On today’s show, we examine the upsurge in violence against the transgender community. Insider spent 18 months investigating the murders of 175 transgender people over the span of five years, resulting in a published series called “Deaths in the Family.” They found that that murders of trans people have doubled over the last three years, that only three of the murders they investigated were charged as hate crimes, and that only 28 cases resulted in murder convictions.
Matt Drange joins us to discuss his contribution to the series, which is focused on killings of trans people by police officers. Matt Drange is a senior correspondent based out of Insider‘s San Francisco bureau. His work has been published by ProPublica, The Guardian, Salon.com, the San Francisco Chronicle, Pacific Standard and elsewhere.
Check out Matt Drange’s article: https://www.insider.com/police-deaths-transgender-people-officer-killings-mental-health-crisis-2022-11
Follow Matt Drange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattdrange
Diamond Stylz is a Black trans activist and the Executive Director of Black Trans Women Inc, a national nonprofit that is led by Black trans women focused on social advocacy, positive visibility, and building strong leadership among Black trans advocates, activists, and their allies. She also produces a podcast called “Marsha’s Plate,” which is hosted by three Black trans people exploring pop culture and current events from a Black trans feminist lens. She was the editorial consultant on Insider’s recent investigative series on anti-trans violence.
Check out Diamond Stylz’s website: https://diamondstylz.com/
Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is chef, artist, author, and food justice activist Bryant Terry, renowned for his activism to create a healthy, just, and sustainable food system. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of 4 Color Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House and Ten Speed Press, and he is co-principal and innovation director of Zenmi, a creative studio he founded. For the 2022-23 academic year, Bryant is an Artist Fellow/Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley, as a member of the second cohort of Abolition Democracy Fellows.
Learn more about Bryant Terry and buy his books on his website: https://www.bryant-terry.com/
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