MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Now this is about the most curious story you could ever read. I think it would make a very good movie.... Any casting suggestions?
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I enjoyed this, thanks for the shout out. However, I am not interested in a movie version, I wanna know now the rest of the story, and that is: why would a lover/friend would push such a saintly soul (according to everyone quoted in the article) onto the train tracks. Pre-emptive: I'm not blaming the victim, I am driven to know the full story.
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 2:54pm
The article seemed to end abruptly, without going into the murder itself, which was surprising, given the build-up. Still, I felt I knew Sonia/David and admired the person she was, so the article achieved its purpose.
Gender identity issues are very real and the more we can know about the very real people faced with the prospect of casting off an identity forced on them by body features, the better.
Thanks, David, for bringing this to us.
by Ramona on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 6:08pm
The accused, Nina Kanagasingham, was also transgender and in the process of changing from man to woman.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1325544/Woman-accused-transgende...
that link also has some of the text of ads that Burgess put on alternative date sites.
Here is a gay website blog post on it from Nov. 3 by JD @ Queerty.com
which says he can not find any story mentioning a motive, but that she is being held in a male prison because the transition is not complete:
http://www.queerty.com/trans-woman-accused-of-throwing-another-trans-wom...
Using the accused's name, I cannot find any news reports of anything happening since the indictment appearance.
by artappraiser on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 7:59pm
You might call this sad story "curious." You might muse, with cynical detachment, on hypoethetical casting for the Hollywood version thereof.
But in so doing, you just might be demonstrating a completely consistent preference for all that is "tonedeaf."
The point to the life of David/Sonia Burgess was in his (and her) consistent empathy for and effort on behalf of others, as well as a long-term commitment -- no matter how personally difficult -- to achieve a life work of beauty and grace from that which was (and still is, in our culture) that which is ugly and awkward.
Do you care, David, if you are remembered for beauty and grace? Or are you content to just be remembered?
by wws on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 5:20pm