The #trans activist who was murdered? I thought she had the same name as someone I knew, #JulieBerman . No. She WAS the person I knew. We communicated infrequently but she was from my old 'hood & we'd joke about it. She was a real person, not a statistic.
One sick person did this to her. But with society's general indifference about violence against #trans ppl, we contributed to it in part. We didn't commit the crime, we bear no guilt for it, but we do bear the responsibility for our apathy & rationalizations about #transphobia .
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Activist who raised awareness about transphobia murdered in Toronto
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When Julie Berman came up to the open mic at the trans day of remembrance event on Nov. 20, 2017, she talked about a trans friend of hers that was murdered. On Sunday, a little over two years later, the trans woman and activist was assaulted and murdered