EDIT:
Her name was Elisa Rae Shupe.
You can read more about her from Erin’s Bluesky Post and related article.
https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3lhwefbinn22c
Every trans suicide is murder.
National news is likely waiting for a return call from Elon to see if it is ok if they mention this.
was not expecting a story from where I live to appear on lemmy
I don’t read the local news very often so I don’t know anything about this specific story, but the people here lean (slightly) conservative. Despite this, I haven’t heard anyone talking about trans people negatively (at least by adults, I did hear a teen being an asshole though)
though also I haven’t been out a lot since the government was taken over so I’d not be too surprised if transphobia has gotten worse here
RIP sister
Her name was Elisa Rae Shupe. You can read more about her from Erin’s bluesky post and related article.
https://bsky.app/profile/erininthemorning.com/post/3lhwefbinn22c
Thank you.
Names are absent from the headlines today to a dehumanizing degree.
That’s likely because news is often being posted as soon as possible and later updated with new information. It’s not like the olden days where the news has to be printed.
I also suspect that the news are careful to post names even if they know them because they don’t want to hurt or offend the victim (if alive) and relatives. It must be pretty awful to find out from the news that someone you love committed suicide. IMO journalists should seek consent from relatives before going out with names.
I for one would hate for my name to be in the news if I did something like this and I’m positive my relatives would feel the same way.
I get it. Things seem pretty fucking hopeless right now. Wish she could have managed to stick around, though.
Wish she wasn’t murdered with social engineering
How many people are you wanting to reach, because that’s a broad user base.
The problem here isn’t coverage, the problem is people caring, people talking about this IRL. If people were caring and talking, it would be front-page news everywhere.
And half the country won’t give a rat’s ass until it affects them personally. Until then, they’ll point to this and say, “See! Told ya transgender people are mentally ill!”
Anyway, we all best get strapped and learn. Defense is a sharp learning curve, but it’s that or get on the train.
Lol. Don’t be mad that they don’t care. Be mad they let you get to this point. Dems and Republicans see what they feel are the bigger picture.
Yet conservatives feign concern about people who regret transitioning. Nevermind the people who rely on it for their own survival.
They feign respect for veterans as well as everything you said.
Pretty sure it’s not a crime so the term “committed” doesn’t fit.
People get committed to their romantic partners all the time. You know, a wedding.
Commit means more than doing crime.
It is a crime in most US states. If you find yourself hospitalized after a suicide attempt, you will be guarded around the clock until you’re well enough to be moved to a state psychiatric facility. You remain property of the state until release from said facility. You may petition the court to prove that you are stable enough for release, but you’ll likely be released before you see a judge.
Source: personal experience
Iirc the phrase is based in religious thought that suicide is a sin or crime against God. Committing suicide or having committed suicide are commonly used, in USA English anyway.
Yeah as far as I know that’s the way it is in most western countries. A lot of our laws are based on Christianity. Along with every national public holiday being based on special Christian days. In places where they like to complain about how discriminated against and hard done by they are (while enjoying their freedom to openly discriminate against all flavours of queer people and anyone else they consider a heretic).
The term commonly accepted today is died by suicide. It takes into account that suicide is commonly tied to underlying mental health challenges and isn’t necessarily a choice the victim made, but rather a lethal symptom of those mental health conditions.
I’ve seen the term “completed” suicide.
Nursing student here - this is the current teaching/standard.
“Committed” is so hard wired that even the profs default to that in lecture (then immediately correct themselves), but this change is 100% to address the accusatory connotation of “committed”.
…also, veteran here: WHAT THE FUCK, VA?! The VA has a history of not really giving a shit about politics and just providing patient care when it’s needed. Vet needs an abortion deep in a red state? Suck a dick, red state, this is federal property and your laws don’t mean shit here.
The VA I go to used to have trans and LGBTQ+ positive signage at every entrance basically saying “You served? Fuck yeah, you get the same level of care as every other vet!” …then Agent Orange popped his DEI executive order, and all that stuff is gone. Just overnight full embrace to shun and gutpunch.
And while yes, culpability lies primarily with the shitstain squatting in the Oval Office, the admins and doctors at the VA have full-on violated their oaths as healthcare professionals by ‘just following orders’ here. And now they have a body count to show for it.
This country is an absolute disgrace.
Technically it is a crime. Not that they will send you to jail, but it is one so that that they can legally detain you to stop you from unaliving yourself.
