TDoR 1981 / 1981 / January / 03 / Barbara Brodie


Barbara Brodie

Age 43

3 Jan 1981
Feltonville, Pennsylvania (USA)
Stabbed

TDoR list ref: tdor.info/3 Jan 1981/Barbara (William) Brodie

Barbara Brodie

Barbara died from internal injuries after her liver, abdomen, and lungs were punctured when a blunt instrument was inserted in her rectum.

Police were investigating as a homicide yesterday the mysterious sexual assault and death of a 43-year-old Feltonville [trans woman].

The [woman], identified as [deadname] Brodie, was found by police shortly before 2:30 am. Saturday lying unconscious on the sidewalk of 19th Street near Champlost Avenue in West Oak Lane, police said. [She] was wearing women's clothing.

BRODIE, WHO lived in a second floor apartment on G Street near Wyoming Avenue, was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, Northern Division, where [she] was pronounced dead eight hours later without regaining consciousness.

Police said Brodie was a married man and the author of pornographic articles, but neighbors said they had assumed [she] was a woman named "Barbara Brodie" until they learned of [her] death.

One of the mysteries surrounding Brodie's death is that apparently [she] twice refused medical treatment others wanted to give [her] late Friday night, police said.

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, January 5, 1981.

https://philly.newspapers.com/article/philadelphia-daily-news-barbara-brodie/123213627/

https://philly.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-barbara-brodie/123213360/

http://students673.ucr.edu/docsserver/lgbt/trans_remembrance_display_posters.pdf

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10_JeZ7LEIRhvewTCoL5mVkH6MQJzf7fSXl4-P6QJ0v0/edit#gid=0

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