Gay, or perceived gay by a drunk, it's still a hate crime.

[ravan]

Today was the first I'd heard of this (also here and here.)

Fucking horrific. Equally nasty is the burying of the story, the "oh, it can't be a real hate crime because the victim wasn't really gay." type of crap, and the "gay panic" defense.

With friends like that, who needs enemies?

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a blast from the past - namely, san jose and staying in your house

[mrshannibal.livejournal.com]

hi,

i'm janina, and i don't know if you remember me -
any how, stephanie just got in touch w/me and i thought that great as i had been thinking of you and folks in the san jose house w/such wonderful memories and great fondness and wondered how you folks (meaning: you, aaron, carl & stephanie) were doing...
aaron gave me your user name and well, here i am...