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Brianna Ghey was a 16 year old trans girl who was murdered on Saturday 11 February 2023 in the UK.
and as you can imagine, there are some dickheads who are dismissing this tragedy, cheering on this crime, and celebrating at this loss of life BECAUSE Brianna was trans.
this is what transphobia leads to. this is what happens when irrational hate for trans people, because these bigots seem to forget that we are PEOPLE, remains prevalent in wider society. this is what happens when the basic human right to live as happily and healthily as possible is discarded and overstepped for the sake of remaining in the repressive and oppressive status quo that benefits no one but the privileged.
you lose the ability to see other people as people. you lose your humanity, all for a moment of feeling superior over someone whose life is different to your own.
you can donate to a verified gofundme for Brianna's family here
but to every bastard who doesn't see an issue with her murder because she was trans, i hope you choke on a chainsaw.
i dont even know how to hold space for this level of grief when it comes to Nex. i know they weren't the first, i know they won't be the last, i felt similarly after learning about brianna ghey. while it illicits no different level of anger, no different sadness, it feels personal in a way that's rare. its like when i learned about the boys that died from police brutality in my own city. nex looked like my friends. nex looked like me. i heard nex speak and i could see myself at the lunch table across from him. its one of those situations that hits so close to home it might as well have been in my house. i met two kids at a protest last year, two 16 year old trans mascs from south florida, and it was my first time interacting with a trans high schooler since graduating. when i met them i felt so protective and when they spoke at the protest i felt so proud. they were kids, they should've been at home, playing sports, doing homework, not hours away fighting for their lives just to watch their rights taken away right in front of them.
im sorry nex. im sorry brianna. im sorry kayak. im sorry remi. you deserve(d) better. i wish i could make it better. i won't ever forget you. i won't let the world forget you.
Quick PSA. If you are trans or consider yourself an ally to the trans community please read this.
Tw for mentions of transphobia, h4te cr1mes, and murd3r.
The bullying, harassment, and killing of trans people needs to stop. Especially against kids. A beautiful 16 year old girl, Brianna Ghey, was just taken from us by two transphobic, inhumane, pieces of shit. Brianna had been being singled out and bullied by kids in her school for a while for being trans, and considering her killers were both around her age, I feel it's safe to say they were involved in that.
THIS NEEDS TO END NOW.
Get angry. Organise protests, school walkouts, hell, scream it from the damn rooftops if you have to. Just. Do. Something. Get loud, we need your voice.
It's sad that I'm scared to walk around outside. It's sad that I'm scared to wear LITERAL COLORS in public for fear of being killed.
Please, please, PLEASE go show some love and support to Brianna's family. They need and deserve it. I'll be making another post with a link to the gofundme they made, along with other charities you could donate to.
Rest in power, Brianna. We will fight for you.
I try to not see too much information about the murders cause it's incredibly triggering, but I just wanted to say smth before I block the tag
Nex was practically a child. Brianna was practically a child. Both of them were teenagers, barely older than myself. The adults in their lives were supposed to protect them. The school was supposed to do something, someone was supposed to call an ambulance, somebody was supposed to do something. I'm a trans kid, a bit younger than them. I live in Florida. I never really felt safe, and especially not with all the recent legal developments, but this is the last straw.
People are dying. Teenagers are dying. Not just dying, they were murdered. And even for those people who try and shift the blame off of their murderers by claiming it was suicide, that's not any fucking better.
I'm just a kid. I shouldn't have to fear for my life, and doubly should not have to spend my days terrified that my life is in danger by the people and systems that are supposed to keep me safe - that I'm supposed to be able to trust
If anybody legitimately thinks that any of this is to "protect the kids", go fuck yourself. I am one of those kids you claim to worry so much about, and I can tell you firsthand that you are only making things worse.
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Brianna Ghey’s murder hurts.
She was the same age as my kid, just walking home along her usual path. Two other kids have been arrested on suspicion of her murder.
The UK media (in particular the Daily Mail and The Times) are deadnaming her or refusing to acknowledge her status as a trans girl.
The police are very keen to gloss over any suggestion that she was murdered due to being trans, despite people from her school (parents and pupils) raising serious safeguarding concerns.
Brianna shouldn’t have died, and if it is found that she was killed by anti-trans extremists, I hope every single terf, gender critical, transphobic, nasty piece of work (and we all know who the main cheerleaders of them are) feel sick to the pit of their stomachs. Brianna’s blood will be on their hands.
Sleep well, sweet girl.
Rest in Power, Nex Benedict
A 16 year old kid who loved nature and looking after their cat Zeus. Who enjoyed reading, watching the Walking Dead, and playing Ark and Minecraft. They loved to cook and would often make up their own recipes. They did well in school, being a straight-A student. Rest in power a teen who was human and had interests and ambitions and challenges and friendships. A trans youth who was brutally murdered just for being trans, when that was only a fragment of who they were as a person.
Nex Benedict, Jacob Williamson, Brianna Ghey, and other trans youth like them were real people with real lives. They deserved better, longer, happier lives. They deserved to grow up and not fear for their lives. They deserve to be remembered as who they were, not just as another trans kid who was killed, as people with families and normal human lives.