They're already blaming black people for it because the perpetrator happened to be black

Y'all Yankees spend more time complaining about TERFs than homophobes it seems

I'm not sure this had anything to do with transphobia. The attackers just sound homophobic; they probably saw her hair and don't know or care that the slur they picked isn't for girls. It's sad that she's going through this. Their girlfriends robbing them after they had been beaten down speaks volumes about what sort of people they are.

oh yea it does, one of my family members was misgendered as a man when she went into the womans bathroom one time, eventhough she isnt, by an demographics that have a wierd reaction to asian people.

This looks more like homophobic cunts rather than transphobic cunts.

This was a homophobic hate crime, trans people weren't mentioned. The bigots actually guessed correctly in this case.

Not should anyone, in places like this! Yokes! Yikes, even!

It sounds like it was more of a general biggotry thing than Trans, specifically m

Stun guns, while potentially being intimidating to a lone attacker, are surprisingly ineffective if actually used for defense.

Pepper spray, specifically the type that uses a stream instead of a fine mist, is far more effective at stopping an attack and giving an opportunity to escape.

I recommend POM pepper spray, personally. The smaller versions are 50 state legal.

I have a slock, which is a lock on a piece of pantyhose. It can be untied and left in my bag and nobody will know what it is at an airport.

This is more common still for trans people

Not sure about this. There's way much more cis women that trans women, so attacks on "trans women" could have more cis women victims just because of the number if cis vs trans women.

This violence was intended for a trans person

Did you read the article?

When she confirmed that she was indeed a lesbian woman, one of the individuals hit her

So, no.

And I've see n similar reports that did indeed involve trans people so... also no.

This ultimately says that violence towards trans people is ok but that it is a problem when those who aren't trans are impacted.

For the people you want to reach with these kinds of stories, it is. I don't think there's much use in preaching to the choir.

A trans woman who's attracted to other women would be a trans lesbian, if that's what was tripping you up.

Cis = cisgender = she was assigned female at birth and is not transgender

Cis is short for cisgender. It's the antonym of transgender. Has nothing to do with sexuality.

Cis-het would be cisgender, heterosexual.

Trans comes from "on the other side" as cis comes from "on the same side".

I think a lot of people don't. The word 'cis' seems to have been invented because some people object to the term biologically-female or biologically-male, but that's generally what it means.