"Does the fact that this person is transgendered justify MURDER? "
No but apparently teens throwing eggs at an armed man justifies murder according to the vigilante vultures in the egg throwing in another thread. I think the man in this story knew exactly what he was doing and is more disgusted that his sexual penchant was discovered and made public in court.
Happilly, I missed the egg-throwing thread.
Leave it to a poster named "SunnySide" to defend egg throwing... would it make a difference if they were scrambled?