Ohio dad stabs alleged transgender daughter to death, tells police that ‘son was in a cult’

[Guest LizMarie]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/ohio-dad-stabs-transgender-daughter-to-death-tells-police-that-son-was-in-a-cult/

An Ohio man has been charged with murder after police said that he stabbed his transgender daughter to death during an altercation.

A horrible hideous story. I recommend carefully thinking about whether to listen to the 911 audio if you are someone with triggering issues from your past related to violence.

[Charlize]

A sadness descends. How can such hate and misunderstanding exist? Is society so brainwashed and intolerant that a father can do this to his daughter?

Where is the outrage in the press? It is all beyond my comprehension.

Hugs,

Charlize

[Carolyn Marie]

I have a hard time imagining any reason why a parent would wish to harm, much less kill, their child. It boggles the mind. A terrible tragedy. May she rest in peace.

Carolyn Marie

[Guest Alexthecat]

This girl went to the same support group that I go to. I don't remember meeting her but the news is sure going around to everyone that goes there.

[Guest Kaylee]

That's a very sad story... I just have no words...

[Bulldog1948]

Her dad is a nut case. I can't get with parents killing their kids either.

[Guest LesleyAnne]

Homophobia superseding the love of one's own child..........a father without a heart! This guy was just a seed donor, and not a true parent.

[Guest LizMarie]

In a non-trans related story last year, two parents were arrested on murder charges because they beat young son (like 2 or 3 years old) to death for being too girly.

[JJ]

Tragic. Sadly parents kill their children all the time. A few cases get highlighted in the media but the majority don't. Nor does it have to be an issue like LGBT to trigger it. Outside of mental illness and drugs pr alcohol which are so often present it is that the parent never learned to control their anger-and maybe were encouraged to believe you have to be the one who calls all the shots. Or learned at the hands of their parents that violence was the way a parent behaved. It can be something small and simple that is the trigger-even imagined sometimes. As well as something as threatening to the parent's self image as having an LGBT child too frequently is.

When I was in Children's Protective Services in a large city one thing that was frequently said was that it was easier to kill your child than your dog. You'd usually get more publicity and a stiffer sentence. I worked with several people who had murdered children and gotten out in 5 years only to go after another one. Who couldn't be protected until they had been harmed.

I don't think it's changed - the reason this one is making news is that the transgender aspect makes it more of a hot topic.

It's also a reminder that we need to be very careful when we tell children here to confront parents and stand up for their rights. While that sounds good the results can be like this -a nightmare. This one just happened to get media attention. Most don't.

May she rest in peace

Johnny

[VickySGV]

It's also a reminder that we need to be very careful when we tell children here to confront parents and stand up for their rights. While that sounds good the results can be like this -a nightmare. This one just happened to get media attention. Most don't.

Thank you for the reminder on this point Johnny. I was the victim of mental and physical child abuse, and I am almost certain that lack of knowing what I was as a teenager and younger actually saved me from worse than I actually received. It was done, "for my own good", and I had to remember to cower and plead mercy at the right time to play the game, because standing up to my parent brought on progressively more violent behavior until the desired submission on my part was seen. I thought for years even while raising my own children, that that was just what and how parents treated children. I at least have made what amends I can to my children for my parenting by violence, and I do not think my grandchildren are treated that way.

[Guest Mickey]

Unless my count is off, 7 of our transsisters have been murdered this year. I read about another this morning. Come tomorrow, we are 7 weeks into 2015, and there have been at least 7 murders of transwomen. It's time for this madness to stop. #StopKillingUs

[gennee]

It's going to get worse because of all the visibility transgender people have been receiving. We wear our identity which is different from someone who is gay, lesbian, or bi. I am aware of this having had a couple of murders near my home in the past couple of years.