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Just pulled this article of the Yahoo news, a timely reminder for those of us who live in slightly more enlightened countries of what still goes on for our sisters in the Third world
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Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:48 am
Eilidh Moderators
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Yes, and adding to the list of tragedy, is the current anti-gay legislation in Uganda.
Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:36 am
17Chikane
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Also, about a month ago, a guy in Puerto Rico was murdered, torn into pieces, and partially burned because he was gay. _________________ “Unforgiven one, sweet Sinner of the world, seek not what you will never have.”
Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:29 am
Eilidh Moderators
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quote:Originally posted by 17Chikane:
Also, about a month ago, a guy in Puerto Rico was murdered, torn into pieces, and partially burned because he was gay.
Violence is violence and death is death, but just for the sake of accuracy, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado was not murdered [only] because he was gay; he was murdered for his feminine gender expression. His murderer believed him to be a woman and brutally killed him when he found out otherwise. Of course this is no excuse, but it does add another dimension to the "story" and shows that regardless of how hard we work to teach people the difference between sexual orientation and gender expression, the hateful reactions toward anyone who dares challenge these concepts still remain the same.
Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:45 pm
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Just pulled this article of the Yahoo news, a timely reminder for those of us who live in slightly more enlightened countries of what still goes on for our sisters in the Third world
