2009-05 May 28 KRXQ radio show promotes violence vs trans children
June 12, 2009
The KRXQ-FM Rob, Arnie & Dawn morning radio show promoted physical abuse and ridicule against transgender children. After receiving a deluge of protests from the community, the radio show hosts give for an excuse “It was a joke.” This news report carries the response from the Sacramento chapter of PFLAG and was broadcast on June 3, 2009 on KCRA-TV in Sacramento, CA.
Duration : 0:5:54
Marquis Bryant in Sacramento, CA
March 14, 2009
Marquis Bryant says he was just leaving a nightclub when four men beat him so badly he had to be hospitalized. A bruised head and swollen eye didn’t stop 20-year-old Marquis from speaking publicly about the attack. He’s admittedly afraid after what happened, but said he is not afraid of who he is. “I’ve been called names while I was out, but never like this,” said Bryant. Bryant says the attackers started by yelling offensive remarks. “I was being called a ‘fag’, a ‘faggott.’ The next thing …
Duration : 0:2:35