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Aerows

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25. This thread is beautiful and horrible at the same time

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 12:00 AM

Feb 2014

and I can't even name the victim of violence because my girlfriend and my friends forced me away. It happened on Montrose Ave in Houston, and a gay man was nearly beaten to death. One of my other friends got punched, but as a crowd we got dragged away.

It is unspeakable how you feel when you see a person get the stew beaten out of them. For no other reason than being themselves and having an opinion. A part of me died that day, and I am thankful for the friend that held me back because I was ready to dive in ... and probably would have gotten the shit beaten out of me, too.

Which makes me a coward, I guess, but I couldn't because I was unable to do anything.

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A thread for GLBT martyrs [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2013 OP

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Sadly this thread will get very big. William769 Aug 2013 #3

Mark Carson, shot in the face earlier this year about a block from the Stonewall Inn. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 #4

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Brandy Martell, murdered in Oakland, CA 2012. nt Zorra Aug 2013 #6

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To the thousands (more?) of GLBT sent to the gas chambers in Nazi Germany. Behind the Aegis Aug 2013 #8

... William769 Aug 2013 #9

Beautiful. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #11

+1 Zorra Aug 2013 #12

So many gone.... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #10

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to all those mentioned mitchtv Oct 2013 #17

I'm one of those. I've been partially disabled since a hate crime almost 4 years ago nightscanner59 Nov 2013 #19

I had a friend that was nearly beaten to death Aerows Jan 2014 #22

I contributed to it Aerows Feb 2014 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #18

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