Cecilia Marahouse
THE GUERRILLA ANGEL REPORT — Based on a translated news report, Brazilian trans woman Cecilia Marahouse (or Mara House) was shot reportedly 6 times just outside of Fortaleza on January 11th. Marahouse was a performer and was well known in the LGBT community there. Her friends hope for justice but feel the government looks upon them as nothing more than numbers to be added to statistics.
This is pretty much all the information we have on this murder. There is also a graphic photo that I am not reproducing here, however, it does bring home the danger all of us face, especially in Brazil.
(Tip of the hat to Kelli Anne Busey)
Cecilia Marahouse
Transex Cecilia Marahouse é brutalmente assassinada em Fortaleza « Diálogos Políticos.
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[...] another brazilian trans woman dead [...]
[...] not reproducing here, however, it does bring home the danger all of us face, especially in Brazil. Trans woman murdered near Fortaleza, Brazil The Guerrilla Angel Report by Lexie Cannes __________________ Those who say it can't be done should get out of the way of those who are [...]
This sadly underscores why people like Suzanne Moore, who make throw-away comments about “Brazilian transsexuals” in an article, and her supporters, like Julie Burchill, MUST be called to account for their transmisogyny. Rest in Peace, dear Cecilia.
[...] What I didn’t think of either – and should have – was that the situation for trans women in Brazil was not going to get any better just for Suzanne Moore taking up all the media attention possible and claiming this was all about her hurt feelings. The distress of the privileged is real distress, even if it is different in scale from injustice. Moore was celebrating the anger of women: shouldn’t she get that anger is splendid even when it was directed at something she wrote? On Friday 11th January, Cecilia Marahouse was killed. Word got out to the English-language blogosphere four days later, via Lexie Cannes: [...]