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Title: 1 Every 8 Days...
Post by: Shana A on March 16, 2008, 08:55:42 PM
Post by: Shana A on March 16, 2008, 08:55:42 PM
1 Every 8 Days...
Filed by: Waymon Hudson
March 16, 2008 8:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/03/1_every_8_days.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/03/1_every_8_days.php)
Fight OUT Loud has created a moving video about the surge in Hate Crimes in 2008. The disturbing statistic is that every 8 days in 2008 an LGBT person has been murdered. And these are just the people we know about, since hate crimes are notoriously under-reported.
Even worse, there is a new name that has been added that is not in the video-- Daniel Yakovleff, who was only 20. His picture and story are after the jump...
Filed by: Waymon Hudson
March 16, 2008 8:30 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/03/1_every_8_days.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/03/1_every_8_days.php)
Fight OUT Loud has created a moving video about the surge in Hate Crimes in 2008. The disturbing statistic is that every 8 days in 2008 an LGBT person has been murdered. And these are just the people we know about, since hate crimes are notoriously under-reported.
Even worse, there is a new name that has been added that is not in the video-- Daniel Yakovleff, who was only 20. His picture and story are after the jump...