Episode 181: Fred Martinez Jr. | The Murder of Two Spirits
Fred ‘FC’ Martinez Jr. was brutally murdered on the night of June 16, 2001. He is one of the youngest recorded victims of a hate crime in the United States. Join me as I tell John the case of the Navajo teen and his two spirits.
Trigger Warning: mentions of suicide and hate crimes
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Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/09/01/gay-youths-death-shakes-colo-city/98d8eab5-4afb-41b9-b83c-35d69d7cc88e/
https://otherwisechristian.com/2020/01/06/gender-diversity-nadleehi-and-dilbaa/
https://www.pbs.org/video/independent-lens-gender-as-a-spectrum-not-a-divide/
https://www.greeleytribune.com/2019/03/02/weld-residents-face-felony-charges-for-allegedly-robbing-extorting-man-out-of-120/
https://www.denverpost.com/2009/11/27/film-explores-death-of-transgendered-colo-teen/
http://archive.cortezjournal.com/archives/1news2006.htm
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hate-crimes-media-and-emt_b_334566
Two Spirits (2009) from filmmaker Lydia Nibley
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