News and Politics | September 19, 2008 | 74 comments

'Gay things need to die', says man accused of brutally killing transgender woman

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A man accused of brutally beating a transgender woman to death told his girlfriend in a phone call from prison that he "snapped" and that “gay things need to die.”

Allen Andrade, 31, was charged with the murder of transgender woman Angie Zapata, 18, who was found dead in her apartment on July 17 2008. Andrade had told investigators that he had met Zapata on a social networking site and that the two met with the intention of having a sexual relationship. Apparently, Zapata performed oral sex on Andrade but refused to let him touch her. When Andrade was left alone in Zapata's apartment, he found several photographs that made him question Zapata's sex. When he confronted her, she told him "I am all woman." Andrade then grabbed Zapata's crotch area, felt male genitalia and became angry. He proceeded to take a fire extinguisher off a shelf and struck Zapata twice in the head, telling investigators he thought he "killed it."

In the phone calls from prison, Andrade expressed that he was out of control, outside himself and not a coherent person the day of the murder. The calls were also laden with derogatory remarks towards homosexuals, and he stated that people in jail are scared of him because of his reputation for wielding a fire extinguisher, which is the suspected murder weapon. When Andrade’s girlfriend said her cell phone was dying during a call, he said that was gay and that gay things need to die.

Weld District Court Judge Marcelo Kopcow ruled today that there was probable cause for first degree murder after deliberation, a felony bias-motivated crime.
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  • JaceTurnerFilm
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      JaceTurnerFilm  
    • Transgendered people are the targets of the most vicious and blatant forms of violence. They are routinely abused by the police and medical professionals, in addition to being subjected to random street violence and domestic partner abuse. Intimate partners, often appalled to discover the gender transgression, can verbally, psychologically, physically and sexually abuse the person.

      Statistical research for violence towards the transgendered population is still in its infancy. The preliminary data of transgendered and intersexed individuals gathered by the Gender, Violence and Resource Access Survey found that 50% of respondents had been raped or assaulted by a romantic partner (Courvant and Cook-Daniels, 1998). Eyler and Witten (1999) have began a longitudinal study of violence against the transgendered community, and the preliminary data clearly show physical and sexual violence perpetrated on those who express cross-gender behavior. Our trans-phobic bigotry, like racist violence, allows us to falsely identify the victims of violence as the provacateurs of violence. As Dallas Denny (1992) says, "Despite the fact that they are much more often victims of violence than they are perpetrators, transgendered persons are frequently portrayed in the media as psychotics and criminals." Given the virulent violence against transgendered people by the police this is especially ironic.
      Transgendered people are often sexually targeted specifically because of their transgendered status. The sexual perpetrator will stalk them, or attack them, infuriated by their cross-gender behavior. Wilchins (1998), in the video "Transgendered Revolution" says, "Trans people are never killed from 300 yards away with a high-powered rifle; they're always killed up front and personal … People want to see us die … there is a level of almost unhinged deranged violence about gender hate crimes."
      Claudia, is an African-American, male-to-female transsexual woman who was sexually molested before her transition by her then wife. When Maria returned home early one evening and discovered Claudia dressed in female clothes, she flew into a rage. She began beating Claudia, cursing and calling her sexually abusive names. Claudia was ashamed to have been caught, and passively accepted this behavior. This infuriated Maria even more, who began sexually molesting Claudia, while degrading both her feminine appearance, and her masculine body. Maria raped Claudia and then left the marriage.

    • 3 years ago
  • khromadjo
  • LindseyIndigo
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      LindseyIndigo  
    • I think I'm more shocked and horrified by the quantity of bigoted, misinformed and shamefully derogatory opinions expressed about Zapata here than I am by the actual story.

      I actually can't believe so many uneducated, backward bigots have crawled out of the woodwork here to suggest that Zapata 'deserved' it, or at least a beating, and that being touched by a homosexual is so utterly disgusting. If moronic opinions like this are the majority then the human race really is screwed.

