J.E. Reich

What was incredibly hard about hearing her victim impact statement was that my mom quoted a number of the threats that the caller had levied against me. She quoted word for word the awful things that the caller had said, the threats that she had made against me. My mom also quoted them with the exact same cadence that she did.

80 to 90% of the calls were directed at me, even though they were made at my stepdad's phone. They almost always began with her using my first name, which is not the name I use for my byline. So she did do some investigating to figure out what that was. What we think happened was she read that Vanity Fair essay. They had reached out to me to write that the day after the shooting.

80 to 90% of the calls were directed at me, even though they were made at my stepdad's phone. They almost always began with her using my first name, which is not the name I use for my byline. So she did do some investigating to figure out what that was. What we think happened was she read that Vanity Fair essay. They had reached out to me to write that the day after the shooting.

80 to 90% of the calls were directed at me, even though they were made at my stepdad's phone. They almost always began with her using my first name, which is not the name I use for my byline. So she did do some investigating to figure out what that was. What we think happened was she read that Vanity Fair essay. They had reached out to me to write that the day after the shooting.

So when I found out that the caller is a Black woman, of course, that changed a lot of things for me in terms of how I interacted with my feelings, because I could only imagine the hardships that she had been through. But I also am not trying to take her autonomy away from her because she made the choices that she made.

So when I found out that the caller is a Black woman, of course, that changed a lot of things for me in terms of how I interacted with my feelings, because I could only imagine the hardships that she had been through. But I also am not trying to take her autonomy away from her because she made the choices that she made.

So when I found out that the caller is a Black woman, of course, that changed a lot of things for me in terms of how I interacted with my feelings, because I could only imagine the hardships that she had been through. But I also am not trying to take her autonomy away from her because she made the choices that she made.

So it was incredibly jarring not just to have to relive those moments while sitting in the courtroom, but also hear them in my mother's voice. That wasn't something that she intended, but it's something that still echoes in my head. During this entire months-long discovery phase, I was told that I could give a victim impact statement. I very much wanted to.

So it was incredibly jarring not just to have to relive those moments while sitting in the courtroom, but also hear them in my mother's voice. That wasn't something that she intended, but it's something that still echoes in my head. During this entire months-long discovery phase, I was told that I could give a victim impact statement. I very much wanted to.

So it was incredibly jarring not just to have to relive those moments while sitting in the courtroom, but also hear them in my mother's voice. That wasn't something that she intended, but it's something that still echoes in my head. During this entire months-long discovery phase, I was told that I could give a victim impact statement. I very much wanted to.

I think the thing that I grappled with the most is as a Jewish person, but also as a queer person who has experienced homophobia, as a trans person who's experienced transphobia, it's still hard for me to wrap my head around how she had no sense of empathy. Obviously, I can't speak to what it's like to live as a Black person in America.

I think the thing that I grappled with the most is as a Jewish person, but also as a queer person who has experienced homophobia, as a trans person who's experienced transphobia, it's still hard for me to wrap my head around how she had no sense of empathy. Obviously, I can't speak to what it's like to live as a Black person in America.

I think the thing that I grappled with the most is as a Jewish person, but also as a queer person who has experienced homophobia, as a trans person who's experienced transphobia, it's still hard for me to wrap my head around how she had no sense of empathy. Obviously, I can't speak to what it's like to live as a Black person in America.

I think it was published two days afterwards. We think she read that essay and then figured out my stepfather's office phone number from when he worked at Tree of Life and then was able to attain his cell phone number from his answering machine from Tree of Life because for months and months, the bills were still paid. Things in the building worked.

I think it was published two days afterwards. We think she read that essay and then figured out my stepfather's office phone number from when he worked at Tree of Life and then was able to attain his cell phone number from his answering machine from Tree of Life because for months and months, the bills were still paid. Things in the building worked.

I think it was published two days afterwards. We think she read that essay and then figured out my stepfather's office phone number from when he worked at Tree of Life and then was able to attain his cell phone number from his answering machine from Tree of Life because for months and months, the bills were still paid. Things in the building worked.

What I mourn the most and what I'm trying to grapple my way back to is I stopped writing. Writing was always something that was such a core part of me. I'm trying to piece by piece start to write again. The first real thing that I wrote of some significance or substance, at least to me, was the victim impact statement.

What I mourn the most and what I'm trying to grapple my way back to is I stopped writing. Writing was always something that was such a core part of me. I'm trying to piece by piece start to write again. The first real thing that I wrote of some significance or substance, at least to me, was the victim impact statement.

What I mourn the most and what I'm trying to grapple my way back to is I stopped writing. Writing was always something that was such a core part of me. I'm trying to piece by piece start to write again. The first real thing that I wrote of some significance or substance, at least to me, was the victim impact statement.

But I understand what it's like to walk through the world as a trans person who doesn't really pass. Like, I get misgendered all the time. I do have a sense of what it's like to walk through the world and worry about my safety because of how I look. Transphobia is on the rise in terms of our laws, in terms of banning life-saving medical care for trans people, all of it.