Mick Hartley

Milwaukee is one of the most dangerous cities in the US…

Law enforcement in the US city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will no longer report the biological sex of crime victims, a decision made after "discussions the department had with members of the LGBTQ+ community."

Wisconsin has the nation's 8th highest rate of domestic violence… pic.twitter.com/AnkoahqIkj

— Genevieve Gluck (@WomenReadWomen) September 11, 2023

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Wisconsin has the nation's 8th highest rate of domestic violence homicides (wherein women are killed by men), which have skyrocketed by 300% over the past decade.

"Every four and a half days, somebody in Wisconsin is killed due to domestic violence," says Darlene Master, the executive director for a domestic violence shelter located in the state.

Data shows that Wisconsin domestic violence homicides increased by 150% from 2019 to 2020, 250% from 2015 to 2020, and 300% from 2010 to 2020.

I'm not even sure what the motivation of the LGBTQ+ community is here, apart from naked misogyny. The horror of misgendering if a trans man is killed, perhaps? The police find the corpse of a dead adult female, badly beaten, and naively assume that they have a dead woman on their hands, when in fact – who knows? – said adult female had identified as a man some time previously and had expressed the view to a few friends that from henceforth she wished to be known as Stan. Yes, it's a minefield. I mean, how do you know the gender identity of a dead person?

Whatever, it does send a clear message that in Milwaukee women just don't count.