    • 3 years ago
  • JaceTurnerFilm
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      JaceTurnerFilm  
    • LindseyIndigo:

      This is not directed at the orginal poster of the comment I am responding to.

      you know what's funny too (not funny haha)? People are refering to this transwoman who was doing sexual acts with a man, as homosexual. If a transwomen does sexual acts with a male those acts would then be considerd hetrosexual, or maybe pansexual, not homosexual. Just because a person has a penis, it does not make that person a man, and if a person does not have a penis, that does not make them a women.
      Gender is in the brain.
      Genatis are what is below the belt. If all we were attracted to as humans, is genatails don't you think we'd be walking around with make up on tem exposing them for the world to see and covering the rest of ourselves up. I'm a pansexual female to male transgender person. I am out in every aspect of my life...but what if I were having sex with someone and all of a sudden they didn't feel ok with it and insted of just calling it quits and leaving they killed me. How justified would they be in doing that?

      I just don't think killing other humans works, over all, for us, as humans. We fear that which we do not understand. A lot of people would rather not try and understand transgender people. Do you know that left-handed people used to be killed for being witches and thought to be evil.

    • 3 years ago
  • shaun0h
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      shaun0h  
    • It's really dispicable when people do things like this. I mean really, what was he going to gain by killing her? I think in a situation like that a trans-person should disclose their status, especially because a lot of people are uncomfortable until they find out what transgender is and that it's completely different from transvestism/cross-dressing.

    • 3 years ago
  • echoz
    • echoz  
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  • Humdrum
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      Humdrum  
    • echoz:

      It's like you go out of your way to be a moron.

      You do realize that you aren't arguing a point, so much as throwing a tantrum and attempting to insult me with tactics used by 15-year-olds everywhere.
      Keep in mind that your frequent use of "fags" and "freaks," as well as your constant references to bestiality and fringe sexual practices (all of them practiced by millions of heteros everywhere), only make your reactionary idiocy more obvious.

      I am perfectly aware that posing as a woman to get sex from strangers via the internet is pretty damned stupid thing to do - and it definitely qualifies as some sort of minor sexual assault, in my book - but it is far from deserving of murder, which was the only point I was making.
      Do you disagree? Because that would be scary.

      I hold different views than you about homosexuality, and argue them in threads that are debating gay issues.
      If you don't like having your viewpoints on the subject questioned, then don't post your opinions.
      Also - if you think you've got me all figured out simply because of how I feel about certain gay issues, then you are slow in the head.
      Burn the witch, echoz!

    • 3 years ago
  • Humdrum
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      Humdrum  
    • I think "hate crime" is a silly phrase. Murder committed for any reason is still murder; it's always monstrous, always vile. Coldblooded hetero-on-hetero murder just as disgusting as hetero-on-homo. The reasoning behind the act is irrelevant.

      That said, I find it distressing that there are people here actually defending the murderer. Suggesting that the victim "brought it on himself."
      All murderers deserve to fry, and this guy is no different.
      He murdered someone over sex.
      If you're defending him, and even saying he's the victim in this scenario, then you should probably get your head examined before you snap one day and strangle a hooker in an alleyway.
      At the very least, make the distinction between disagreeing with the "lifestyle," and regarding homosexuals as less-than-people.
      I'm sure you hypocrites would be singing a very different tune if this were a biological female who got beaten to death over a f#cking blow job.

    • 3 years ago
  • echoz
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      echoz  
    • Humdrum:

      your artificial intelligence actually matches your natural stupdity! considering the source, for you, that's quite the feat! hehehe ;D very well done! congratulations! lol

    • 3 years ago
  • Humdrum
  • Nettle
  • shadowtrekker
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      shadowtrekker  
    • Humdrum:

      I agree for the most part, murder is murder and "hate crime" is some special interest semantic crap.

      I do think the sheman brought it on himself but i am not defending the murderer, this wasn't deserving of murder however we do live in a unjust world so you do need to have some common sense if you're going to be the "t" in "glbt"

      As with all debates on current, the debate has gone off track and has become more of a "what does it matter if a tranny blows you and doesn't tell you?" like they are no different than a natural female and the guy still probably got off so he obviously liked tranny's. I personally think that is nuts too think that way. Yep the guy is a murderer, who is arguing that?

