A.D.
Her name was Brianna Ghey. She was 16. She was murdered. Stabbed to death. The local police are obfuscating that this was an anti-trans hate crime. British media coverage is ignoring that she was trans. Because of the success of TERF/GC fascists, she won't be buried as herself. Her death certificate and headstone, by British law, will misgender and erase her. This is what all TERF/GCs want: Total elimination and erasure of trans people.
Was your crappy wizard simulator worth her life?
Feb 13, 2023 at 6:05amWeb
Show threadA.D.Feb 13, 2023

For those "well, actually" dipthongs:

Every major British outlet who covered her murder neglected to include the word/prefix "trans" in any part of their articles. That may have been later fixed, but that was their editorial choice in initial reporting.

UK law is draconian and weird. Even *if* she can be buried under the right name, she won't be buried as a daughter on her death certificate or headstone.

The police are claiming it wasn't a hate crime and are looking for other motives.

Show threadA.D.Feb 13, 2023

As for JK Rowling and the wizard™️ game:

JK Rowling is the world's leading TERF. Her influence is directly attributable to genocidal laws in the US and UK. She also helped create the moral panic against trans people. This moral panic normalizes hatred and violence against trans people.

Buying Hogwarts Legacy is direct support of all that, and also direct support of blatant and intense antisemitism.

You can draw a direct line from JK Rowling to Brianna's death.

Show threadRegenbogenlottaFeb 15, 2023
@artemis
I am very interested in learning more facts about this. To what extent is JFK to blame for Briannas death?
I don't want to and won't play this game, but I would like to have strong arguments where anti-Semitism and racism can be found. Have you been able to pin that down for sure in the books as well ?
Show threadJennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊Feb 13, 2023

@artemis

I daresay the lattermost is incredibly disturbing.

Police are looking for a reason, *any* reason, to deny a hate crime motivation. There might be reasons for this! It might involve more paperwork. It'd certainly involve more work on the parts of both prosecution and defense. But that's an excuse, and disastrously flimsy.

The immediate minimization, if not outright denial, of the most obvious motivation, however, is akin to taking an unlikely motivation and putting it forth as probable. When dealing with the stabbing of a sixteen-year-old girl, the null hypothesis that it was merely an attack of opportunity may stand -- but the second, nearly as likely possibility, is just as tall.

In two days a correction MIGHT be published. If so, it'll be in six-point text at the bottom of an article on page 18 about how a public lavatory has been defaced with a 'beware of the leopard' poster.

Show threadEnergetic NovaFeb 14, 2023

@theogrin @artemis

A trans girl’s muderer in my city was going to use the trans panic defense. My state changed the law when they heard this in the news. They did not allow him to use that defense.

He was charged with a hate crime.

This victim is white and a teenager too. Most trans murder victims are black. Teen victims are more sympathetic… but I’m American. So what would I know.

CW: hate crime murder

Show threadKaren Lopez 🌎👩‍💻🔒Feb 13, 2023

@artemis Are headstones regulated?

I think it’s all so weird that governments care at all what name one goes by. Harold, Harry, whatever.

And why would they care what gender one is? If you think about it, on official records these are things to help identify people. So it’s incorrect to insist on data that doesn’t do that.

Show threadA.D.Feb 13, 2023
@DataChick her headstone can't say "beloved daughter" and her death certificate will misgender her. It's not that she can't be buried as her name, it's that she'll be misgendered.
Show threadKaren Lopez 🌎👩‍💻🔒Feb 13, 2023
@artemis That’s a law? I can’t think of any laws we have about headstones.
Show threadRob HudsonFeb 13, 2023
@artemis why the rant?
Show threadThe Magic Lemur (Eat The Rich)Feb 13, 2023
@robhudson @artemis A girl is dead -- murdered for being trans -- and you ask why someone's mad about it?
Show threadRob HudsonFeb 14, 2023
@TheMagicLemur @artemis murdered for being Trans? Surely the anger should be about the murder and nothing else.
Show threadThe Magic Lemur (Eat The Rich)Feb 14, 2023
@robhudson @artemis Fuck you and fuck your privilege blinders. What an absolute asshole you are.
Show threadRonnie HerronFeb 13, 2023
@artemis an absolute tragedy on numerous fronts ,what a horrible country this is
Show threadSimon BrookeFeb 13, 2023

@artemis nothing in law dictates what is written on a headstone, does it?

However, acknowledge that misgendering on the death certificate is pretty bad.

Show threadPaul AllenFeb 13, 2023
@artemis beautiful child
Show threadSebastian LasseFeb 13, 2023

@artemis

Sorry, feels unfair :
“British media coverage is ignoring that she was trans”

Literally _all_ serious articles mention it, BBC does write

“Brianna was a transgender girl but detectives said there was no evidence to suggest her murder was a hate crime.”

