Before we begin, a content warning and a note about language and pronoun use.

There are descriptions of violence contained in this episode.

We'll also be discussing problematic language used to label people who are trans or trans adjacent,

both by law enforcement and in the media. Finally, to the best of our knowledge,

we have used the victim's correct pronouns.

This is the whole line.

I don't think they really took that case. It's case really. They didn't take

it serious at all because he used to walk around. He didn't bother nobody. Everybody got

they false or doing stuff, but he didn't bother nobody. If he wanted to be gay, that was him.

If he wanted to dress like he wanted him, that was him. People would throw rocks at him when he

walked. He would come tell me. I would always go and I would let them know, you know, I'm the

fights one. Look, don't throw rocks at him. You want to throw rocks at him? Throw rocks at him.

Now I'm here, you know. In 1999, the advocate published an article reporting that California

governor, Gray Davis, had signed an historical bill, quote, banning harassment of the state's

teachers and students on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity. It was also the year that,

as PBS notes, quote, the American Counseling Association adopted a position opposing

reparative therapy as a cure for individuals who are homosexual. 1999 marks the first annual

trans day of remembrance in the United States. The event was established in reaction to the 1998

murder of Rita Hester and served to memorialize those who have died due to anti-transprecious

hate and violence. Many of these crimes go unsolved and as the official website notes,

Rita Hester's case remains open to this day. During the late 1990s and in the southeast,

there were cities with an evident and visible gay and lesbian presence. Atlanta, Miami, Orlando,

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