a violent assault involving four or five others, leaving both women unconscious.

Advocates attribute the rise in anti-trans violence to emboldened transphobia fueled by misinformation and political rhetoric, including Donald Trump’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

The local trans community is responding with solidarity rallies, self-defense classes, and firearm training to prepare for a potential increase in attacks.

Police are investigating, but no arrests have been made.

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[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That's dismissing all the actions that led up to being beaten. Once the first punch is thrown, sure do whatever you can to defend yourself. Unless we get video of the incident, we probably won't know for sure what happened. But at least according to the article the victims "confronted" their harassers. I ride the MSP light rail everyday. Been harassed by, mostly mentally ill or drug addicted people, dozens of times. It sucks, but every time I keep my mouth shut and I walk away. One guy did try to punch me, but he missed and I was long gone before he had another chance. Don't "confront" these psychos if you're not ready for a fight.

[–] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

More victim blaming. You're disgusting.

Besides that, not everyone's gonna live just like you. Though you say we may not know for sure what happened, you assume that they straight-up started a fight with five guys because they did anything at all, which is wrong because it's not what you would do. For all you claim to know the "confrontation" was them just saying "Hey, don't call us that!" but you openly insist that they brought that brutality on themselves.

What a great way to make a better world, just sit down and shut up unless someone's calling out a problem, at which point they're the problem.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 1 points 5 minutes ago

I’m just going by what the article says. If we find something different happened, I’d be willing to change my stance.