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Sunday, June 3, 2018

Fighting For LGBTQ+ Justice

As someone who takes pride in being part of the LGBTQ+ community as a bisexual male, it pains me to see others who have faced ridicule and abuse for being who they are. 
It's sometimes very difficult to live my life knowing that there's a handful in this country who refuse to come to terms of people identifying as gay, bi or transgender. It's also concerning that direct violence may come onto me like the young couple who were hospitalized last week after being stabbed by a white male. 

The saddening thing about this story is the fact that the two men were simply holding hands after leaving a night club in Denver, Colorado. Nothing that they did deserved a provoked attack by someone else who doesn't agree with a different choice. 

Gabriel Roman, 23, and Christopher Huizar, 19, received knife wounds in the back, neck and hand, barely managing to escape the man with an excessive amount of blood dripping from their bodies. Thankfully none of the wounds were critical and it's expected that they'll be okay physically. 

But mentally is another story. For the remainder of their lives, they'll have that nightmare of an incident be replayed in their heads forever. 

According to thelatest.com, Dylan Payne was arrested later that night by the Denver Police Department in connection to the stabbing. His crime is now being investigated as a hate crime.

What's even more maddening about this affair is that it came two days before the start of the country's celebration of LGBTQ+ pride month, where organizations and individuals come together in support of inclusiveness. 

I hope that stories like these can come at a few in the future. Never again should someone face violence for simply being who they are. 

1 comment:

  1. Zach,
    This is a subject that touches my heart as well. It is scary that we live in such a hate filled world that allows these crimes to happen. I will never understand why people can perform these hate crimes and be okay with themselves. Before I saw this blog post, I had not seen any coverage on this incident so I thank you for posting it. Making sure that events like these receive attention is one of the first steps in making changes in our society. Good work on the blog so far, it is very interesting and well written!

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