D. Smith's documentary radically disavows respectability politics as it bares the naked truth.
“Personally, I was very shocked, but it’s sad that this is kind of like a reality for a trans woman of color,” said Mitchell on learning about Koko’s death, which occurred April 18 in Atlanta. Later that month, a 17-year-old male turned himself in and was arrested. Police claimed that they “have not found any indication the victim was targeted for being transgender or a member of the LGBTQ+ community and these cases do not appear to be random acts of violence.
“Every time it happens to another girlfriend of mine or someone I know, it just takes a little piece of my heart,” said Silver. “The real part about it is we’re still under threat. It’s a scary day to live as a Black trans woman in America, because you never know what’s going to happen to you. The work of therapy and spirituality helped me to, like, feel a little bit more safe. I was starting to feel very safe and then that happened. And then I didn’t even want to leave the house for ever.
“The first time I watched it, I was cringing a little bit,” recalled Silver. “But now it’s like, you know, this is our bodies, this is who we are. And if you want us, we’re human, and you have to accept this whether we have surgery or not.”“I think that it was done in the artistic way and it showed that women have penises too,” added Mitchell. “Like, can’t we make that a thing that’s just acceptable that people can understand? Not all women have a vagina.
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