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Teenagers guilty of ‘senseless’ murder of transgender girl Brianna Ghey [CW transphobia]
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They may have multiple targets planned, but they only murdered one person. That person was trans, and the fact that they went so far as to call her "it" and expressed wanting to see if she screamed like a man suggests that was not a non-factor in their decision making. Anti-trans sentiment would be better combatted by drawing attention to it and calling it out when it happens. Not denying that it exists or that it is significant. Obviously their desire to kill someone may be a primary motivation. But transphobia was absolutely a secondary motivation, and it does a disservice to Brianna to deny that.