Hahahaha*cough*haha*hack*ha!

You know you look gay when people beat the crap out of you because they think you're gay. Like this dude.

[Punching bag Daniel Gohstand], a San Francisco resident, filed a civil suit against his attackers under California civil code, which "provides legal redress against perpetrators of acts of violence on individuals or property, based on race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex and sexual orientation."

Let me make sure I understand that properly... if someone beats the crap out of you 'just because' (i.e. not because of your (perceived) race, color, etc.), you have no legal redress in the civil code?

"We want to congratulate Daniel on his efforts," said Oscar Trujillo, an organization representative. "We believe through legal advocacy, we can empower queer victims to stand up against intolerance."

You know what else helps queer victims stand up against intolerance? Learning how to beat the shit out of people who try to beat the shit out of you. But that actually helps victims stand up against intolerance (and even avoid becoming victims) so we don't want to advocate that.

Gohstand advocated community support in combating similar incidents.

"We need to rally together to prevent (these crimes) in the future," he said. "Through understanding, compassion, love, and ultimately peace, we won't have to have these kinds of press conferences."

Riiiiiight. Maybe we need a "most stereotypical hippie comment" category for the Beatties.

posted by Beetle Aurora Drake 6/23/2005 12:03:00 PM #
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