Thanks to everyone who's joined or contributed to this Facebook site. Continue to tell friends about Teish and, if you know people who aren't aware of this case, refer them to the "Justice for Teish" FB page as a place where they can learn about it.

Please remember this is only one case of many acts of murder and violence against transpeople, especially transwomen of color.

♥♥♥♥ Even though the trial is over, the pain of Teish's loss continues. Essence Magazine is featuring an interview with Teish's mom, Roxanne Green, about Lateisha and how it feels to lose your child to a crime of violence and bigotry. Very moving and well worth reading. http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/news/articles/mother_of_shooting_victim_latisha_green

Special thanks to Monica Roberts of http://transgriot.blogspot.com/ for this link.

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GLAAD and TLDEF have teamed up to tweet live throughout our time in Syracuse. Follow us at:

http://www.twitter.com/TLDEF
http://www.twitter.com/Andy_Marra

ALL MEDIA REQUESTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO:

Andy Marra, Senior Media Strategist
GLAAD
323.537.1288
marra@glaad.org

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❤❤❤ Please send PERSONAL NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT to Lateisha’s family during this difficult time. You can email correspondence to: rgreen269@gmail.com. We can't guarantee the family will be able to reply to your emails, but we know that they'll read them and they appreciate everyone's support. Please write!

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JUSTICE FOR TEISH GREEN is for people who are hoping for justice in the case of Lateisha "Teish" Green (born Moses Cannon), a 22-year old transwoman, who was murdered in Syracuse, NY on Friday evening around 8:45pm, November 14, 2008. Teisha was sitting in the front seat of a car with her younger brother Mark when a man with a rifle walked up to the car and fired his weapon. The gunman was alleged to have made a number of hate remarks about Teish. Mark was wounded while Teisha was declared dead at the hospital.

FAR TOO MANY YOUNG TRANSWOMEN OF COLOR HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, OFTEN WITH NO ARRESTS OR A LOW CONVICTION RATE. THIS INJUSTICE CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE!

It's time for all of us to take a stand and declare young African-American LGBT peoples' lives are NOT expendable and that violence against them will NOT be ignored or tolerated. The killing must stop. Tell your friends about this site and talk about this case with people you know. (read less)

Thanks to everyone who's joined or contributed to this Facebook site. Continue to tell friends about Teish and, if you know people who aren't aware of this case, refer them to the "Justice for Teish" FB page as a place where they can learn about it.

Please remember this is only one case of many acts of murder and violence against transpeople, especially transwomen of color.

♥♥♥♥ Even though the trial is over, the pain of Teish's loss continues. Essence Magazine is featuring an interview with... (read more)