Guatemalan Police murder transgender women

[Ally McLesbian]

Here's an Amnesty International report. Four cops in Guatemala City stopped two transgender women, and shot them, one to death:

http://www.amnestyusa.org/outfront/document.do?id=ENGUSA20051222003

Living in SoCal, and having to put up with Latin (and Asian) homophobia and transphobia daily, I feel that this could happen here any time too.

Homophobia/transphobia in Latin American/Asian countries - and their communities in the US - are no laughing matter, and we can't just bury and ignore them in the name of political correctness anymore. The only non-homophobic Latinos I know of are Democratic politicians; the rank-and-file of the Latino community is extremely homophobic. (Remember that THEY passed California's gay marriage ban!)

[IndianaGreen]

1. Homophobia and sexism are deeply ingrained in Latino culture

Centuries of indoctrination in the most vile form of Christianity has not helped!