busyHowever, there is one clothing change that is very old, and if you can make it work, then it reduces certain types of crime by quite a lot -- crossdressing. You have to be good enough to PASS or it just makes you more of a target. But if men are looking for a woman to rape, and they think you're a man, they'll ignore you. If they're looking for a man to murder, and they think you're a woman, they'll ignore you.
Right now, being a black man makes you look like murder bait to some people who are considered free to murder anyone they want with little chance of reprisal. So I figured that I would point out this historic solution. It's not ideal, but it might keep people breathing long enough to effect a longer-term solution.
December 7 2014, 10:55:54 UTC 6 years ago
If I'm getting your meaning right, this is an even worse idea. Trans people already have high odds of being murdered. Trans people of color get murdered at an even higher rate than white trans people. (Especially trans women of color.) Hell, CIS women of color are murdered with at least as high a rate as men of color do, and probably a lot worse. It just isn't talked about as much because of sexism.
So all around, VERY bad idea.