Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 09:02:07 -0800 From: Clare Howell Subject: IYF-Lead in Georgia Murder MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Editor: Clare Howell, clare@gpac.org POLICE SEEK MURDERED TRANSVESTITE'S BOYFRIEND ============================================= [Abbeville, GA: 3 Apr 99] BEFORE BILLY JOE/TRACEY Thompson died, he gave police a lead. "He was pretty much falling in and out of consciousness," said Sheriff Stacey Bloodsworth. "He said his boyfriend had beaten him." The AP reports that Thompson (33) often hitchhiked up and down I-75 dressed as a woman. He was found Tuesday (30 Mar 99) badly beaten near a farmhouse 10 miles east of the Interstate near Cordele. He died later that day. No arrest has been made. Local residents expressed little sympathy for Thompson. Said a retiree at a fast food restaurant, "They say he was wearing a dress. Most people in this area would say, 'Hell, he needed killing.'" ### TRANSGENDER DAY IN JAPAN ======================== [Tokyo: 3 Apr 99] TOMORROW IS TRANSGENDER DAY in Tokyo, a day aimed at promoting public understanding of people who change their sex. The Kyodo News Service reports that a lecture 'Transgender and Human Rights' will be given Sunday at Toyko's Suginami Ward. Support groups for transgendered people have become active in Tokyo since last October when the first sexual reassignment surgery was performed in Japan. ### Subscriptions. Please contact: Subscribe@Gpac.org For prior releases, check the GenderPAC website at: http://www.gpac.org (c) 1999 InYourFace GenderPAC's online news-only service for gender activism.