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NBA's Reggie Bullock Opens Up About Losing His Transgender Sister to Murder

Carnby

Carnby

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Oct 25, 2017
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Bullock's success in sports began in high school and elevated him to new heights. But his professional life has more recently become entwined with social justice activism after his older sister, Mia Henderson, a transgender woman, was killed in July 2014. Henderson was stabbed to death in Baltimore, a violent fate that follows a disproportionate number of transgender women to their end. Mic's 2016 project to count and analyze the deaths of transgender women, Unerased, found that one in 2,600 transgender women of color between 14 and 34-years-old, is murdered, compared to one in 12,000 in the general population.
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In 2015, a man named Shawn Oliver was charged in Henderson's murder, but was later acquitted on all counts. Though Bullock and his family had been supportive of Henderson, her death shocked her brother into action. Today, he serves as an ally to LGBT people, and has appeared at events like NYC Pride, the GLAAD Media Awards, and the NBA Voices event for LGBT Youth and Allies. Bullock views his position in sports with great responsibility and power; because sports is such a widely consumed form of entertainment in the US, he can use his platform in the NBA to help make society more hospitable toward LGBT people. It's something he can do for his late sister, whose name he writes on his shoes before games, and whose face is tattooed on his body.
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Despite the tragedy, this is a very positive story that I thought was worth sharing.

There's also a great 7 minute documentary, in the link below that is absolutely worth watching.

Source: https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/arti...nsgender-sister-to-murder?utm_source=vicefbus[/QUOTE]
 
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cameron

cameron

The Fallen
Oct 26, 2017
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It's a good watch. Thanks for sharing. Missing a bracket in your quote tag, OP.

 

MrPressStart

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Oct 27, 2017
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As a UNC fan, I always loved Reggie. He is a true kind human that wants the world to be a better place.
 
Christian

Christian

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Oct 25, 2017
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Thank you for sharing. It's truly inspiring to see someone make the best of an absolute tragedy. Reggie is doing great work.
 
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