Again?
Oct 19, 2002, 6:32 am
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Again?
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Slain Newark teen balanced between two worlds
3 charged in death of youth who was living his dream as a female
Kelly St. John, Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writers Saturday, October 19, 2002
Eddie Araujo was finally living as the female he always knew himself to be. And in the end, police say, that may have cost him his life.
Three years ago, at age 14, Araujo worked up the courage to come out to his family. He called himself Gwen and lived as a young woman, growing long hair and wearing crop-tops and women's jeans. He dreamed of becoming a famous Hollywood makeup artist.
Araujo was different. And police say that is why three men beat and strangled the 17-year-old at a party in Newark two weeks ago and then dumped his body in a shallow grave in the Sierra.</font>
3 charged in death of youth who was living his dream as a female
Kelly St. John, Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writers Saturday, October 19, 2002
Eddie Araujo was finally living as the female he always knew himself to be. And in the end, police say, that may have cost him his life.
Three years ago, at age 14, Araujo worked up the courage to come out to his family. He called himself Gwen and lived as a young woman, growing long hair and wearing crop-tops and women's jeans. He dreamed of becoming a famous Hollywood makeup artist.
Araujo was different. And police say that is why three men beat and strangled the 17-year-old at a party in Newark two weeks ago and then dumped his body in a shallow grave in the Sierra.</font>
This crap can happen anywhere, even in a "sleepy Silicon Valley suburb, where the high school is preparing to stage the Laramie Project, a play about the impact of the beating death of gay college student Matthew Shepard on his rural Wyoming community."
I grew up in the Bay Area - this makes me sick.
Oct 19, 2002, 2:10 pm
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yeah, and the Chronicle's continuing um, issues with getting pronouns right (hello AP Style Manual...it's not that hard, folks) is troubling.
plus, it's a bummer when someone with your name dies. (Admittedly, it's not like i picked mine, it was foisted upon me, continuing topic of bitterness, yessss....). much less the unfortunate circumstances of it being another transperson.
*sigh*
plus, it's a bummer when someone with your name dies. (Admittedly, it's not like i picked mine, it was foisted upon me, continuing topic of bitterness, yessss....). much less the unfortunate circumstances of it being another transperson.
*sigh*