#Pauly Likens

[phosphorusab]

A grown ass man lured a 14 year old girl out to a park at night, abused her, killed her, dismembered her and scattered her remains in public parks and rivers. Now if that girl was a cisgender girl, the general public would rightfully put the blame on the perpetrator for taking advantage of and murdering a minor.

But because Pauly Likens Jr was a transgender girl, the general public is going full trans panic defense, even though the perpetrator said they met on Grindr, if that was even true. Grindr doesn’t verify the age of its users and legally doesn’t have to due to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which means half of sexually active queer adolescents will use this app and fall into the hands of predators.

https://www.wgbh.org/news/national/2021-07-12/unseen-part-3-popular-gay-dating-app-grindr-poses-exploitation-risk-to-minors

Grindr has been known to have a sexual exploitation of minors issue, and I just know that people are going to see that Pauly Likens Jr and her killer may have used this app to blame Pauly for her own demise.

It’s just like they did with Gwen Araujo in 2002 (a 17 year old trans girl killed by 4 grown ass men), Mercedes Williamson in 2015 (a 17 year old trans girl killed by a grown ass man) and Nikki Kuhnhausen in 2019 (a 17 year old trans girl killed by a grown ass man). You stop being an innocent kid who is capable of being victimized when you’re trans. You’re a threat to other kids your age or younger, and you’re a precocious sexual provocateur towards adults. This applies especially to transgender girls - complete dehumanization and transmisogyny.

This pattern of transgender teenage girls being taken advantage of by adults and killed is completely unacceptable, and society should start acting like it.

[genderqueerdykes]

14 year old transgender girl Pauly Likens was unjustly robbed of her life due to trans panic between the dates of June 22nd and July 3rd, 2024. say her name.

i have seen only one or two posts about this, but none of them include her name and it sickens me. Her name is Pauly Likens, a 14 year old transgender girl from Sharon, Pennsylvania who met up with a 29 year old man whom she met on Grindr who was brutally murdered and her body was dismembered because she was a trans girl. she went missing on June 22nd, and her dismembered body was found on July 3rd, 2024. her body was DISMEMBERED and thrown into a river. she was not only murdered but BRUTALLY murdered. she was 14 years old. 14. she couldn't even legally drive yet in the united states. she just barely graduated elementary school.

her mother is fighting for her case to be processed and acknowledged as a hate crime. i am disgusted to find out that my home state of Pennsylvania only considers racial discrimination as real discrimination that can be persecuted by law. gender identities and sexual orientations are not considered at all. lawyers and government officials are also trying to deny that it was a hate crime, because her murderer was a self admitted gay man. i don't care what type of queer you are: there is never an excuse to lay hands on a transgender person just because you don't like how they identify.

this is utterly sickening. to say this wasn't a hate crime is living in denial. i don't care if her murderer was gay. he's a murderer who had a clearly charged reason for doing this. he stole a life from a young transgender girl for no reason other than she identified in a way he didn't like. he's not dangerous because he's gay, nor is he exempt from being transphobic. his sexuality had nothing to do with this. not only was this man a dangerous transphobe, but a predator. a 29 year old man willingly met up with a 14 year old child. this man is dangerous for reasons that have nothing to do with his sexuality. he's a transphobic child predator. he deserves no sympathy or to get off scott free just because he's gay. he willingly met up with Pauly. she didn't force him to do anything. she was a child, and he is an adult.

please say her name. while talking about the dangers of Grindr and how minors should not use it, please include her name. yes Grindr is an extremely dangerous platform for trans women, men, and trans people in general, but that shouldn't be the focus of your conversation about her. don't use her death as a platform to discuss how fucked up grindr is without acknowledging who she was as a person. don't just make her another statistic on a page. she was a real person, a child, who was robbed of her life, and robbed from her community. she is not just another number in a long list of trans panic murders. her life meant something. say her name. fight like hell for Pennsylvania to acknowledge that her death WAS a hate crime. their archaic outdated laws need updating.

her family has a GoFundMe to give her a proper burial, please consider donating or spreading the word about it:

here is a news article that genders her correctly where you can read more about what happened:

rest in power, Pauly Likens, we miss you. you are loved. we will fight like hell for you and your family. remember her.

