Angie Zapata

There’s been a lot of news regarding Latinos and gays lately. But what can we glean from it all? Let’s take a look back and see what we get. Exhibit A- The Burger King Texican Whopper International Incident In Mexico, you basically live with your parents until you get married, so the cowboy-luchador “roommate” concept in this Burger King campaign from Spain did not fly with the Mexican government . The ambassador to Spain himself got involved. Sure, he said it was about the flag, but we know the real issue is that the Mexican wrestler is surely the bottom in this relationship. And ... Read Full Story

For the first time in our country, CNN reports that there has been a conviction under s state hate crime law for the murder of a transgender teenager. Allen Andrade met the teen on a social networking site on the interent. Adrade’s defense was based on the heat of passion, claiming that once he found out that Justin “Angie” Zapata was a biological male, he lost control. Andrade admitted killing Zapata, but his defense argued that he acted in the heat of passion after discovering that Zapata was biologically male. The defense asked for a lesser verdict, such as second-degree murder or manslaughter. *** ... Read Full Story

This post was written by geekgirl on April 23, 2009 Posted Under: Breaking News , Legal , Lifestyle , Politics , Relationship , Videos Serves his ass right…he deserves to get the death penalty. Allen Andrade has been convicted of first degree murder in the beating death of trans teen Angie Zapata. He got more than he gave 18 year old, Angie Zapata . Today the jury found him guilty without parole. That’s huge for the transgender community. The law must change and start to treat all human beings with equal and fair rights. Enough with this gay violence and ignorance. I get tired ... Read Full Story

I just saw on the Questioning Transphobia website that the Angie Zapata murder trial has already produced a verdict. For details on Angie's case, visit the LGBT Hate Crimes clearinghouse here . Angie Zapata (shown in the picture above) was an 18 year old trans woman who was found brutally murdered in her own apartment in Greeley, Colorado sometime in July last year. The suspect in her killing, Allen Ray Andrade, 31, was put on trial recently and his jury found him guilty on four counts: first degree murder, bias motivated crime, aggravated motor vehicle theft, and ID theft. Andrade gets mandatory life without ... Read Full Story

A Greeley transgender woman was apparently murdered this month because a man she met on the Internet became angry when he discovered she was biologically male. The Weld District Attorney charged Allen Ray Andrade, 32, of Thornton with second-degree murder and aggravated motor vehicle theft Wednesday after Thornton police arrested him on traffic warrants and Greeley police arrested him thereafter on the murder charge. He was picked up while he was in the dead woman's car. The news came as an incredible relief for Angie Zapata's sister, Monica Zapata. "I thought they were never going to find him, honestly, I was doubting the police. ... Read Full Story