- justice for one … how many more remain -

[demonlurking]

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So, I don’t know if this can really be considered “good” news, but it is at least respectably appropriate news.

Today the murderers of Brianna Ghey were found guilty of her hate motivated killing and sentenced to life in prison with at least 20 years before consideration for parole. It took nearly a year and it was looking like the courts were not actually going to call it a hate crime. But they did and at least one trans woman gets justice.

For anyone not familiar with the case, Brianna was a 16-year old trans girl who was actively involved in helping other trans kids access care and spreading support through TikTok. Last February she was brutally stabbed by two other kids from her school after they failed to poison her. In the planning they expressed excitement about finding out if “it” would scream like a boy or a girl when they killed her.

I am saddened by her passing and at the so many other trans people who have been treated similarly and have had their cases ignored or buried, but at least one person has received justice.

Wikipedia entry for Brianna Ghey

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