Michigan Trans Man Shot in His Wheelchair, Called Tr*nny, F*ggot
<p>Ican’t tell you how shocked I felt <a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/17/trans-man-shot-pellet-gun-pontiac-michigan/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">reading</a> the above words early yesterday morning in<em> </em>the LGBTQ newspaper <em>Pink News.</em> I’m a Michigander who lived in the Detroit area for many years. I know Pontiac well. Or I thought I did. If somebody had asked me before yesterday if Pontiac is the kind of place where a gay transgender man could be shot with a powerful pellet gun and taunted with slurs — while he’s out buying groceries in his powered wheelchair — I would have said no … no way, no how.</p>
<p>Those are not Michigan values. Those are not middle American values.</p>
<p>But it did happen. To Andrew Jonathan Blake-Newton, who lives in Pontiac with his husband Gareth, who Andrew tells me is, “A truly fantastic human being. I won the lottery.” Andrew began his transition well after he married Gareth, and while they’ve had their problems, their marriage is very strong today.</p>
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