Transgender Teen Found Burned to Death on Detroit Highway

Posted by Kevin Farrell on Nov 11, 2011 in Oh Hell No! | 54 comments

Shelley Hilliard, a treasure taken from us too soon.

The disgusting worldwide trend of LGBT people being set on fire unfortunately continues today with news that a Detroit area transgender teen’s charred body was discovered on the side of I-94. The victim, Shelley “Treasure” Hilliard had been burned to death and discarded on the side of the busy road.

Henry Hilliard Jr., 19, also known as Shelley or Treasure, was last seen at 1:20 a.m. on Oct. 23 in the 900 block of Longfellow, wearing a silver dress. The 19-year-old had several piercings and tattoos, including one of cherries on the upper right arm.

Hilliard’s death, at least the seventh LGBT person burned alive in only the past six weeks across the world, is being ruled a homicide seeing as how missing persons don’t usually set themselves on fire and then march their dead bodies onto highways.

This trend has got to stop. Burning has become the homophobic equivalent of modern lynching, a terrifying new take on tying someone to a fence, in recent weeks. While individual stories continue to make local news, so far UB appears to be the only organization connecting these hate crimes.

Contact your local news, tweet Gaga and Anderson Cooper, pressure your lawmakers to take these crimes seriously! Because we can’t bear to keep preaching these crimes solely to the choir.

Attention world, STOP SETTING US ON FIRE.

meh2

this is nauseatingly real; why isn’t anyone doing anything about these crimes?!?!
http://www.facebook.com/raiden.chan Joy Gutgsell

could be something like a global group doing it and they are connecting through some internet thing that looks harmless
http://www.facebook.com/PoetPopStarr Wil Bowen

This has been one of the saddest weeks for me. I didn’t get a chance to meet her, but being a part of this community social and professionally, I feel like I loss my sister. She was only 19.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Elisabeth-Spicer/100002759832728 Elisabeth Spicer

heart breaking. I am a straight woman, and I am married but I have so much love and respect for the LGBT community. I just can’t believe this is happening! I pity anyone that can put someone down because of their sexual orientation, and I hope that who did this, and the people that are doing this will suffer a very slow and painful death. disgusting. May she rest in peace and enjoy her time in heaven to be herself, because heaven has definitely received an angel!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FDEHRSGDYXRLCU5325XIPVQYOQ David

1st Corinthians 6-9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders. Dont fool yourself this person is not in heaven! God does not go back on his word!

http://www.facebook.com/people/Emily-Phillips/848844856 Emily Phillips

Let’s go set David on fire. He’s the REAL evil in this world. He’s the one we should be afraid of.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000345971366 Jack Kitchens

We are all Gods creatures. It is your acceptance of persons put here to test your acceptance and toleration . God tests your faith. David failed this test. This is not Christian .

Anonymous

This is 100% christian. Read your bible.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Haylie-Stevens/100000521391288 Haylie Stevens

First off the bible says that you should not judge a whole lot more then it says anything about being gay so there for everyone that is hating on people for being gay in their beliefs is going the hell also. Second God did know write the bible it was written by man HOW MANY YEARS AFTER JESUS’ DEATH? It has also been rewritten so many times that there is no telling who or how many of the “translator’s” own beliefs have been written into it.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OFNKI7XBSD2JTQYVFIVLZ3IHFI Willie J. Broussard, Jr.

Ummm…thou shalt not kill, David. Enough said – it’s in the Top 10 list (Commandments remember…..)
http://www.facebook.com/KefetxMelodie Melodie Renee Hawkins

This is one of the reasons I’m not Christian. So much hate. And who the fox liked this post?
http://www.facebook.com/joeythebarber Joey Pena

Shelly paid her penance while on earth dealing with the likes of people like you. She has more than earned entrance into God’s kingdom, as for you, you might want to take a look at Matthew and wander through the beatitudes because you have undoubtedly missed out on some of Christs’ teachings.

http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/OHRORFA3SAT4Y23A7QBJCLA7PE Iolanthe

Oh, he’s only missed out on the *IMPORTANT* teachings of Christ.

The teachings about “who’s in and who’s out”, who’s a member of his silly little club masquerading as Christianity, and who Isn’t? That, he has down.

Oh. Wait. Look at Christ’s list of “who’s in and who’s out”, given in Matthew 25:31-46. Look who *Christ* thinks is going to Hell.

