Angie Zapata

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...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...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...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...Read Full Story

The case of a Colorado man charged with beating a transgender woman to death with a fire extinguisher has gone to the jury. Prosecutors and the defense made their closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of Allen Andrade, who is charged with murder and a bias-motivated crime in the death of 18-year-old Angie Zapata. Attorneys for the 32-year-old Greeley man say Zapata deceived him, and that Andrade snapped when he discovered that Zapata was biologically male. But prosecutors say Andrade had...Read Full Story

The trial of Allan Ray Andrade begins today, accused of killing transgendered teen Angie Zapata . According to prosecutors, Zapata and Andrade engaged in consensual sexual acts together.  When Andrade found out that Zapata had been born a man, he killed Zapata. From ABC News: Police say Allen Ray Andrade, 32, snapped when he learned that 18-year-old Angie Zapata, who was born Justin Zapata but lived as a young woman, was biologically a man. Andrade admitted to investigators that he beat...Read Full Story

Many people who see someone with many tattoos will automatically think negative thoughts. Those who have tattoos are just like anyone else – except for the fact that they wish to stand out and broadcast who they are, simply because they have a strong sense of who they are. Those with tattoos aren’t afraid to show them, as they put them on their body to let others know who they are and what they are about. Most who decide to look into the psychology of those with tattoos seem to associate them...Read Full Story

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/10441/voices-from-the-angie-zapata-family-vigil http://pam/shouseblend.com - http://twitter/justiceforangie - Autumn Sandeen took a video at the April 14, 2009 Angie Zapata Family Vigil, asking people what motivated them to attend the event..."Why Did you come to the vigil? Autumn Sandeen is a new media reporter (frontpage blogging Barista) for Pam's House Blend. She's tweeting (microblogging) the trial on twitter under the twitterID of JusticeForAngie...Read Full Story

I first heard about her horrible demise at transgriot (which if you are not already reading, you should be) From what I am able to gather from the few blog entries that have been dedicated to it, Angie Zapata was a victim of trans hate. On the faithful day of her death, she was on a date with Alan Ray Andrade. When he discovered that she had a penis, he hit her repeatedly over the head with a fire extinguisher until she died. He then proceeded to steal her car to evade capture. Considering...Read Full Story

Angie Zapata an 18 year old Greeley, CO teen was murdered for being transgender. The trial for the alleged killer began today, and it is the first time gender identity has been applied to a hate crimes investigation within the state of Colorado. Her family and friends want to make sure that people who are transgender are fully accepted and protected by our society. Please check out the following links: Angie Zapata GLAAD's Angie Zapata Kit End Hate. Light a candle for Angie on facebook!Read Full Story