      "I'm sure you hypocrites would be singing a very different tune if this were a biological female who got beaten to death over a f#cking blow job."

      well I don't think this is the same situation, the tranny didn't get killed necessarily over a blow job, it was more over a lie, and a very personal one, with a blow job on top. I'm not saying it justifies it, but show me a guy who murders a real woman over a blow job, however I bet i can show you a bunch of lying now dead tranny's.

    • 3 years ago
  • SANMedia
  • SDLN
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      SDLN  
    • Actions have consequences. Zapata should have known how a lot of hetero men would respond to such deception. And Andrade should have known the consequences of committing murder in a death-penalty state.

    • 3 years ago
  • CreditFigaro
  • TyMarshal
  • Humdrum
  • DASLIFE
  • neutralmilkhotel
  • UrbanGypsy
  • echoz
  • Humdrum
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      Humdrum  
    • neutralmilkhotel:

      There's a stark difference between being pissed and murdering someone.
      ...which shouldn't have to be explained.

      If you'd kill someone over sex, or excuse someone who does it, then perhaps you should ask yourself what kind of person you are.

    • 3 years ago
  • neutralmilkhotel
  • CreditFigaro
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      CreditFigaro  
    • neutralmilkhotel:

      My that's vague, NMH.

      We could debate what a righteous person is.

      http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/righteous

      There is the definition. Do you think that it is morally OK to kill or assault someone?

      Of course not. There isn't a single moral system that would consider murder or violence OK for any reason other than self defense.

      If you think it is OK to get violent with someone because you are exuding an aura that says you are gay and that you want someone to hit on you, then you, sir, are nothing but a complete and utter coward.

      If you don't know how to say no, then you need to grow a pair.

      People who react violently to alternative sexual lifestyles are usually closet cases who live with cognitive dissonance every day of their life.

      Violence is the tool of those who are too stupid have the vocabulary to express their feelings.

    • 3 years ago
  • Chuck_st_chuck
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      Chuck_st_chuck  
    • he probley killed her because he enjoyed it
      and he's a Savage who can't handle the fact that he did.

      he cheated on his girl and insted of just being sick and left in a rage

      he chose murder.
      I aways hate the crime of passion line
      Crime of passion is if he killed her with his own hands not yelling and looking for a weapon that proves intent for murder planing it out.

      he's a savage who deserves the full exstent of the law
      NOT because he killed somone for being gay
      but because he killed someone unprovoked

      and I don't like in all these murders people also try to blame the victime

      if she was a light skinned black girl and she was killed for being black, wuld you all be saying
      "well should have told him she was black first not mexican"

    • 3 years ago
  • FallenMorgan
  • mookster_07
  • UrbanGypsy
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      UrbanGypsy  
    • This man is simply crazy. Some people are intolerant but to kill her was to go overboard, that was the act of a lunatic killer. Too bad, she was kinda good looking...

    • 3 years ago
  • mookster_07
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      mookster_07  
    • People are petrified of things which they don't understand... Colorado definitely has its share of conservatives. You are told your whole life that something is wrong or bad, and then you find yourself partaking in the wrong behavior. Getting a bj from a male caused this dude to have conflicting feelings. Conflictions like that cause extreme behavior. I'm not making excuses, but its a messed up situation all around.

    • 3 years ago
  • rwylie
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      rwylie  
    • This is just horrible, horrible xenophobia, taken to the extreme level of actually acting out your inner annoyances with people who are different is the step to madness.

    • 3 years ago
  • krutboo
  • CreditFigaro
  • synclaire
  • Micaleth
    • +1
      Micaleth  
    • ClipTheAnarchist...

      Thats BS.

      If for some reason I engaged in sexual activities with a person and later found out it was a man I would not think of murdering that person.

      The thought would never enter my mind.

      There is NEVER a valid reason to commit murder.
      Never will be one either.

      I would be VERY upset, I might find it disturbing that the person lied to me and question why.
      However, I think the worst I would do is verbalize my anger and leave.

      I couldn't even strike the person.
      They live their life as a female and therefor are likely unable to defend an attack like a man would.

      This guy killed because he is homophobic and/or a closet homosexual.