Maybe he *doesn’t* have it down.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Raymond-Loxingly/100001239807239 Raymond Loxingly

yeah, notice it said “Male Prostitutes” and not female. The bible was written by man, and of course those men who wrote it would reflect their own views into it. *rolls eyes*
http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/OHRORFA3SAT4Y23A7QBJCLA7PE Iolanthe

You mean the wicked, like YOU? I’ll pray for your soul, you poor misguided hater.
http://wp.me/nQPn Dee Omally

Typically “religiosity” taking verses out of context. Someone that knows where souls truly go.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Elisabeth-Spicer/100002759832728 Elisabeth Spicer

Oh, David. You sound like my Uncle. He said the same thing when I posted this link to my facebook. and I pity you. I pity you for believing the ways as they were 4534974659273465723645 billion years ago. The lords children have changed. The lords earth has changed. EVERYTHING has changed. Things are different and the lord knows. This beautiful person is in heaven with the lord and they are both looking down on you, reveling in the same pity as I, disgusted that you can not accept change.

http://www.facebook.com/g.alex.fox Khai Fox

make no mistake, we WILL put an end to this.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Tee-Bee/100003005045270 Tee Bee

I agree with Joy, it’s not coincidental that we are told we
are goanna burn then literally do…
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000501262935 Jessica Racheal

this is disgusting. i will never understand how people could be so uncomfortable with who they are as a person that they have to go out and destroy someone who IS. i am a straight teenager and i respect people for who they choose to be and who they were born as, gay lesbian bi straigh black white asian spanish indain. not only does this show no respect for a different lifestyle, it shows no respect for human life. i’m also half black and half white. if this was happening to a certain racial group, the news would be all over it, protesting this violence and debating on cnn about racial issues, trying to get this attention. why arent they helping now?
http://www.facebook.com/meegan.peebles Meegan Peebles

This is the worse shit I have ever heard. It brought me to tears we are people and have the right to love whoever and however as long as we arent hurting anyone. This shit is real serious!
Rowan Oost

Why the hell would we talk to Gaga? She doesn’t give a shit beyond using us as a marketing tool. Wooo, what special little monsters we are.

http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/6ZLZ7E2R6Q3CEGSE3WAM6QM2FY Allegra

Whether or not you think her concern with the LGBT community is genuine, she CAN help get the word out. That’s worth something.
Anonymous

So, make it even. Use her as a marketing tool for equality. Pressure her, *use* her to get the message out of the community and in to mainstream awareness. It’s the least she can do, right?
Anonymous

She doesn’t give a shit? She’s been writing letters to kids who have been bullied for who they are and has been speaking out about the mistreatment of LGBTs for a few years now. I really wouldn’t say she doesn’t give a shit when it affects her personally, too.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CGOBEFBARAXECO265E7VBWLGWY RG

This is exactly why there should be a psychological, emotional, physical exam that you must pass before you are allowed to have a child. There are more children being born in this world that are left to fend for there own lives and have no real human contact then a drug addict mother or father and those cock suckers let them loose on the rest of us!!!
http://twitter.com/twiddle723 MaryAnn Bova

This is unacceptable, horrifying and heartbreaking. Why isn’t the MSM covering this? This is like the civil rights fight all over again. How many have to die before we, collectively, as a country say enough is enough? My condolences to the families and friends.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Deana-M/761950299 Deana M

UGH THIS SHIT NEEDS TO END!!!!! SO SAD
http://www.massauthentics.ecrater.com joshua hastings

Im not part of the community but I can’t see how any human being can have such little regard for another human life….it’s disgusting, vile, hate-filled, ignorant, assholes who judge others as a way to deflect the attention from themselves and how uncomfortable they are. I just wish there was more understanding in the world, it took too damn long for the cival rights movement to get traction and still to this day we have racists all over the world, My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family and let’s each take the time to get to know one another before we make judgement, you don’t have to like everyone but you can still respect them….
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http://twitter.com/Inoculatted Inoculatted

Dear Shelley, please forgive these people. You are loved, appreciated and important to so many of those who have learned about you at this point. Ms. Hilliard, you are beautiful, strong and put together. Know that your memory will be aptly represented by me and those who are close to me. Shelley, hold on to your strong spirit wherever you are now, know that you are loved beyond words for your strength and bravery. Yours, Sarah
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Jereny Rivera

Messaging Lady Gaga about this wont do anything what so ever. Yes she uses siding with the minority to her gain but does that really mean she can create laws? There needs to be more education on the matter of transgender and homosexual teens and adults. Tolerance needs to grow in this country and a matter of fact, all around the world. An uprising of those who could never stand in this society needs to occur and will only occur with civil disobedience.
http://twitter.com/Samakayne Samakain.

