Trans Discrimination: Then and Now
Zachary Khouri, Staff Writer
January 15, 2019
Filed under Features, Top News
Violence Against The Trans Community Thirty-five years old. That's the average life expectancy for a transgender woman of color in America. Two weeks into 2019 and a trans woman has already been murdered. But she isn't the only one to die in the past year. Karla Patricia Flores-Paven, 26. Choked to death in her own apartment. Vontashia Bell, 18. Took a shot to the head. Arguably one of the worst, Viccky Gutierrez, 33. Stabbed, and then set on fire in her Los Angeles home. Twenty-five known trans people were murdered in 2018, and, with the exception of Flores-Paven and a couple others, their murderers have yet to be caught. As the rest of the world has begun to become more accepting of LGB rights, trans people have been left behind. Despite everything that has changed since the Stonewall Riots in 1969, the transphobia demonstrated by the policemen that night remains the same today. And now, perhaps more than ever, trans rights are under attack. Modern Trans Discrimination At London Pride in July 2018, a group of Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist (TERF) lesbians headlined London Pride to protest against trans bathroom rights under the belief that they threatened cisgender* women's safety. It was only until after that London Pri...
ScotSkim: convictions
Julia Rhodie, Staff Writer
December 9, 2018
Filed under ScotSkim - quick news briefs
Charlottesville neo-Nazi convicted on all counts “Unite the Right"rioter James Alex Fields Jr., was convicted of first-degree murder in a Virginia court on Dec. 7 for plowing his car into, and killing, counter-protestor and civil rights advocate Heather Heyer on Aug. 12, 2017. Besides one coun...
Muslim discrimination spreads across America
Zaina Abdelrahman, Staff Writer
February 20, 2017
Filed under Features
Noor Dahbour is a Carlmont alumna who experienced the dehumanizing discrimination of American Muslims. Muslims have the highest rates in being discriminated against among religious groups in America. One could be practicing their religion peacefully, reading their holy book, or wearing...
Sjoerd Huitema, Staff Writer
Yellow papers that display the messages "Move here, nerds are the virus!" and "Every day sucks with move...
Leela Stuepfert, Staff Writer
Every day throughout the year, a local resident works wholeheartedly to look after the deer living in...
Ailee Lim, Staff Writer
Jackie Speier. A congresswoman. An author. And a fighter. Speier visited the Belmont library on Feb....
Miles Ozorio, Staff Writer
February 15, 2019
The boys varsity soccer team suffered a close 1-0 loss to Aragon during senior night on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Despite their loss, the team still had a positive senior night...
February 15, 2019
Annika Barsy, Staff Writer
February 14, 2019
Social media has increased its popularity with teens and is now being used to broadcast their artistic talents. According to a 2018 study by the Pew Research Center, 95...
Viveka Kurup, Staff Writer
February 14, 2019
Musicals usually consist of catchy songs, costumes, dialogue, and dance sequences. However, Carlmont decided to take these components to the next level for this year's spring...