Jim Beaux
12-04-2008, 05:33 PM
There is now a thumbnail portrait of life for TS in Colombia at http://transmirror.blogspot.com/ - Trans Mirror
I'm posting these articles at Trans Mirror because it allows me to publish in as many languages as I can be bothered with.
Who cares?
Well, TDOR reported 31 violent deaths for 2008. One of these was Rosa Pazos, supposedly stabbed to death in her flat in Seville.
Rosa Pazos can be taken off the list.
One group published the 'stabbed to death' story in Spanish and English, which got through to TDOR. The correction was published only in Spanish. The 'stab wound' was an incision made in an operation to drain pleural fluid (stuff that lubricates the lungs), and the neighbours knew about the op. There was no forced entry, no sign of a struggle, no robbery. Rosa Pazos simply passed away.
This got me thinking about how there are various info sources, most highly compartmentalised by language barriers, and how to break through. Trans Mirror will go out with the same article in the major languages of the world, with support facilities.
http://transmirror.blogspot.com/2008/12/colombia.html is the English version of the article. It reports the largest 2 cities as safe (Bogota/Medellin), while the 3rd largest, Cali, is 'death zone'. In a period of 21 GLBT murders in Cali, 16 were TG.
And a further report, just on Cali, Colombia, adds a further 3 names to TDOR 2008.
23 Mar 08, Darlyn Acevido Ramirez, 19, stabbed.
8 May 08, Tahili, shot near ChipiChape shopping centre.
Same date, 8 May 08, Veronica, stabbed 17 times, central Cali.
I'm posting these articles at Trans Mirror because it allows me to publish in as many languages as I can be bothered with.
Who cares?
Well, TDOR reported 31 violent deaths for 2008. One of these was Rosa Pazos, supposedly stabbed to death in her flat in Seville.
Rosa Pazos can be taken off the list.
One group published the 'stabbed to death' story in Spanish and English, which got through to TDOR. The correction was published only in Spanish. The 'stab wound' was an incision made in an operation to drain pleural fluid (stuff that lubricates the lungs), and the neighbours knew about the op. There was no forced entry, no sign of a struggle, no robbery. Rosa Pazos simply passed away.
This got me thinking about how there are various info sources, most highly compartmentalised by language barriers, and how to break through. Trans Mirror will go out with the same article in the major languages of the world, with support facilities.
http://transmirror.blogspot.com/2008/12/colombia.html is the English version of the article. It reports the largest 2 cities as safe (Bogota/Medellin), while the 3rd largest, Cali, is 'death zone'. In a period of 21 GLBT murders in Cali, 16 were TG.
And a further report, just on Cali, Colombia, adds a further 3 names to TDOR 2008.
23 Mar 08, Darlyn Acevido Ramirez, 19, stabbed.
8 May 08, Tahili, shot near ChipiChape shopping centre.
Same date, 8 May 08, Veronica, stabbed 17 times, central Cali.