Karl Frisch: 10 years after Matthew Shepard and media still can't get it right »
Posted By david_nwpa 6 months ago in Political NewsTen years ago, a gay University of Wyoming student was picked up at a bar by two young men, driven out to the middle of nowhere, pistol-whipped, tortured, robbed, tied to a fence and left for dead. Eighteen hours later he was found -- still alive but comatose -- by a bicyclist, who at first thought the seemingly lifeless body, its face completely covered in blood except for the skin-colored trails left by tears, was a "scarecrow."
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david_nwpa6 months ago
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One pet peeve of mine that the media uses often is the idea of sexual preference, implying that gays and lesbians choose to be homosexual. Instead, I prefer the term sexual identity. That to me indicates that I identify myself as someone who is gay as opposed to bisexual, straight, or somewhere on a continuum of sexual identities. Even sexual orientation makes it seem as if I am on a compass and could some day be "cured" or pointed straight again.
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Mutainia6 months ago
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I just used the name "Matthew Shepard" in a video I made for Muhammadtube today when a stalker posted my MySpace account to shut me up for talking about Islam. It was his way that he learned my full name, and, could possibly easily find out where I lived. I'm pretty sure the guy was Muhammadan, but, he accused me of "faggotry".
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