      He is at war with himself fighting his homosexual urges off.
      When he lost the battle with himself and took a man home he then snapped and put all the blame on the Tranny.

      He transferred the blame and killed in the process.

      I would have just walked away and chalked it up as a horrible mistake on my part, and never discussed it again.

      Thats what he gets for thinking with his Prick!!!!

      I have never seen a tranny that 100% fooled me.
      Maybe at first glance but after a few seconds it is obvious in most all cases.
      If I ever had ANY doubt I would simply confront it and ask.
      If I still had doubts I would walk away.

      I bet he met this tranny at a gay site he "accidentally" stumbled onto.

      I wanna see the chat logs between them both.
      I bet his story is BS and he knew what he was doing.

    • 3 years ago
  • shadowtrekker
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      shadowtrekker  
    • Micaleth:

      as stated by Micaleth - "This guy killed because he is homophobic and/or a closet homosexual.

      He is at war with himself fighting his homosexual urges off.
      When he lost the battle with himself and took a man home he then snapped and put all the blame on the Tranny.

      He transferred the blame and killed in the process. "

      really... so he was secretly a homosexual, in a secret relationship with what he thought was a heterosexual and then when he found out she was actually a man, he killed her? gosh homosexuals should stop killing people then, since every time a homosexual or a tranny or whatever gets killed it's because the person was a homosexual in secret?

      murder is murder - what's a hate murder? and what's a love murder? or a mediocre murder?

    • 3 years ago
  • echoz
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      echoz  
    • Micaleth:

      =D

      well, yup, shadow', you'll invariably find most of these homo's really know how to equivocate, cuz...like the church lady says "they're special" no matter what they have to twist, be it truth, logic or reason...even religion (most definitely). everything must conform or suffer distortion. most of 'em I find here are assholes if you ask me. thank god the ones i know in person aren't even a fraction as bad! cuz dam! tsk

    • 3 years ago
  • shadowtrekker
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      shadowtrekker  
    • Didn't this happen because it was a "he on he" situation, and unknown to the murderer? he thought it was a heterosexual relationship right? this doesn't justify murder at all but let's get the facts straight. everyone keeps referring to the deceased as a "her", if that was the case I doubt the deceased would be dead. This "her" was a "he"

      just because you stick a feather up your butt does not make you a chicken

    • 3 years ago
  • alicynx
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      alicynx  
    • shadowtrekker:

      Yeah, and just because people go to school doesn't mean they're educated - thanks for pointing that out.
      Who knows where Angie was in the process - in order to have gender reassignment a person needs to live for at least one year as if they were the opposite sex. For that to happen, Angie would need to tell everyone she met that she was indeed a "she", otherwise her claim for surgery could be denied. Perhaps she was weeks away from surgery, or maybe she was just starting he waiting year - either way, it was her responsibility to portray herself as female. Nobody is perfect, and 20/20 hindsight says NEVER pickup inbred hick men on the internet for a one night stand, but maybe, just maybe, she was just getting the hang of things and screwed up.
      Either way, even a beating isn't called for. If people we better educated and didn't equate being gay with being dirty or bad, none of this would have to happen. In the end, he got his rocks off, which he obviously enjoyed, and the only thing that he had to deal with is the fact that his penis doesn't know gender when it comes to ejaculation - fancy that! What the hell does it matter what gender s/he was, especially since he didn't have sex with her?!?

    • 3 years ago
  • shadowtrekker
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      shadowtrekker  
    • shadowtrekker:

      we'll number one i don't know how anyone could confuse a transgendered person for being anything other than that but whatever. anyway that's your opinion on the "what does it matter what gender s/he was", i think that matters as we humans are not robots. a penis can get off by a hand, or a slot in a seat, however it is nice to know that you are fully informed of the situation before you insert your penis in, well whatever you choose.

      by nature this was a man, and even after surgery he would be a castrated man. once again by nature, not mentally or by surgery.

      i know people who think they are "the christ" or you know the list can go on, good for them

    • 3 years ago
  • Chuck_st_chuck
  • shadowtrekker
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  
    • Chuck_st_chuck:

      I think all the name calling happening now is pain he's voicing as well as pride that was hurt for doing something he didn't think he would enjoy unless it was done by a woman.

