Category Archives: New York
Philippine President Downgrades Rape from Crime to Compliment
NEW YORK CITY— In the wake of rising numbers of increasing criminality in the world today, exacerbated by an undercurrent of competition over resources, women’s vulnerability has intensified. Of no help in ameliorating the continuing femicide are misogynist pronouncements from the world’s predominantly male leadership which has turned a consistently blind eye to the epidemic of violence against … Continue Reading ››
Lessons From the Jennifer Laude Murder: On Women, LGBTQ and Human Rights
29-years-old. Beautiful. Engaged to be married. A happy future laid out for her... So why did Jennifer Laude end up with her head in a toilet bowl, dead? In a motel room. At a rest & recreation center for the American military in the Philippines. Her killer, a young man from Massachusetts, felt he was justified. Trans panic … Continue Reading ››