First-hand account from the South Florida vigil for Simmie Williams

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First-hand account from the South Florida vigil for Simmie Williams
by: pam
Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 00:00:00 AM EST

http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=7642F06893C9E30C2B25A0E698646AC4?diaryId=4652

Waymon Hudson, president and co-founder of Fight OUT Loud, a national non-profit organization dedicated to empowering GLBT individuals and their allies to fight discrimination and hate, shared his first hand account of the vigil held in response to the murder of Simmie Williams. They gathered at the site in Broward County where Williams was slain. The 17-year-old was killed for not conforming to gender norms, but there has been rash of anti-gay, anti-trans hate crimes in the area that drew victims of hate and community officials together, including Melbourne Brunner, who was attacked for merely saying hello to a fellow resident at a restaurant.