Where is our outrage? Our sisters and brothers are being murdered!
Author: admin ;March 13, 2008 @ 11:15 am
http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/03/13/where-is-our-outrage-our-sisters-and-brothers-are-being-murdered/ "1 LGBT Person has been murdered every 8 days so far this year and these are only ones we know about." ...Fight Out Loud
On May 15, 1988 Richard Reihl a gay man from West Hartford was murdered by two teenagers. By June 7th gays and lesbians of The Connecticut Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights formed a committee called the Anti-Violence Project in response to the murder. The Project's mission was to monitor the Reihl murder case and assist the prosecution, educate the community on how to protect ourselves from violence and to combat hate crimes in Connecticut. An organization called Speak Out was formed to educated by talking directly to groups about our lives. The only remaining active part of the original Anti-Violence Project is now called the Stonewall Speakers Bureau.
