Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:15:39 -0800 From: Clare Howell Subject: IYF - Transmurder in Boston MEDIA ADVISORY - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Editor: Clare Howell, clare@gpac.org Contact: Daviko Marcel, Director, Transgender Education Network, (617) 988-2605 x 211 TRANSWOMAN MURDERED IN BOSTON ============================= [Boston, MA: 30 Nov 98] TRANSGENDER WOMAN RITA HESTER was murdered in her Allston apartment on Saturday (28 Nov 98). She died of multiple stabs wounds. The Boston Globe reports that a neighbor heard a commotion at about 6:15 p.m. Saturday, but ignored the noise. "I heard a lot of bangs," she said, "but I just thought someone was pounding on the door." Police have no leads except to say that the victim probably knew the killer. Other neighbors are nervous. Said one, "I don't know much. But I wouldn't want to say much if I did know. You never know what [the killer] might do." The Globe reports the death of William Hester. "He was a nightclub singer and a party thrower, a man who sported long braids and preferred women's clothes..." The Globe editor responsible for the story decreed to his reporter that only male references would be made about the victim. Nowhere is acknowledgement made in their report that Hester was living as a woman. There will be a meeting of transactivists and interested citizens on Tuesday (1 Dec 98) in Boston to respond to Hester's murder and media misrepresentations of her. See contact above for details. ### Subscriptions. Please contact: Subscribe@Gpac.org For prior releases, check the GenderPAC website at: http://www.gpac.org (c) 1998 InYourFace GenderPAC's online news-only service for gender activism.