Five months after Jade Roberts was found dead, misgendering, thin coverage, and silence still shaped the public record. This article corrects that record.
Very dangerous times for anyone who stands out, especially our trans community. For those of us who having relatives that we worry about, offer them safety and keep in touch often.
If at all possible, I would get out of Texas. I know that isn’t always possible so is there survival strategies literature available for black trans women?
That question matters because “just leave” is never simple when safety, money, housing, documents, support networks, and state hostility are all part of the trap.
Survival resources need to be built around that reality: practical exit planning when possible, safer local support when leaving is not possible, and public records that keep Black trans women from being abandoned twice.
That kind of support matters here. When someone brings useful survival framing into the thread, it helps move the conversation from grief alone into what people may actually need to stay safer.
Why? Why does such callousness, insensitivity and cruelty need to be directed to people who pursue lifestyles that not everyone understands? Where is our humanity and our basic common decency? Our tolerance, compassion, empathy and understanding? The story of Jade Roberts and others is very deeply disturbing. Soul crushing, actually.
That is the part that has to be named: Jade Roberts did not need public permission to be treated with dignity.
The cruelty sits in how quickly people turn a Black trans woman’s life into something to misunderstand, minimize, or move past — when the basic demand is human decency, truth, and a record that does not let her disappear.
I am terrified and angry not just for her murder and the desecration of her body but for the coldness of how others treated her memory. I don't understand how difficult it is to be a woman who is black and transgender but I do know the difficulties of being white and transgender since I am that.
I am soo upset that I am shaking and shedding tears for the great loss of Jade being torn from us, for all of my transgender sisters, of all cultures and for my transgender brothers. I shed tears soo hard for a world growing ever colder against all of our transgender brothers and sisters
Jade Roberts deserved dignity in life and dignity after death. The murder, the desecration of Jade’s body, and the coldness around Jade’s memory are exactly why this grief is shaking people so deeply.
Black trans women are carrying too much loss, and Jade’s name should not be buried under silence.
Police have not named a suspect publicly. That is part of why the silence matters — Jade Roberts’ death still has not been carried with the urgency, clarity, or public attention she deserved.
Is there any pattern such as what these murderers all have in common. Is there one common denominator?
Do they fit some sort of profile?
American culture is bankrupt. The French call us ugly Americans.
You don’t know about women and Josephine Baker check out her story. She was a black American woman who was treated in America. She moved to France around the time of the World War II. She was a dancing singer and the French absolutely adored her. To the French people she was a work of art.
Another American who left the US was boxer Marvin Hagler. He became friends with another boxer from Italy named Vito Antefumo. Marvin had a better life there.
Americans suck, especially the ones south of the mason Dixon line.
There is a pattern, but it is not one simple profile. It is the same culture of transphobia, silence, and disposability showing up again and again around trans people’s lives.
Black. Trans. Texas. The trifecta again, huh? And to be disrespected in death by misgendering Jade? That's the final eff you. It's not right. It's not fair. And these people, these human beings, have no recourse. I do hope that Jade's loved ones can heal someday.
Very dangerous times for anyone who stands out, especially our trans community. For those of us who having relatives that we worry about, offer them safety and keep in touch often.
Trans safety matters. In times like this, checking on trans loved ones is not just kindness — it is protection.
The American toxic culture wants to cancel or delete anybody they can because Americans have become so evil.
That is the part people feel so strongly. When a culture keeps treating trans lives as disposable, the danger does not stay abstract.
If at all possible, I would get out of Texas. I know that isn’t always possible so is there survival strategies literature available for black trans women?
That question matters because “just leave” is never simple when safety, money, housing, documents, support networks, and state hostility are all part of the trap.
Survival resources need to be built around that reality: practical exit planning when possible, safer local support when leaving is not possible, and public records that keep Black trans women from being abandoned twice.
If I may in support of the community emotionally, I think Alok who is from Texas nails the core issue in this short.
https://youtube.com/shorts/f28cTBDRoVU?si=Ocyeyq8cP8OyUIZJ
That kind of support matters here. When someone brings useful survival framing into the thread, it helps move the conversation from grief alone into what people may actually need to stay safer.
Why? Why does such callousness, insensitivity and cruelty need to be directed to people who pursue lifestyles that not everyone understands? Where is our humanity and our basic common decency? Our tolerance, compassion, empathy and understanding? The story of Jade Roberts and others is very deeply disturbing. Soul crushing, actually.
That is the part that has to be named: Jade Roberts did not need public permission to be treated with dignity.
The cruelty sits in how quickly people turn a Black trans woman’s life into something to misunderstand, minimize, or move past — when the basic demand is human decency, truth, and a record that does not let her disappear.
I am terrified and angry not just for her murder and the desecration of her body but for the coldness of how others treated her memory. I don't understand how difficult it is to be a woman who is black and transgender but I do know the difficulties of being white and transgender since I am that.
I am soo upset that I am shaking and shedding tears for the great loss of Jade being torn from us, for all of my transgender sisters, of all cultures and for my transgender brothers. I shed tears soo hard for a world growing ever colder against all of our transgender brothers and sisters
My heart is broken for us all!😭
Jade Roberts deserved dignity in life and dignity after death. The murder, the desecration of Jade’s body, and the coldness around Jade’s memory are exactly why this grief is shaking people so deeply.
Black trans women are carrying too much loss, and Jade’s name should not be buried under silence.
I stand with you , i totally agree with you!
🫂 sending you lots of blessings 🌺
Who the fuck murdered her?
Police have not named a suspect publicly. That is part of why the silence matters — Jade Roberts’ death still has not been carried with the urgency, clarity, or public attention she deserved.
Is there any pattern such as what these murderers all have in common. Is there one common denominator?
Do they fit some sort of profile?
American culture is bankrupt. The French call us ugly Americans.
You don’t know about women and Josephine Baker check out her story. She was a black American woman who was treated in America. She moved to France around the time of the World War II. She was a dancing singer and the French absolutely adored her. To the French people she was a work of art.
Another American who left the US was boxer Marvin Hagler. He became friends with another boxer from Italy named Vito Antefumo. Marvin had a better life there.
Americans suck, especially the ones south of the mason Dixon line.
There is a pattern, but it is not one simple profile. It is the same culture of transphobia, silence, and disposability showing up again and again around trans people’s lives.
Black. Trans. Texas. The trifecta again, huh? And to be disrespected in death by misgendering Jade? That's the final eff you. It's not right. It's not fair. And these people, these human beings, have no recourse. I do hope that Jade's loved ones can heal someday.
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