The pair moved from Iowa to Minnesota last year under the 2023 ‘Trans Refuge’ law, according to a rally organizer

Summary

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.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    822·
    17 hours ago

    I thought Minneapolis was one of the more enlightened places in the USA. But I guess they also have these violent bigots and murderous racist cops.

    • winterayars@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      5 hours ago

      My take is Minnesota in general is very divided. There are some very cool people there but also some very horrible ones. The cool ones are winning but that doesn’t mean they win every time or that it’s inevitable that they win.

    • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      6 hours ago

      This is not the first instance of transgender women getting attacked at MPLS public transit stations either. There was another such attack in the last few years at a MPLS bus station a couple miles south of my place.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      121·
      8 hours ago

      I thought Minneapolis was one of the more enlightened places in the USA.

      The sad part is… it is.

    • spyd3r@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      10 hours ago

      Mass immigration from certain very “unenlightened” areas may have ruined that forever, and also brought in an ideology that is extremely hostile to LGBT people and liberal values.

      • winterayars@sh.itjust.works
        31·
        4 hours ago

        Black people are (still) getting murdered by cops everywhere. What set Minneapolis apart was that they didn’t stand by and watch, they did something about it. Sadly, that isn’t what happened in this story.

    • Botzo@lemmy.world
      35·
      16 hours ago

      I think you’ll find the same in San Francisco, Portland, and New York.

      Shitheads everywhere.