Gay bashing

[Nikki]

Stevens had been in the gay bar with a friend Thursday night, Flood said. Police believe he got upset after a woman turned him down.

Does this mean Stevens was too much of a gentlemen to hit the woman, so he went looking for a gay punching bag ?   Hell!

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[michaelflanagansf]

Does this mean Stevens was too much of a gentlemen to hit the woman, so he went looking for a gay punching bag ?   Hell!

It probably means he was angry because he got turned down but didn't act on it till he stepped outside the bar.  I doubt being a gentleman came into play...but I'm guessing at least a few beers did...so that the little brain took a while to hear from the big brain (assuming in this case that the bigger brain was in his pants).

[Nikki]

It probably means he was angry because he got turned down but didn't act on it till he stepped outside the bar.  I doubt being a gentleman came into play...but I'm guessing at least a few beers did...so that the little brain took a while to hear from the big brain (assuming in this case that the bigger brain was in his pants).

LOL, Michael.

[michaelflanagansf]

^^^  There are moments where I pause at things like this and think 'is he gay bashing...or is he just a dunce?' - and it's often a toss-up, Nikki. 

[fritzkep]

But be careful when they confederate.

[michaelflanagansf]

But be careful when they confederate.

They almost always do, Fritz.

[michaelflanagansf]

Another possible anti-LGBT murder in Puerto Rico
by Michael K. Lavers
National News Editor
Monday Sep 13, 2010

Puerto Rican authorities continue to investigate the death of two transgender women found dead on a local highway.

El Nuevo Día reported local police discovered the bodies of "two men who were dressed in women’s clothes" along Highway 512 in Juana Díaz around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 13. The newspaper said both victims, who were between 20- and 25-years-old, were shot in the head.

El Nuevo Día further reported authorities arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the murders after they found blood and human tissue inside his car. Pedro Julio Serrano of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force urged Puerto Rican authorities to investigate the deaths as hate crimes.

"At the very least it is probable that these crimes could have been motivated by prejudice based on the victims’ sexual orientation or gender identity," he said in a statement. "The authorities have an obligation under the law to investigate this hate angle."

continues:

http://www.edgechicago.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=110248

[michaelflanagansf]

Tenn. Lesbian Couple Burned Out of Home
by Kilian Melloy
Monday Sep 13, 2010

A lesbian couple in a tiny town in eastern Tennessee say that the fire that burned their house to the ground was an act of anti-gay hatred. They also say that they received numerouis threats from a neighbor--including a threat to "kill them and burn down their house"--over the span of the five years they lived in the town, reported Knoxville, Tenn. news station WATE on Sept. 10.

Carol and Laura Stutte, long-time life partners who have been together for a decade and a half, were away when the house burned. They regard the fire as suspicious both because of the threats they received and because a spray-painted message was left on their garage, consisting of one word in large letters: "Queers."

The couple moved to Tennessee from Oklahoma five years ago. But the state they left is not friendlier toward gay and lesbian families than the one they moved to, at least not by law; two years ago, a male couple in Tulsa suffered similar property destruction when their home was damaged and a friend’s pickup was torched in their driveway, reported northeastern Oklahoma newspaper Tulsa World on July 18, 2008.

Vandals spray-painted "Gays Must Go" on the garage door of Robert Stotler, a Marine Corps veteran, and his male life partner. The torched truck was also spray painted with the warning, "I’ll Be Back."

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http://www.edgesanfrancisco.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=110261

[CellarDweller115]

Disgusting.  Assholes like that deserve a special place in Hell.

[Lyle (Mooska)]

I don't get what motivates people to commit acts like this against others.

[gnash]

i was googling the new jewish prayer (for deceased gay partners) and came across this site:

http://www.landoverbaptist.net/showthread.php?p=602131

I'm not sure what to make of this. I stand with you that homosexuality is a carcinogen on society, but Jews don't hate gays to the extent that you do at LBC. I don't really see the harm in including gays in prayer.

isn't it special how we're seen as carcinogens...?  thanks a lot, david rothstein...

anyway. posted here because there's mention there somewhere about how gay are supposed to be pelted with "moderate sized" stones.

yes. let's consult the holy texts for instructions on how to properly punish the gays.

[BayCityJohn]

Jimmy, Landover Baptist is MY church  

Betty Bowers turned me on to it years ago.

It's a satire site.

http://www.landoverbaptist.org/

[gnash]

i was gonna say!!  i was just interested in the jewish prayer article (which is real) and came across the link through google.

it should be popover baptist.

[Jeff Wrangler]

anyway. posted here because there's mention there somewhere about how gay are supposed to be pelted with "moderate sized" stones.

That's like saying it's OK to beat your wife, as long as the club is no thicker than your thumb. ... 

[chapeaugris]

Dan Savage has started a YouTube channel for his "It Gets Better Project". Here it is : http://www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject and here's what it's about:

Another gay teenager in another small town has killed himself—hope you're pleased with yourselves, Tony Perkins and all the other "Christians" out there who oppose anti-bullying programs (and give actual Christians a bad name).

Billy Lucas was just 15 when he hanged himself in a barn on his grandmother's property. He reportedly endured intense bullying at the hands of his classmates—classmates who called him a fag and told him to kill himself. His mother found his body.

Nine out of 10 gay teenagers experience bullying and harassment at school, and gay teens are four times likelier to attempt suicide. Many LGBT kids who do kill themselves live in rural areas, exurbs, and suburban areas, places with no gay organizations or services for queer kids.

"My heart breaks for the pain and torment you went through, Billy Lucas," a reader wrote after I posted about Billy Lucas to my blog. "I wish I could have told you that things get better."

I had the same reaction: I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that it gets better. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, it gets better.

But gay adults aren't allowed to talk to these kids. Schools and churches don't bring us in to talk to teenagers who are being bullied. Many of these kids have homophobic parents who believe that they can prevent their gay children from growing up to be gay—or from ever coming out—by depriving them of information, resources, and positive role models.

Why are we waiting for permission to talk to these kids? We have the ability to talk directly to them right now. We don't have to wait for permission to let them know that it gets better. We can reach these kids.

So here's what you can do: Make a video. Tell them it gets better.

I've launched a channel on YouTube—www ­.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject—to host these videos. My normally camera-shy husband and I already posted one. We both went to Christian schools and we were both bullied—he had it a lot worse than I did—and we are living proof that it gets better. We don't dwell too much on the past. Instead, we talk mostly about all the meaningful things in our lives now—our families, our friends (gay and straight), the places we've gone and things we've experienced—that we would've missed out on if we'd killed ourselves then.

"You gotta give 'em hope," Harvey Milk said.

Today we have the power to give these kids hope. We have the tools to reach out to them and tell our stories and let them know that it does get better. Online support groups are great, GLSEN does amazing work, the Trevor Project is invaluable. But many LGBT youth can't picture what their lives might be like as openly gay adults. They can't imagine a future for themselves. So let's show them what our lives are like, let's show them what the future may hold in store for them.

The video my husband and I made is up now—all by itself. I'd like to add submissions from other gay and lesbian adults—singles and couples, with kids or without, established in careers or just starting out, urban and rural, of all races and religious backgrounds. (Go to www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject to find instructions for submitting your video.) If you're gay or lesbian or bi or trans and you've ever read about a kid like Billy Lucas and thought, "Fuck, I wish I could've told him that it gets better," this is your chance. We can't help Billy, but there are lots of other Billys out there—other despairing LGBT kids who are being bullied and harassed, kids who don't think they have a future—and we can help them.

They need to know that it gets better. Submit a video. Give them hope.