...it still deserves confirmation either way, to deal with it. Do we just blow this off since "It's an urban legend about a trans person; why do we even care", or do we investigate it and see what the truth is?It's not as if it's impossible for something this disgusting to happen, and considering the very real cases of Matthew Shepard, Gwen Araujo, and Brandon Teena, this is something that should be verfied, because it's either a)a tragedy that needs to have the perpetrators prosecuted, or b)a hoax played by a sick individual who needs to be pointed out and ostracized for suggesting that something like this is worthy of making light of.
Even if this is an urban legend....
Date: 2009-06-20 09:07 am (UTC)