The “detectives” is _not_ “the media”. The “detectives” is another failed police.

In this regards “The Telegraph” writes “Police said that they do not believe the crime is related to the fact that Brianna is transgender, and there is currently no evidence to suggest it was a hate crime. Officers said that they were keeping an “open mind” as to the motive.”

Again: Police is _not_ media.

The SKY Lead _begins_ with
“Brianna was transgender,”

The Dazed Headline reads “Brianna Ghey: a 16-year-old trans girl has been killed in Cheshire”
Two 15-year-olds have been arrested on suspicion of murder

The Guardian writes “Brianna, who was transgender, had a popular TikTok channel”

All articles I read mentioned it.

Show threadA.D.Feb 14, 2023
@sl007 see my replies to the initial post. Some outlets have corrected themselves, which is what you picked up on, however the very initial reports didn't mention she was trans. And media is nearly always lockstep with police, but that's not an excuse for them to uncritically report that it wasn't a hate crime.
Show threadEnergetic NovaFeb 14, 2023

@artemis @sl007

Except they aren’t and weren’t. Journalists are under pressure to report now and correct as they gather information. Its their job.

Show threadEnergetic NovaFeb 14, 2023
@sl007 @artemis Thank you. We don’t need inaccuracies in reporting. And blaming journalists for what police said.
Show threadSebastian LasseFeb 16, 2023

@Energetic_Nova @artemis

Full ack, looked via genios at the _initial_ reports, totally nonsense !

Show threadJaageriFeb 13, 2023

@artemis
A person is a person, i don't care on gender, i just need a name, it is someone's life, someone's way.
Such pathetic and small people to take a life of someone who was loved and cared.

I'm struggling bit how a game is attacking trans people or why it is connected on a hate crime?

To my understanding j.k. rowling had no part in it only the worldbuilding she did in her books that was used.

Not a fan of rowlings thoughts.
Stay strong 💓
Peace.

Show threadJeffy 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 ❤️🇱🇺Feb 13, 2023
@Jaageri @artemis it’s a Harry Potter game and you have no idea how Rowling is connected to that game?
Show threadJaageriFeb 13, 2023

@godofbiscuits @artemis
Yeah, she get's huge royalties from the game i heard.

I failed big on that one.

Worse is if j. k. r. believe people support her way of thinking of trans people by buying the game.

Looked up closer what she has said and it's far more shite then i remember.

Show threadA.D.Feb 13, 2023
@Jaageri @godofbiscuits she actually has said that she believes people buying her stuff means that they support her views.
Show threadJaageriFeb 13, 2023

@artemis @godofbiscuits

Oh my god, now that truly sucks.
Sorry.

Show threadEnergetic NovaFeb 14, 2023

@artemis @Jaageri @godofbiscuits

And it doesn’t matter what she thinks and we should ignore her. Not hand her more power. Like your op post does.

Show threadJeffy 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 ❤️🇱🇺Feb 14, 2023
@Energetic_Nova @artemis @Jaageri ignoring doesn’t work when there’s a money machine with her name attached to it.
Show threadZZ BottomFeb 13, 2023
@artemis 
Show threadLewisFeb 13, 2023
@artemis Do you think her murderer was a Harry Potter fan? Personally I think it's a mistake to linger on that individual. There are real monsters out there and many of them are in government.
Show threadRebecca Esther (they/she)Feb 13, 2023
@artemis May her memory be a revolution.
Show thread[MARX_IN_SPACE]Feb 13, 2023
@artemis I’ve been following this story closely since the beginning and only today did I learn Brianna was trans. You are absolutely right, it was not part of the story (it is emerging now though, far too late) and the hate crime implications have been glossed over completely. It has opened my eyes in a small way to what trans people must suffer every single day and you have every right to be angry. It’s fucking depressing.
Show thread@CastIronBalconyFeb 13, 2023
@artemis surely one can have what one wants carved into a headstone? But I'm not in the UK, so I'm probably not across this
Show threadlevampyreFeb 14, 2023

@artemis

alt text: The picture shows a young woman with ash blonde hair, a brown pullover and glasses on a green lawn, holding a chocolate bar and smiling into the camera.

(How very sad to hear of another trans woman's death. 😞)

Show threadEnergetic NovaFeb 14, 2023
@artemis I cannot pass along this unfortunately. Making it about video games instead of her is my reason.
Show threadKenneth John BardsleyFeb 14, 2023
@artemis
The police are not obfuscating. They are doing their jobs in looking at all the circumstances. It is called being professional. Get a grip.
Show threadA.D.Feb 14, 2023
@kennethb no, you get a grip.
Show threadBlake PattersonFeb 17, 2023
@artemis She had a whole, good life ahead of her.