      I think that it was a crime of passion....mainly because it happened quickly without premeditation. It makes the crime less vile in way. Had he planned it and gave much thought on how he was going to go about doing it...would have been worse.

      It's sad to even bother thinking like that, but in this world of murder there are degrees and it does matter.

    • 3 years ago
  • Abamanation
  • ClipTheAnarchist
  • alicynx
    • +1
      alicynx  
    • ClipTheAnarchist:

      Wow, and if a woman wears a tight miniskirt going into a bar she gets exactly what she deserves, right?
      That logic is tragically pathetic. You also put words into the mouths of "every man" without any proof to back it up. Before you start speaking for every man in the country, much less the world, you ought to wake up to reality and understand that not every man would be driven to murder. Ever.
      The only thing that guy is a victim of is his own poor impulse control, period. If you don't want to be vulnerable, don't drop your fucking pants for the first piece of ass you meet online, how's that for accountability?? If you can't handle what you might meet out there in the big bad world, then you should keep your junk in your pants and stick to your girlfriend.

    • 3 years ago
  • synclaire
  • mookster_07
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      mookster_07  
    • ClipTheAnarchist:

      So you think if after he got the blow job, he was told honestly that angie was a man he would have reacted more rationally? Gimme a break. He got a blow job from a dude and either way it freaked him the fuck out... i feel bad for all parties involved.

    • 3 years ago
  • echoz
  • JaceTurnerFilm
    • +1
      JaceTurnerFilm  
    • ClipTheAnarchist:

      This was a transwoman. NOT A MAN. This transgender person was a woman, not a chick with a dick or a shemale or anything like that.

      Would it have been ok for the perp to grab the vics crotch had she been born with female genatilla?

      She was saying no...Do you think that it's ok for anyone o proceed with sexual advances after the NO has been spoken?

      Here is a little info/education (trans 101 lets call it)

      Transgender (IPA: /trænzˈdʒɛndɚ/, from (Latin) derivatives [trans

    • 3 years ago
  • J_Jammer
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      J_Jammer [removed]  
    • any murder is a 'hate' crime. They hated them enough to kill them....excusing self defense for being more afraid of said person than hating them. Though hate could allocate fear.

      I can't imagine calling someone an "it". Nor could I imagine lying to someone just to have sex.

    • 3 years ago
  • shadowtrekker
  • echoz
  • CreditFigaro
  • Micaleth
    • +1
      Micaleth  
    • Ask yourself this...
      Why in America is this not considered a hate crime?

      Why is attacking or verbally threatening a homosexual not considered what it is , a hate crime?

      Maybe because if it was considered a hate crime we would have to convict hundreds of hate filled Religious leaders for promoting attacks on homosexuals.

      FOR EXAMPLE.
      Look at this video and tell me that's not hate speech.

      He says:
      "If one looks at me I'm gonna KILL him and tell god he died"

    • 3 years ago
  • argyle_kitten
  • zealotohio
    • -1
      zealotohio  
    • Micaleth:

      um, fuck a hate crime. my life is worth as much as anyone else's. doesn't anyone think that 'hate crime' devalues people who AREN't a minority? like if i got killed the guy gets x sentence, but if i was gay or they thought it was b/c of my ethnicity or something the guy gets x+y sentence? doesn't make any sense.

    • 3 years ago
  • echoz
    • -1
      echoz  
    • Micaleth:

      I don't know who this y'tube is about and frankly I don't care, but I am with ya zealotohio. I'm not overtly violent either but you do get the real feeling gays are legislating all this "hate" crap so much so that you can't even disagree with the phukn "lifestyle" or their encroaching culture anymore (reminds me of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah where they were bangin' on the phukn doors of Lot's house saying give us wtf we want!) They do want a pass, but one that includes condemning those they deem politically-incorrect, and I suspect they'd absolutely love to characterize the absolute worst-case scenarios as indicative of ANY disagreement, even peaceful, as though (deceitfully) some kind of a phukn "hate" crime.... what phukn bs!!! I don't hate homo's or lesbians, but I do very much dislike prevaricating character in whomever it's more commonly found...