Burned alive? What …what time period is this exactly? ><
Anonymous

Homophobics are setting homosexuals on fire because they believe that they should go to heck. This is so horrible and scary!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FDEHRSGDYXRLCU5325XIPVQYOQ David

This is sad yes but God is the only one to chose our gender and 1st Corinthians 6-9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders. So do not fool yourselves saying oh your in heaven, a better place, etc!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TWEFGAL5HUHGB5X4WNYSFOH2PI Jasmin

David, I know you’re not going to heaven since you like to throw the first stone. Before you pluck out the splinter out of someone elses eye, take the log out of your own eye. You know some of us do read the bible too. and Jesus preached the sermon on the mountain and asked us to treat each other as we would want to be treated ourselves. Show mercy, kindness and forgiveness. So you seem to enjoy pointing fingers huh? I think you should be worried about yourself on the judgement day, for I know you are not without sin yourself. People like you with your organized religions are why this earth is messed up in the first place. I’d bet you would have rather lived in the times of the Spanish inquisition huh? You don’t seem to show any feelings of sympathy for the person horribly burned to death, but you seem to focus on the vistim’s sexual orientation. Jesus loves us all. You are like the Pharisees. They pointed the finger at Jesus when he hung out with the prostitutes, thieves and other types of sinners. But he called the Pharisees hypocrytes. And that is what you are….. a hypocryte.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Emily-Phillips/848844856 Emily Phillips

How about you follow the rest of the old testament. Know any women who wear pants or cut their hair short? Did your mom ever do that? Does your wife? Better divorce her and disown your mother, because all sins are equal in the eyes of God, David, including this sin of throwing the first stone, you ignorant vagina.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000345971366 Jack Kitchens

Wicked you are David without sorrow. The gate had been slammed shut on your path of intolerance. God created us all in his image. It is up to you to learn to respect Gods creation. You are not the judge of souls. You stand in Gods shoes. Shame!
http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/OHRORFA3SAT4Y23A7QBJCLA7PE Iolanthe

You are not going to heaven.

You are WAY too fond of using the Bible as a club to beat your brethren with. You suck, and when you use the word “love”, it sounds like a filthy swear word, because … you do not mean it.

The False Church, and False Prophets, like Robertson,. Gothard, the LaHayes, etc., have poisoned your spirit. You are one of the same people who would stone the *REAL* prophets, or give up Jesus for execution. There is no scrap of love in you.

Anonymous

The hatemongers that are responsible need to be publicly executed.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FDEHRSGDYXRLCU5325XIPVQYOQ David

I am not trying to get people all mad, offended, or anything! Please please PLEASE repent and turn from this wide path! AS it says in Matthew 7 13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. I love you and Jesus loves you!

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_KUGPV4AZ235KRJJQGL2GXIKLAA Srsly

David, quoting bible verses of the umpteenth interpretation of what someone in the 3rd or 4th century wrote about what Matthew said in the 1st century is the equivalent of Michele Bachmann interpeting historical events to the masses that occurred only 2 centuries ago. Not only that! !!!!
Shall we count you as one of the horrific, murderous souls who are burning our brothers and sisters alive? Since, apparently, you are so bent on commenting about how much you “love” us by madly throwing your insanity up here on a page reporting what true demons have done: burn a child alive.
I suggest you review Luke 3:14, Luke 6:41, and on and on and on. Why is your outrage *not* aimed squarely and justly at the murderers???!?!?!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Emily-Phillips/848844856 Emily Phillips

Get this guy OUT OF HERE. We’re already angry enough that our people are being MURDERED, and he thinks he’s preaching love because he’s a brainwashed idiot!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002554226606 Kindra Pring Eubanks

Oh shove it. I’m tired of self-righteous Christians insisting this is taking the easy way. Tell me David, why would I “choose” to be gay, if it meant years of bullying and taunting I could avoid? Tell me why I would “choose” to be gay, if it meant not being able to marry the person I loved anyway? Tell me what I would choose to be gay when I could be risking getting myself set on fire by homophobes like you? We don’t CHOOSE this. Why would we? Why would anyone want to go through this sort of hatred and anger and feeling of being less than human, if it were as simple as waking up and going “Nah, I’m going to be straight instead.” I would love. LOVE to be able to wake up and NOT have to deal with all that. But I can’t. And no amount of your childish, imaginary rants are going to help.

Christians are the ones who have it easy in this country. That’s why they can whine about the tiniest QUESTION of their faith like Jesus was being crucified again (completely ignorant to the fact that gays and Christians are dying side by side in Middle Eastern countries – you selfish cretins only care about forcing your religion down everyone’s throats).

Why don’t you get off YOUR wide road before you start preaching to us.
Tammy J. Hamilton

David, David, David and those like you. I think you really believe what you say and so did those who enslaved nations and killed in God’s name. When are people going to wake up and realize that God has no problem with who you love? It is only Love that counts. Quote the bible all you want, but you do realize that it is ONLY a guide, not concrete? Stop listening to what others tell you about who God is and ask Her who she is and what she wants for your life and I can bet it would not be to use Words as damnation, nor to kill those things She created! What if on the day of your judgement (your belief not mine) you find that you were wrong….and all those who you have quoted and preached to were your judges???? Kinda scary huh?

