Winona State University will host trans activist CeCe McDonald at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 17, in the Harriet Johnson Auditorium, Somsen Hall.
McDonald will present “Black Trans Lives Matter: CeCe McDonald on Racism, Mass Incarceration, and Trans Liberation” and discuss her experiences with transphobic violence, racism, the criminal justice system and homelessness after an attack in July 2010.
Living in Minneapolis at the time, McDonald was attacked by a racist and transphobic mob. One of her attackers died in the days following the incident, and
McDonald was charged with two murders. While in prison, she discovered her story was like that of other black trans women.
McDonald was released in January 2014 and has been advocating for freedoms for all trans women.
McDonald will also offer her perspectives on Black Lives Matter movement.
The event is free and open to the public, and is hosted by the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department.
For more information contact Tamara Berg at TBerg@winona.edu.
It would please the friends & family of Dean Schmidt if you would get your facts straight on the murder & the circumstances leading up to it. He, Ce Ce was not attacked by a mop. He & his companions were (the mob) ganging up on, kicking & beating a woman with their belts (in her head, ribs, stomach & crotch) while she was on the ground. No others were around, so Ce Ce thought. Dean walked outside, noticed what was occurring & tried to stop the beating. Ce Ce reacted by pulling a set of scissors from his bag and stabbed Dean repeatedly, (Dean then grabbed his stomach, looked at Ce Ce & said “you stabbed me”, Ce Ce replied “You bet I did, ha-ha”). Ce Ce then ran and hid the weapon. There were/are witnesses. After Dean died on the scene, yes a crowd had gathered after the fact. A witness further stated that Ce Ce started the whole beating scenario and finished it by murdering an unarmed man.
Dean’s funeral, tho sad beyond measure, was something that should have been in the news.
Dean’s best friend & family (a-hum who just happen to all be black) showed in droves. Dean’s sister, in her wheel chair, while being quit ill was there with additional friends & girlfriend (yes, she was handicapped & gay).
So, I beg your pardon, when it’s very very probable that Ce Ce, you and everyone else who believe’s this garbage… are all blinded to the truth. Dean was not prejudice at all!
The only truth in this whole thing is Dean is dead.
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