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

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22334414

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.

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    29 days ago

    lol, you think only the victim will have a firearm?

    you don’t think that if the victim pulls, the fuckheads will keep their firearms stowed and just accept it?

    they aren’t wrong: gun violence is the result of too many guns in too many hands.

    when these victims begin to light up the assholes, and a firefight erupts, will it be better that innocent bystanders are dead for freedumb?