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January
5, 2004
The transgender community mourns the loss of yet another transgender youth, Tesia Samara, 15, who committed suicide on November 18, 2003. According to the Texas Triangle, Tesia was transsexual and lived in the small town of Rockdale, Texas, where the pressures of being different became too much for her. What's especially tragic about this story is how far Tesia had gotten--after watching an Oprah show on transgenderism, she decided she wanted to begin hormone therapy and wanted to have a sex-change operation. She had researched gender dysphoria and had been taking hormones for three months. She even came out to her family and had their support as well as the support of a few friends. School though, was another issue. There are rumors that she was assaulted at school the same day of the suicide, possibly triggering it. She was also taunted and called “gay boy, fag boy, hair girl" among other things every day at school. Tesia seemed to have done everything she could have done to keep her sanity. She came out to her family and friends. She researched transgenderism on the internet. She started transitioning. She was seeing a therapist. She wrote poetry about it. She even asked her teachers for help, writing, “I mainly run into sticky situations at school... I wanted you to know this so that maybe you can help me to avoid some the hard and embarrassing times I could have. So if you happen to call me ‘her’ on accident, let’s just say that I wouldn’t be unhappy.” It takes unbelievable amounts of cruelty to drive someone to take their own life away. And requests for help like this should be taken more seriously. Still, this teacher and the boys who taunted her are not to blame, but society is for making the boys think that it was ok to treat her like that. So let's start changing it. To people who taunt people like Tesia--your words have power. Speak carefully. Treat others as you would have them treat you. Have empathy for those different than you. Not everything you don't understand is wrong. Learn how to heal from pain given to you instead of passing it on. And to trans youth like Tesia...Things will get better. You're on the right track. Don't give up. College is a whole other world than you know. High school isn't real. When you get older you can become independent and control your own life. And not everywhere is like Rockwell, Texas. Hold on. |
Thinking Pains All of the time I see myself thinking Thinking all inside Dreaded thought to thought Carefully linking Bringing my death in shapes and size I’m self-destructing thinking Submerged to lose I am sinking Nest of serpents My own twisted mind Creative manner to deal in living Grown to stern Ripped at stern Evil in root I see myself thinking All of the time. Transgenderism Took a turn too far To trespass To know that I am nothing more Than an error in eternity Held hands, to keep me here. But that hand slipped, Clover discolored, Misintended as I was blighted; We never meant to be this. |
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January
5, 2004 Transyouth.net will be switching to a new server soon. The domain and email accounts will remain the same but the newer server should have much less frequent outages. Static content (stories, pictures, JTCP) should transfer seamlessly while dynamic content (blogs, chat, the new glossary) may take a couple days to reset. |
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January
5, 2004 With no prior warning, Yahoo! deleted my juliateencd@yahoo.com email account and teencd, my teen crossdressing email group started in 1997 which now had over 3,034 members. When I asked Yahoo! why they did this, they replied with the generic, "Yahoo! may, in appropriate circumstances and in its sole discretion, remove or edit any content and/or terminate the accounts of users who appear to have violated the Terms and Conditions." And when I protested and asked why did they do this, this is five years of work lost, can't I contest this or at least have the email list, they simply sent me a blank response. Needless to say, I won't be relying on Yahoo! anymore. This is what happens when companies get too big; I used to be a big fan of Yahoo for being different; obviously I'm a fan no longer. Yes, I will start a new transyouth email group, and perhaps distinct MTF and FTM groups if they're requested, and they will not rely on Yahoo!. Please be patient as I set them up and as I get everything transferred to the new server first. |
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October
19, 2002
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and family of Gwen Araujo, 17, who, on her first day out in a skirt, was beaten to death at a party by three men. Gwen has been described as a beautiful person both inside and out and always smiling. She lived in Newark, CA, a small town 30 miles from San Francisco, the supposed gay capital of the United States. She is constantly referred to as a male crossdresser by the name of Eddie Araujo in all news reports, but she expressed the desire to have a sex change and preferred the name Gwen. This is yet another case in the trend of violence against the transgender community, and more disturbingly, murders of transgendered youth. The public needs to be educated and these killings must stop. A candlelight vigil was held for her by 100 friends and family members on Friday evening. Contributions may be sent to Eddie Araujo Jr. Memorial Fund, San Benito Bank, 300 Tres Pinos Road, Hollister, CA, 95023. More information will be posted as it becomes available. |
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Copyright
2004 Jordan Balagot | Transyouth.net
The
fourth annual Transgender Day of Remembrance will take place on November
20 to remember those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or
prejudice, including the 
A
new national study by The Human Rights Campaign shows that while most
people accept that a person can be transgender, more education is needed
to help people better understand the lives of transgender Americans. The
study shows that while the majority of Americans have heard of "Transgender"
(70%), and most want to treat transgender Americans fairly and protect
them from workplace discrimination and hate crimes. However, the majority
of Americans also "report being uncomfortable about transgender issues,
especially when confronted with the challenges that transgender people
face," said David Smith, director of HRC communications.