Remembering Our Dead

Steven Wilson

Stephen was raped, hit in the head, and drowned by Lamont Harden, 15.

We will never know if he was transgender, but as he was killed because he used to like to play with so-called "girls' toys" it's fitting that he be remembered here.

I start researching the case of Steven Wilson, a 9-year-old in Middletown, Delaware, who was raped, then killed, by Lamont Harden, a 15-year- old neighbor boy. What did Steven do to deserve this? He liked to play with Barbie dolls, and other so-called "girls' toys."

I freeze in front of my computer, far away, then after a pause touch my fingers to my lips, and place them on his name, on the computer screen.

I can feel for Steven Wilson. I used to play with "girls' toys" as well, and I was taunted for it. When I was around Steven's age, I too was raped by an older boy.

I lived — Steven Wilson died — but we are kin.

https://archive.org/stream/transgendertapes8719unse/transgendertapes8719unse_djvu.txt

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21531457/the-news-journal/

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

Report added: 17 Feb 2019. Last updated: 8 Oct 2022

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