Morbidology the Podcast – 115: Ally Lee Steinfeld By Emily Thompson Anti-transgender hatred fuels an alarming number of murders throughout the world. The Trans Murder Monitoring project was started in 2009 and systematically monitors, collects and analyses reports of homicides of transgender people throughout the world. The statistics that they post each year are extremely disturbing. In Cabool, Missouri, a 17-year-old girl who had recently come out as transgender vanished. An investigation would lead to the doorstep of people she had considered her friends. Aug 30, 2021 • 5 min read
Gwen Araujo and the Panic Defence By Emily Thompson Gwen Araujo was a 17-year-old transgender woman from Newark, California. In 2002, she would be brutally murdered by a group of men who uncovered that she was transgender. Jul 6, 2021 • 5 min read
Morbidology the Podcast – 19: Lateisha King By Emily Thompson During middle school, a lot of teenagers try to find out who they truly are. Sadly the pressures of fitting in alongside a new environment can often prove to be very difficult for some teenagers & when prejudice and bigotry go unchecked, it can sometimes lead to violence. Oct 28, 2019 • 4 min read
