case number 2011-273665. But this isn't a "Hate Crime" according to the police. "Tiva is very reluctant to talk about the incident to us (her parents)," Tad Anderson tells us. "We have learned through others that the woman who attacked her was also harassing her from dressing in female clothing, saying, 'You should not be wearing those clothes' (or words to that effect)." ... Seattle Police spokesman Mark Jamieson says the case is not being investigated as a hate crime because Tiva did not tell police she was attacked because she's transgender. Jamieson says a detective interviewed Tiva after surgery and she was "drifting in and out of sleep during the interview," the police report said. Jamieson said he did not know if there are any plans to interview her again. The case is listed as "inactive" and the police are not investigating. Then have a look at the comments here if you want to know how many religious people view trans people. We're lucky if they just want us dead, without being tortured first. And while these are a minority in the US, those who hold such views number in the millions. I would support raising up a national conscience against homosexuality and allowing the Holy Spirit to work that way. I suspect you're being a bit too generous about NAR being "squeamish" -- the line above seems like a veiled reference to extrajudicial mob violence; in other words, Wagner knows it would be politically unpopular to actually *call*