WARNING: VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND MAY BE DISTURBING
What’s it going to take to stop these horrific attacks?
I didn’t hear about the attack on the mainstream news like I did the March on Washington or the president’s promise to end the “don’t ask don’t tell” military policy. Instead I read about the attack on Velvet Park, a queer blog that markets itself as “Dyke Culture In bloom.” Velvet Park Editor-in-Chief Grace Moon seems outraged that US politicians are dragging their heels on producing a national hate crimes law.
While Moon looks to politics for an answer, I want to get inside the attackers’ heads. I tell myself that understanding the attackers may someday help stop people from committing these attacks again. Then I criticize myself for being naïve. Of course this won’t go away, violence is human nature.
My post was originally going to be about the National LGBT History Month website that honors “gay icons” with a video, bio, bibliography, downloadable images and other resources. Suddenly, highlighting celebrity gays to an already gay-friendly audience just feels like preaching to the choir.
Is all equality work nothing but empty rhetoric? Why didn’t one million people make a difference in Washington?
For more information:
- Further details about the attack, care of 70news.com
- Grace Moon’s Article on velvetparkmedia.com
- Coverage of President Obama’s Gay Speech on humanevents.com
- Washington DC National Equality March on October 10th and 11th on LATimes.com
- Gay Icons for LGBT History Month on glbthistorymonth.com
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