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Authorities in Washington State believe that a series of murders of prostitutes in 1990 were committed by Washington resident Douglas Perry. Now Perry has been captured and charged with the murders, but Douglas has become "Donna," a transgender woman who claims that she is not responsible for the murders because Douglas no longer exists.
If Donnas defense were to be accepted by the courts, it could lead to unintended consequences for the transgender community as their former selves could possibly be universally considered mentally ill. This is a diagnosis that people with alternate lifestyles have been working hard to defeat for decades.
Donna's central defense, the claim that becoming a woman helped stem her violent tendencies, is disputed by Jack Halberstam, a transgender professor of American and gender studies at University of Southern California.
Halberstam called the defense a "very sketchy and a desperate defense ploy."
"Even if we as a person are less aggressive once we resolved a gender disorder, it does not absolve the responsibility of killing three women," the professor said. "As a legal defense, putting away the science, it's absolute nonsense."
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...er-Woman-Says-Her-Male-Alterego-is-a-Murderer
If Donnas defense were to be accepted by the courts, it could lead to unintended consequences for the transgender community as their former selves could possibly be universally considered mentally ill. This is a diagnosis that people with alternate lifestyles have been working hard to defeat for decades.
Donna's central defense, the claim that becoming a woman helped stem her violent tendencies, is disputed by Jack Halberstam, a transgender professor of American and gender studies at University of Southern California.
Halberstam called the defense a "very sketchy and a desperate defense ploy."
"Even if we as a person are less aggressive once we resolved a gender disorder, it does not absolve the responsibility of killing three women," the professor said. "As a legal defense, putting away the science, it's absolute nonsense."
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...er-Woman-Says-Her-Male-Alterego-is-a-Murderer
