…from Savannah Now: 
By Kevin L. Clark
On Feb. 12, 15-year-old Lawrence King of Oxnard, Calif., who had been teased, bullied, and harassed incessantly in school, was shot and killed simply because of his sexual orientation and gender expression.
On March 17, 2006, 20-year-old Travis McClain of Savannah was brutally beaten - suffering a concussion and broken teeth […]

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…from the LA Times:
FOLSOM, CALIF. — One punch was all it took. One punch to forever divide. One punch to kill a young man.
On a hot summer afternoon along a placid lakefront in the Sacramento suburbs, Satender Singh had come with a group of fellow Fijians to celebrate his promotion at an AT&T call center. […]

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…from the Washington Blade:
Gay rights advocates and gay-supportive members of Congress say they remain uncertain whether two important gay rights bills can clear the Senate before lawmakers adjourn in the fall to devote their efforts to the upcoming presidential and congressional elections.
Last year, the House of Representatives passed the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention […]

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…from the Sun-Sentinel:
At school, his mother said, they teased him: “Gay! Faggot!”Around the neighborhood, a friend recalled, some mistook him for a young woman and catcalled — “Hey lil’ momma!” — and he ran, knowing what would happen when they came closer and realized he was a boy.Simmie Williams Jr., 17, lived a short life […]

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The pleading of advocates and law police officers echoed off the nearly empty walls of the State Capitol’s North Gallery on Good Friday as the Anti-Defamation League gathered its allies to stand Shiva for Georgia hate crimes legislation.
“We are here today to say two things,” ADL Southeast Regional Director Bill Nigut said. “We are terribly […]

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“If you think gay teens like Lawrence King are safe in our schools,” says Grey’s Anatomy’s T. R. Knight, “you’re wrong.”
In partnership with GLSEN, LGBT-oriented television network Logo, in response to the recent murder of openly gay junior high student Lawrence King, is airing a public service announcement urging awareness and vigilance against homophobia, transphobia […]

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If you’re like me, you’ve seen and heard enough reports of school shootings through the media to last several lifetimes. 
I urge you to read this one, though, because unlike previous cases of many random victims ending in the shooter’s suicide, this one is different.
It’s different because only a single shot was fired, and no suicide followed.  Now there are […]

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