Lawrence King Killed Two Years Ago: Looking Back and Lessons Learned
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Waymon Hudson
February 12, 2010 10:00 AM
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For many younger LGBTQ people, this was a murder that defined their generation. While no more or less tragic than any of the other hate crimes that have happened, Lawrence's young age, his defiance of gender roles, and the shocking execution style and reasoning of the murder itself hit many like me to the core. Like Matthew Shepherd or Gwen Araujo before him, Lawrence was a person that we could see ourselves in- a mirror of many of our own experiences growing up LGBT in the USA.