[inhumanliquid]

Brianna Ghey was 16.

Nex Benedict was 16.

Pauly Likens was 14.

River Goddard was 17.

Tayy Dior Thomas was 17.

And I'm sure you'd all be perfectly content to forget about murdered children.

[genderkoolaid]

Apologies for sending you this.

I just think that her passing should be spread- Recently a 14 year old trans girl named Pauly Likens was murdered. I've not seen any big news coverage of it and what happened to her is horrible. I feel like this is happening more and more, trans kids being killed- I just want trans children to be safe.

You don't have to post this directly, I just feel her name should be known. She was only 14 years old.

[twospiritstooprideful]

Happy Transgender Day of Remembrance

Please don't forget Rita Hester

Please don't forget Pauly Likens

Please don't forget Nex Benedict

Please don't forget any of them

Please don't let those who want to forget us forget

Keep them in your mind and hearts, please

[finleyforevermore]

Do not forget.

[poems-of-the-anentomologist]

This poem is dedicated to the memory of Pauly Likens, a 14-year-old trans girl who was murdered in June. Her death was announced this week

To Kill A Star

Have you ever held a star in your hands?

A small thing, so small

So fragile.

A small light that shines in an otherwise cold void

The star is kind

It wants love, and gives its own love freely

It��s the kindest thing you’ll ever meet

And you kill it

You hold it, crush it

It’s light fades and fades and fades

And then dies

And the star is forgotten

And you go back to your home

Smiling ear to bloody ear

Because you just killed a star

A star is a kind thing

It doesn’t mean any harm

It just wants to live

And you call them monsters

But who is the real monster

With a thousand faces of hate

And a million arms of knives

Who wish to kill the stars

Who is the monster?

[imslowlydisintegrating]

i miss you pauly likens. i never knew you and now i never will but i miss you. i wish you got to be a park ranger and got to wear your trademark beanie one more time and got to paint your nails again and i wish you got to live past 14 and i miss you.

[jimvasta]

Another murdered child.

A 14 year old girl.

Pauly Likens.

A trans girl who will never have the chance to grow up.

This is horrific.

https://www.pghlesbian.com/2024/07/pauly-likens-was-a-14-year-old-trans-girl-when-she-was-brutally-murdered-in-sharon-pa/

[atlash0ur]

Even if they take my life, they can't take who I am from me.

[boyingray]

rest well pauly likens. i hope you and your family get the justice you deserve.

[aphelionsabyss]

Hey guys, welcome back to Aphally Obsessed.

Recent events have gotten me pretty down, so no upbeat intro this time. No in depth talk either. Just mourning.

The song of the day is:

P.R.O.T.E.C.T.T.R.A.N.S.K.I.D.S. by Cheap Dirty Horse

[brisingr-sword]

pauly likens. she lived not that far from where i grew up. i was going to say “she grew up,” but she didn’t.

a few months ago, i wrote a poem that i’ve never shared. a letter to nex benedict. a letter to the closeted young trans person i used to be. a letter to all trans teenagers, closeted and out, who are growing up surrounded by such conflicting hatred and love.

don’t let pauly likens slip through the cracks. let the mercer county DA know that it should be at the very least investigated as a hate crime. light a candle for her. remember her on november 20th.

stay safe.

[saminator]

where's the "protect the kids" crowd now

[andthen1know]

Not transitioning because my parents would be disappointed but also not transitioning because this is the third time in like 2 years that a trans person has been murdered in my country and I am afraid

[auti-starshine]

PAULY LIKENS WAS FOURTEEN YEARS OLD AND SHE WAS MURDERED.

I HAVENT SEEN NEARLY ENOUGH PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HER SHE WAS A FOURTEEN YEAR OLD TRANS GIRL AND SHE IS DEAD

Her body was DISMEMBERED and tossed into a river. She was murdered and disrespected and then misgendered by the news.