Yes, there have been violent hate crimes locally, one murder and several other attacks (within the last 10 years). They have all been male on male attacks, and all have been outside of nightclubs.
I didn't see all of the articles, but I just don't understand why het males are so threatened by gay males.
And I absolutely don't buy into the "he was making unwanted advances" defense. Hell, pretty much the entire male population would be dead if females started beating and killing men for unwanted advances!!!!
There is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead. - Kurt Vonnegut
A friend of my best friend's (we are both in het relationships, though I'm wondering if I might be bi) was beaten to death by a mob for holding hands with his boyfriend in a public place. This was in Virginia.
I never met him, but I held my best friend as she wept for him.
Sometimes it is a very terrible world we live in.
I am a religious person, and for that very reason, I pray for the hate to end. LGBT need and deserve just as much love, if not more, than everyone else.
Hate Crimes
Posted - 06/04/2007 : 05:56:37