    • 3 years ago
  • GeoffNI
    • -1
      GeoffNI  
    • Micaleth:

      "If one looks at me I'm gonna KILL him and tell god he died" you want to call this Hate Speech. Anyone that is against the homosexual lifestyle is accused of hate speech. The Pro-Gay Lobby in the US has done a fine job of silencing the Christians and the conservatives and anyone that holds the traditional view of marriage. I believe in Freedom of Speech not this Hate Speech Bull shit!

    • 3 years ago
  • CreditFigaro
    • +1
      CreditFigaro  
    • Micaleth:

      There is a difference between free speech, and inciting violent crime.

      You could define the above as a threat to someone's safety, or a conspiracy to kill. If that man was caught killing a gay person because they were gay, you would have to upgrade from murder two to murder one.

      He is openly premeditating murder, and the audience members who clapped and cheered could be accused of the same thing.

      That IS a hate speech. Would you consider it to be OK for a group of people to meet and talk about the fact that they would kill you if they saw you and then call it free speech?

      Free speech means that you can speak out against the government, not that you can threaten the life of another human being. Your freedom ends at the tip of my nose.

      That person should be in jail, and we can tell God that we locked up the loony that was spreading the word of hate and Satan and not the word of god and love.

      How about that?

    • 3 years ago
  • s0und0FF
    • +1
      s0und0FF  
    • He definitely went way overboard. It's bad that Zapata wasn't entirely honest with him, but killing "it" is pretty damn harsh.

      Also, let's hope his terribly passive girfriend gets some sense.

    • 3 years ago
  • shadowtrekker
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      shadowtrekker  
    • should have told the truth, not that lying justifies getting murdered, but who can expect justice in this world. An ass kicking would have sufficed.

    • 3 years ago
  • alicynx
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      alicynx  
    • shadowtrekker:

      Are you saying that an ass kicking would have been appropriate if Angie had given the guy a full explanation of how transexualism works? Or just that the guy didn't _have_ to kill her, just roughed her up?
      I'm lost as to where violence would be appropriate at all here, so please help me out.

    • 3 years ago
  • shadowtrekker
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      shadowtrekker  
    • shadowtrekker:

      it seems that the guy was tricked into thinking he was having a heterosexual relationship, killing is no answer, an ass kicking, maybe. a punch in the face and then go take a shower. this was a man not a woman by the way, just because you stick a feather up your butt does not make you a chicken

    • 3 years ago
  • echoz
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      echoz  
    • shadowtrekker:

      lol =D

      and i was thinking the same kinda thing regarding the honesty of it to begin with, albeit not as colorfully...

      hehe...yeah. One should ask themselves the question "what if it happened to me?" I think shadow's already potentially answered it =P but it's unreasonable not to expect some kind of a obviously negative reaction in that circumstance...wtf

      seems freaks want to take for granted they'd presuppose "tolerance" helping themselves to disrespecting other sexualities in a world where people are very sensitively personal to their own...no matter the persuasion. the "his own" in "to each his own" isn't exactly considered casually or forgivably redefinable by another's pretentious standard and that kind of deceitfulness would be enraging to say the least for a LOT of people. maybe that's the sentiment behind "they need to die" y'know? probably felt like someone might as well have shoved a broom up his ass in the heat of that moment! he said he lost it... tsk...wtf i mean wtf do so many frolicking freaks really expect?

      yeah...saving a reaction like that, a LONG fuckn shower...

    • 3 years ago
  • nhiks
  • rainbowryan420
    • +1
      rainbowryan420  
    • well he is talking to somebody online you have to keep in mind that that they can be telling you lies

      he has his beliefs and he liked the man on man thing
      so he was trying to protect his ego just repressing his sexual urges

      i think
      i don't know that much psychology so i could be wrong

    • 3 years ago
  • argyle_kitten
  • morticebane
  • Nettle
    • +1
      Nettle  
    • So he cheated on his girlfriend with a tranny whom he subsequently killed and she's still willing to talk to him? WTF?

    • 3 years ago
  • JaceTurnerFilm
  • smitty_57
  • argyle_kitten
  • CreditFigaro
  • Chuck_st_chuck
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