Self-Deception
1 National Transgender Advocacy Coalition, “Araujo Murder Trial Scheduled to Begin April 5,” press release, March 2004 (http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/03/284303.shtml); Kelly St. John, “Defense in Araujo Trial Gives Final Argument: Slaying Wasn’t Premeditated, Lawyers Say, Fighting for Manslaughter Verdict for Clients,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 3, 2004; Michelle Locke, “Prosecution Star Witness Testifies in Transgender Killing Case,” Associated Press, June 7, 2005. In a retrial, two of Gwen’s killers were charged with second-degree murder, and the other two took plea bargains to voluntary manslaughter (www.transgenderlawcenter.org/gwen/index.html#update). 2 Raymond, The Transsexual Empire, 104. 3 Roughgarden, Evolution’s Rainbow, 93-99. 4 Jay Leno questioned Hugh Grant after Grant had allegedly solicited a prostitute who was rumored to be transgendered; reported in Nadine Brozan, “Chronicle,” New York Times, July 11, 1995. 5 Patrick Califia, “Sex with an Imperfect Stranger,” Good Vibes Magazine, December 9, 2002 (www.passionpress.com).