There’s a unique response to Lucas’ murder – none of the local media outlets covering the crime have used Lucas’ name or any identity. Their focus has been on the murderers. I’ve been doing this for over 13 years and I’ve not encountered this before. Typically, outlets will say “the victim” or “the male victim” or “a local man was killed yesterday.” I’ve certainly encountered a lot of deadnaming and misgendering.
But if you read through the coverage, you’ll see almost no reference to Lucas at all. The outlets mention the suspects first on the run, then captured. No mention of the crime or the victim, not even in broad strokes.
It just gives me the vibes of what happened to Johnathan Joss - the King of the Hill actor who was murdered. He was married to a trans men, and they had received homophobic harassment which the cops had refused to do anything about. The murder wasn’t “about” him being married to a trans man, but you can’t separate it.
I wonder if this is a similar situation. Cops do not take trans men seriously.
For those wondering why this is “lesbian” paper - many trans men have connection/ with the lesbian community. We often spend some time identifying as lesbians because if it’s the community we might have come of age in. It’s not something i really identify win, but it’s not that unusual.