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That does make a lot of sense.I’m still undecided as to whether there was foul play involved vs misadventure / tragic accident.
I would suggest in general that motives behind violence against gender non-conforming people are often based on the self-serving narratives of the perpetrator of violence. Perpetuators are often unreliable narrators who will shift blame onto their victims while casting themselves as the “true victim.”
Which is to say that I strongly discount the “I was angry because I was fooled by a trans sex worker” excuse as unreliable. (I mention sex work because that’s where the “IDK, I didn’t know” narrative is often raised.)
MOO.
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Or she was feeling creeped out on the beach and was trying to share something with the photo's .Interesting. To me, that suggests the possibility of attempting a tricky selfie that went wrong, ie lead to a fall, unconscious in the water, taken out by the tide...
JMO
I am skimming but twice I saw "Taylor sent photo's of Taylor at the beach"'
The wording is weird here.
Just observing .
I can see it being this ,except I do not know this to be true in this case so before this issue comes into the thread we should source this information.I think the wording may be weird because Taylor could use they/them pronouns (even if not transgender) and the person speaking tripped up and didn’t want to use they/them, but it ended up coming out sounding even odder. JMO
Colette mentioning a 'whole wall' of missing persons posters caught my attention. Just how often are people going missing? How recent are the other cases? Taylor's disappearance may not be an isolated case.Taylor's mom says she wasn't allowed to speak to Hannah, the person who called and told her that Taylor was missing. - She also says there was a whole wall of missing person's posters at the Royal Bahama's PD but Taylor wasn't on it.
I wonder with a huge audience, how well would the instructors know they're students? If it is 100 stretching bodies, class after class, they may have noticed a few students who excelled or struggles. I imagine a place that is on the quieter side, with low voices and perhaps areas of no talking and electronics.The “retreat” styles itself as a community. People go there for weeks. Their sleeping arrangements seem to have little privacy. Above all, there is worship and a religious orientation. People seem to be on top of each other all day (with mandatory lessons and worship). IMO this is a context where you would expect people to be aware and to care.
Isn’t the whole point of yoga (the stretching thing is a western, modern, invention) to be in tune with the universe? It’s supposed to be life affirming, yes?
But I’m gathering not…
LE and mom haven’t said anything about interviewing staff or participants at the retreat. I find this extremely odd.
I don't know what the dynamics at an ashram in Bahamas are when it comes to the spartan lifestyle one adopts for a pretty penny. Are the communal sleeping quarters segregated by sex? Because if they are, then it's quite possible that one of her fellow attendees was pretty pissed off that a <trans person> was sleeping in the same quarters they were. If they voiced their complaints to the retreat what happens then? Do they expel her? Move her to the male section? Is there a male section? Most places I've looked at online are very heavy in the female attendees, maybe one or two men to twenty women. If she's been there before in February it doesn't sound like that type of situation came up or wasn't an issue. It's just another speculative attempt to figure some scenarios that could put her at risk.Bumping my own to add:
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Report highlights lack of protections for LGBTQ people in The Bahamas
The Bahamas is the 46th most dangerous country for LGBTQ travelers, according to The LGBTQ+ Danger Index. The index, which was released last week, uses eight factors to rank thewww.thenassauguardian.com
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REPORT: LGBTQ+, migrants and people with disabilities face significant discrimination in The Bahamas
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — LGBTQ+ individuals and migrants, particularly those without legal documentation, are at significant risk of facing discrimination and violence in The Bahamas, according to a report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The report also highlights the pronounced challenges ofewnews.com
Wow! Strange indeed! I wonder if any of the family snapped a picture of the wall.Colette mentioning a 'whole wall' of missing persons posters caught my attention. Just how often are people going missing? How recent are the other cases? Taylor's disappearance may not be an isolated case.
Well, this video does clear up some things for me, specifically where Taylor slept while at the ashram: in a tent. Was the tent on the beach? Was it on the ashram property? Who actually owns the ashram? Is it privately owned or is it owned by some corporation? I'm just wondering why some guy fully clothed with a walkie talkie would be walking on the ashram property. There's a huge homeless problem in the US, is there one in Bahamas, too? Do hoteliers worry that homeless people could scare off tourists since they are probably one the most maligned people. Was he just checking that out when he talked to her about wanting to take yoga to see if she actually was a guest there? Is his interaction completely innocent from the point of view that he is a suspect in her disappearance?“The people were kind of evasive.”
Missing Illinois woman Taylor Casey’s mother says the yoga retreat she went missing from in the Bahamas is “hard to get answers” from.
Says Taylor's cell phone was found in the ocean 56 feet out from the beach.
- Taylor's mom says she wasn't allowed to speak to Hannah, the person who called and told her that Taylor was missing.
- She also says there was a whole wall of missing person's posters at the Royal Bahama's PD but Taylor wasn't on it.
- Taylor's friend says they were given a tour of the ashram "where Taylor's tent was..." and that they were almost scolded when taking pictures of the premises.
- They were able to speak to the last person who saw Taylor, a woman, and she had seen Taylor walking on the beach. The woman also told them that the same day, a man walking from the direction of the Atlantis Hotel, fully clothed, with tennis shoes on, approached Taylor while she was sitting alone. The man claimed to be from Chicago and wanted to take a yoga class. He followed Taylor on to the property of the ashram; he went one way and she went another way, and then she didn't see him again.
- While they were meeting with the ashram leadership, the manager told them the Monday before Taylor went missing there was a man with a walkie-talkie found on the platform where Taylor's tent was. When the man saw an employee, he went in the other direction and walked off the property. Ashram leadership said they reported this to the Paradise Island police but the Royal Bahamas police never mentioned this and as far as the family knows, the police have zero leads.
8:45 minute video
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Report highlights lack of protections for LGBTQ people in The Bahamas
The Bahamas is the 46th most dangerous country for LGBTQ travelers, according to The LGBTQ+ Danger Index. The index, which was released last week, uses eight factors to rank thewww.thenassauguardian.com
ETA:
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REPORT: LGBTQ+, migrants and people with disabilities face significant discrimination in The Bahamas
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — LGBTQ+ individuals and migrants, particularly those without legal documentation, are at significant risk of facing discrimination and violence in The Bahamas, according to a report by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The report also highlights the pronounced challenges ofewnews.com