The reason people do these things is because they are afraid and they can! The world is changing and I can promise you this: those who do these kinds of things will be punished…hopefully sooner than later.
Anonymous

Man wrote the bible, (the bible do states, “according to…”), however, some passages, GOD and Jesus spoke,(according to…)! All of our questions will be answered on the day of judgement!
http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/OHRORFA3SAT4Y23A7QBJCLA7PE Iolanthe

Sounds to me like you’re walking down that broad road yourself.   This “thing” that calls itself the Church today is a grasping, greedy, hatemongering counterfeit, a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Jesus never said one word about gay people.   Paul did, but he’s not Jesus, and it was … what … 3 verses?    Plus, I think Paul had his own issues in his own little closet. Moreover, despite his recount of his hallucination, Jesus did NOT choose Paul to run the church.

Next time you’re “laboring in the Word”, start in Matthew. Pay particular attention to verses 5 through 7, and verses 23-25.

There is NO way that “Hatred of homosexuals” is some foundational doctrine of Christianity.   You ignore the weightier matters of the law (mercy, justice, truth) to focus on *THIS*?

Turn off Fox, turn off Bill Gothard, turn off your sleazy pastor, and start reading on your own again.

http://www.facebook.com/k80jandris Katie Jandris Martin

God loves LGBT people. David has no concept of God’s love. Take the plank out of your eye, David.
http://www.facebook.com/finmagik Alexandra Moore

This is disgusting, I thought the states were better then this and the dark days were behind this. It also makes me fear for my Transgender Dad. Oh geez. Poor lady, there are evil people out in the world.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Emily-Phillips/848844856 Emily Phillips

Can we please GET THE HOMOPHOBIC GAY “CHRISTIAN” WHO LIKES TO USE GOD TO EXCUSE HIS HATE OFF THE PAGE?!
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http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CQWW3Y4PH7TTXSOX4D7WUXWSVE heatherk

David who are you to judge? God chooses who goes to heaven not you!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Dora-Williams/1557747801 Dora Williams

here is a specific issue to get behind. occupy this. no more bullying or killing of anyone who is different then you. period. LOVE. ORGANIZE. Shelley’s life worth more then a budget crisis.
meh2

i’m trying not to cry but this is so terrible…there can’t be a god, not if he lets things like this happen…omnipotent or no, if there’s a god and he loved us then he wouldn’t let this happen. if there is a god, i don’t want to be in his corner because he clearly doesn’t care..
Anonymous

I am a straight Christian woman who is proud to support the LGBT community. You all are so brave and beautiful, such an inspiration to all. Please don’t listen to any of the hateful rhetoric of those who claim to speak for God. He created each and every one of you to be exactly as you are. You are beautiful and loved. I know that sometimes it’s really hard to listen to the bigoted and hateful comments of those that use the Bible to hurt you, and even harder to see such tragedy befall someone based purely on their identity. But you will prevail. You will win this war. How do I know this? Because I believe that God has chosen you for this path, because you are strong, because you are kind, and because you were specially-designed to be who you are. God is the creator of love. He created the love in your hearts. He would never create anyone, only to deny them to be the person He created them to be. You are all His children, and He loves you. People who use the Bible as their weapon say that your love is a “sin”. But every true sin is one of violence, and things that you are in control of. Love is not violence, nor can it ever be controlled. It is as natural as a breath or a heartbeat. And it is a gift from God. YOU are a gift from God. And you are beautiful. As for those who continue to judge, condemn, and condone violence against you, they lack the true understanding of Christianity; and I can only pray that they will open their eyes and beg for forgiveness for those that they have hurt, all while using the name of God, to justify their own bigotry. It is heartbreaking to see the ongoing injustice to the LBGT community, and I pray for the day that it will all end. It is senseless for people to be hated, simply on the grounds of who they love or who they are. And then to say that they say it out of love…love has no conditions or stipulations. I love each and every one of you, not in spite of, not except for, but BECAUSE OF who you are. You are all beautiful, and perfectly made by God’s design. I am proud to stand with you…now and always.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Amy-Shelden/100000409754688 Amy Shelden

I’m not Christian, but I know so called Christians. I know what the bible says, I read it completely. What you wrote sz72, it’s one of the most Christ like things I have ever read from a Christian. I wonder what the world would be like if more Christians where more like you?

Thank you for being an ally. And thank you for your words of encouragement.

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