TERFs will try to blame trans people for this.
A 19-year old cis lesbian woman was beaten unconscious and robbed after she tried to use the women's restroom at a McDonald's in Carpentersville, Illinois
Submitted 6 days ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/05/lesbian-teen-beaten-unconscious-robbed-at-mcdonalds/
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Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 5 days ago
destructdisc@lemmy.world 5 days ago
They’re already blaming black people for it because the perpetrator happened to be black
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 5 days ago
“This never would’ve happened in my christian fascist dictatorship… The perpetrator would have been white!”
Miaou@jlai.lu 5 days ago
Y’all Yankees spend more time complaining about TERFs than homophobes it seems
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Why do you think that is
Resol@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Transphobia also hurts cisgender people.
I would know. I was hurt by it too. It doesn’t involve bathrooms btw.
aow@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I’m not sure this had anything to do with transphobia. The attackers just sound homophobic; they probably saw her hair and don’t know or care that the slur they picked isn’t for girls. It’s sad that she’s going through this. Their girlfriends robbing them after they had been beaten down speaks volumes about what sort of people they are.
Resol@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It generally really sucks to be a victim of a hate crime.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 days ago
oh yea it does, one of my family members was misgendered as a man, eventhough she isnt, by an demographics that have a wierd reaction to asian people.
Resol@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The more stories about this I hear, the more I just question the reason why gender norms even exist. And I mean that in general.
Like, what do you mean men shouldn’t act flamboyant and vulnerable? What do you mean little girls should always be seen playing with Barbie dolls (or in the context of my country, Fulla dolls)? Growing up, I never understood why making this distinction beyond the biological and sexual stuff was even necessary. Aren’t we all humans at the end of the day?
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
This looks more like homophobic cunts rather than transphobic cunts.
eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
The venn diagram is a near circle.
Resol@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I really should’ve read the article better. But both are really bad for society.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 4 days ago
These are all exactly the same people, if that’s not clear.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
This woman will never feel safe using a public restroom again.
Sidhean@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Not should anyone, in places like this! Yokes! Yikes, even!
NatakuNox@lemmy.world 4 days ago
That’s their ultimate goal. Make women fearful and unwelcomed in public spaces. Hiding behind trans bigotry is just a win win in their eyes.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
How sure are we that she was attacked because she was perceived as trans? This could be a simple mugging.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It sounds like it was more of a general biggotry thing than Trans, specifically m
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yet if we followed conservative logic, they want all trans people to use their birth assigned bathroom. But that means you’ll still have manly, bearded dudes walking into the women’s room because a lot of trans men are manlier than many cis men.
So even by conservative rules, you will still have people who very much look like cis men walking into the women’s room
acchariya@lemmy.world 4 days ago
They don’t want trans people in bathrooms or anywhere else. They want to disappear trans people, either by re-assimilating them into their “designated” sex, or if they are too far gone, just plain old disappearing.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Exactly. They just don’t want them to exist and they don’t care how this happens. This is the ultimate impossible goal they’re trying to achieve. I feel awful for the lgbtq community, because violence against them will only get worse.
frog_brawler@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You’re really missing the point still - the regressives want reasons to use their guns. They want reasons to hurt people.
drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
They don’t think in a logical framework, they just keep punching and mandating and screaming until the ick goes away.
LordGimp@lemm.ee 4 days ago
This is the take I’m surprised isn’t talked about more. If the point is to keep “male passing” people out of women’s restrooms, then you have to accept trans men as men and let them use their assigned rooms as well. Like there’s no “win” condition for the right on this argument and idk why more people aren’t pointing this out. If they’re already clutching pearls over butch looking women, what happens when Elliot page strolls in with a suit jacket and no shirt on?
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 4 days ago
This conservative’s brain crashed just thinking of the concept
PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 4 days ago
The point is to keep making non cis folks illegal, the rules are just stepping stones to the ultimate goal of eradication.
Triasha@lemmy.world 4 days ago
They will cheer on the violence.
They want us in basements, closets, or graves.
Most don’t care which. Some won’t settle for basements.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Awful, just awful.
Y’all, don’t go anywhere without some means of self-defense. A pocket stun gun costs $20, or if you live in a country where they’re banned, carry a pocket corkscrew with a foil cutter on the end.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Stun guns, while potentially being intimidating to a lone attacker, is surprisingly ineffective if actually used for defense.
Pepper spray, specifically the type that uses a stream instead of a fine mist, is far more effective at stopping an attack and giving an opportunity to escape.
I recommend POM pepper spray, personally.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Yeah I’ve been hit by a few stun guns, but not the police kind. It hurts sure and it makes a scary noise, but if I were intent on violence they would not stop me.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s a good option, no doubt.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Two rolls of quarters are entirely legal to carry, and act as makeshift brass knuckles in a pinch.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Shattering your knuckles sounds like a bad idea, especially if your initial defense does not incapacitate your attacker, as it may render you unable to continue to fight back.
As Despoticun mentioned, a ‘tactical’ style flashlight or pen would be better options.
despoticruin@lemm.ee 5 days ago
If you go this route then hammer, don’t punch. I hear that those small steel flashlights with the castellated heads are perfect for exactly that kind of swing.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Fitspacks are always a bad idea. If you want something legal to carry, start keeping your keys on a locking carbiner rated for rock climbing. If it has a kilonewton (kN) rating stamped in it, it is suitable. This won’t collapse on your hand and no amount of force any human is capable of generating will break it, but anyone whose nose you drive it into at maximum effort is likely to remember the experience. This should also be legal to carry anywhere.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Definitely not a bad way to go in a pinch.
BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I have a slock, which is a lock on a piece of pantyhose. It can be untied and left in my bag and nobody will know what it is at an airport.
StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
This is more common still for trans people who are earlier on in their transition but the media doesn’t talk about it. This violence was intended for a trans person so why do people only care when it impacts the cis? This ultimately says that violence towards trans people is ok but that it is a problem when those who aren’t trans are impacted.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 5 days ago
This is more common still for trans people
Not sure about this. There’s way much more cis women that trans women, so attacks on “trans women” could have more cis women victims just because of the number if cis vs trans women.
ArtemisimetrA@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Purely as numbers, this isn’t crazy, but since the size of affected demographics is so different, you have to look at proportions rather than just figures
0x0@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
This violence was intended for a trans person
Did you read the article?
When she confirmed that she was indeed a lesbian woman, one of the individuals hit her
So, no.
And I’ve see n similar reports that did indeed involve trans people so… also no.
uberdroog@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I dont understand why she engaged at all or what was to gain by sharing she was lesbian.
howrar@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
This ultimately says that violence towards trans people is ok but that it is a problem when those who aren’t trans are impacted.
For the people you want to reach with these kinds of stories, it is. I don’t think there’s much use in preaching to the choir.
LadyButterfly@lazysoci.al 4 days ago
I see your point totally… the main people that are suffering are trans and that matters. This headline hopefully brings awareness to cis people, and maybe even make anti trans people think “hang on, there’s a risk to ME”. But it does miss that trans people are at horrible risk in so many ways
Sarmyth@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s a nasty can of worms that never should have been opened.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
cis lesbian
I guess I don’t know what cis means. Pretty sure I’m clear on lesbian, but I guess you never know.
destructdisc@lemmy.world 5 days ago
…trans lesbians also exist
spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Cis = cisgender = she was assigned female at birth and is not transgender
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Nice. I appreciate the simple explanation. And fuck this place for downvoting people looking for explanations. Just lemmy flavoured reddit dickheads.
glimse@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Cisgender means “gender match (birth) genitals”
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Cis is short for cisgender. It’s the antonym of transgender. Has nothing to do with sexuality.
Cis-het would be cisgender, heterosexual.
StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Trans comes from “on the other side” as cis comes from “on the same side”.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 days ago
If you know how to create an account and post here, you also know how to look up words.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
It’s about having a conversation. Who knows, maybe a bunch of people that were confused on terms learned from this.
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You are clearly overestimating the American public education system.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Okay, I’ll never ask a question about anything I don’t know ever again.
Please suck my genitals on your way to go fuck yourself.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I think a lot of people don’t. The word ‘cis’ seems to have been invented because some people object to the term biologically-female or biologically-male, but that’s generally what it means.
Witchfire@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Cis and trans have existed since Rome was a thing
Tiger666@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
And so it continues…
loomy@lemy.lol 5 days ago
ok but this happens to all kinds of americans dialy for no reason
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Hit the gym
Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Just another day in Chicago with the Dindonuffin crowd.
minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 days ago
How can there be a cis lesbian?
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 days ago
The US is utterly fucked. Nothing short of a revolution will save them.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 days ago
Why the fuck does she need a lawyer to press charges? Assault is a crime against the state. It’s supposed to be the police and the state prosecutor who deal with this.
turtlesareneat@discuss.online 5 days ago
The state will fail to accomplish anything meaningful in prosecution - a bad deal or bungled case. Plus there’s the notoriety the case is already generating. She’ll need to file a civil suit as well, and she’ll need someone making sure everything is OK on her end (the attacker doesn’t counter-sue for instance).
I’ve been the victim of hate crime, you think you’re gonna get a justice boner and fight it to the core, but in reality the simplest/safest answer for the victim is to shut up and make it disappear. You’re already traumatized, fighting is confusing and painful.
Audacious@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Governmental agencies are abandoning their written duties for the current regime, including cops. Doesn’t help that cops are being trained that the public is the enemy. Also, regular investigations and crime solving has been steadily going down. Demographically, conservative-racist people is the biggest group to be in law enforcement, meaning they will be less likely to help someone that’s different. Just recently, the DOJ is refusing to enforce court rulings in favor of the orange king. It’s horrible, and dire, and too many in power seem to not care or trying to ignore it.
Dasus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_fallacy
shalafi@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The reply you got is spot on, and so are you. Often, you don’t get choice as a victim, the state/county/city/whatever is charging a crime whether you like it or not.
nickiwest@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The DA is supposed to seek criminal charges in criminal cases with enough evidence to prosecute. If the victim of any crime in the US wants financial restitution (for hospital bills, lost wages, etc.), they need an attorney to pursue a civil suit.
andros_rex@lemmy.world 5 days ago
In the US, there is no justice unless you can afford a lawyer.
I was assaulted at an inpatient institution last December. My stay was illegally upgraded to involuntary; I was denied the ability to file a grievance or speak with a patient advocate. I was also placed on the female ward as a passing transgender man and outed to all other patients. They did not provide me with discharge paperwork; as a consequence, I lost my job.
I cannot afford a lawyer; there will be no justice for this.
RadicalCandour@startrek.website 5 days ago
I’m so sorry this happened to you 💜
Solumbran@lemmy.world 5 days ago
The revolution would be led by nazis who think trump is too soft
TheDoozer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I thoight those types just move to South Africa?
arin@lemmy.world 5 days ago
We already had a revolution, we let the conservatives live and breed until they won the elections, Idiocracy