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Date Posted: 04:46:49 06/11/03 Wed
Author: Lance
Subject: ::comes dancing in::Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you, And everything you do, Yeah, they were all yellow. I came along, I wrote a song for you, And all the things you do, And it was called 'Yellow.'
In reply to: John 's message, "Hate Crime Laws" on 10:32:11 06/10/03 Tue

Hey John! See I told you that I would be home around 3 or so give or take a day! HAHA!

OK - MY friend John and I decided we would "discuss" the pros and cons of hate crime laws for gays.

now the MAIN PURPOSE of this discussion is EDUCATION.

Through YOUR participation, whether it be comments or questions or detailed discussion and debate, facts will be presented about hate crimes and what we think can be done about it to make this world a safer place for all of us.

It's also supposed to show that people with opposing or at least different points of view can disagree without getting angry and without it upsetting their friendship.

Those are the two primary reasons for this discussion, PLUS, as Dano and I have talked about several times, it is waaaaaaay past time to hold a new discussion about hate crimes on this board.

I hope that everyone comes away with something positive from this. I hope you all keep an open mind, and that you learn something and teach me a lot in the process.

That said - I shall begin with a brief little overview about hate crime and then discuss each of John's four points at some length. I didn't proof read or spell check so as always deal with it.

I bet I'm the only person who went to see coldplay and came home and addressed the hate crime law issue tonight.

And now my opening statement of my point of view regarding HATE CRIME LAW:
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The murder of Matthew Shepard galvanized the gay and lesbian community and alerted the nation and the world to the horror and brutality of violence directed at gay people, but his death was hardly an isolated incident.

In fact, as I looked over the list of names yesterday morning, I had to just stop for awhile. It was too sad. It broke my heart.

Reports of violent crimes inflicted on members of the gau community continue to rise while overall crime in most cities in the United States falls. Some attribute hate crimes statistics to better tracking, but there are few gay men and women in the world who haven't been touched by some form of violence motivated by anti-gay bias.

Until there is a broadened Federal hate crimes bill, there will be little progress towards the elimination of gays as the last socially-acceptable scapegoats for many in society.


Responding in brief to Johns list:

1.They are unfair and violate the 14th amendment of the Costitution, which guarantees equal protection under the law.

Whether or not they violate the 14th amendment of the Constitution, the fact of the matter is, there are hate crime laws to protect other minorites and gay people need to be a protected minority.

Since 1969, 18 U.S.C. 245 has permitted federal prosecution of a hate crime if the crime was motivated by bias based on race, religion, national origin or color and because the victim was exercising a "federally protected right" (e.g. voting, attending school, etc.). After 33 years, it has become clear that the statute needs to be amended to include actual or perceived sexual orientation, thereby bringing much needed uniformity to federal law.

Gay people are singled out for violence based entirely on sexual orientation. Hate crimes against gay people are among the fastest growing hate crimes in this country. We need Federal Laws to insure that crimes committed against a person solely because of their real or perceived sexual orientation are pursued and criminals are prosecuted.

Are you advocating that we roll back ALL hate crime laws because you and I both know that will never be allowed to happen. So if minorities based on race and religion are protected by hate crime laws, we must have a hate crime law for gays because we are a MAJOR target of hate crime (unlike short people and redheads. LOL)

Since 1995, the Republican-controlled Congress enacted more than 35 laws that create new federal crimes or imposed new federal criminal penalties for conduct that is already criminal under state law. These laws address a wide range of issues from punishing "deadbeat Dads" to protecting Veterans' cemeteries to a bill signed into law on August 2, 2000, that protects animals used in law enforcement. The bill protecting animals used in law enforcement was considered so non-controversial that it sailed through the House by voice vote. Although criminal law is traditionally the domain of the states, Congress has regularly criminalized behavior in areas with broad national implications, including organized crime, terrorism, corporate fraud transcending state lines and civil rights. In fact, the federal government has enacted more than 3,000 criminal statutes since 1866, many of which have concerned civil rights.

The Senate has overwhelmingly supported similar federal hate crimes legislation. In 1996, the Senate voted 98 to 0 to pass the Church Arson Prevention Act, an amendment to 18 U.S.C. §247, which clarified the federal role in the investigation and prosecution of bias crimes based on ethnic or racial animus targeted at religious property. While LLEEA (local law enforcement enhancement act - hate crime law) does not cover property -- only crimes against persons resulting in death or bodily injury -- both amendments contain a commerce clause nexus, thus granting federal jurisdiction.

The American public supports federal hate crimes legislation. Public opinion polling consistently finds the overwhelming majority of Americans support inclusion of sexual orientation in federal hate crimes laws. For example, a Kaiser Family Foundation poll released in November 2001 showed that 73 percent of Americans support hate crime legislation that includes sexual orientation.


2.They accomplish very little in the punishing or deterring of criminal actions, just as the death penalty doesn't deter homicides in the states that have a death penalty.

We shouldn't have hate crime laws because they accomplish little in punishing or deterring hate crimes. Following that rationale we shouldn't bother having a law against murder because people murder other people everyday.

In regard to hate crime laws, I disagree with you about whether it deterres criminal actions. While it may not have a lot of effect on a psychotic murder, I believe it will have a large impact on physical attacks and harrassment against gays.

These laws address crimes such as assault, arson, harrassment, vandalism in addition to murder. Too often such hate crimes are ignored or given light sentences under existing laws and hate crime laws serve to emphasize that these crimes should not be ignored and have mandatory sentencing guidelines.

Plus it has the added benefit of forcing local law officers to do their job regardless of their own prejudices. With hate crime laws, if local law enforcement fails to act, they know they will answer for it. They can and will be held accountable for their failure to respond properly.


3.They are designed to punish thoughts more so than actions

You'll notice that above I had this sentence -
"While LLEEA (local law enforcement enhancement act - hate crime law) does not cover property -- only crimes against persons resulting in death or bodily injury Now as far as I know, no one has ever suffered death or bodily injury simply from "thoughts" so it's clear that this law does NOT punish people for what they think.

The "thought police" argument is a favorite of the religious right because they think we're all abominations and going to burn in Hell and they want to be able to tell us that at every opportunity without fear of someone slapping them in jail. Now they know full well that a Hate Crime Law won't have any effect on their freedom to hatespeech, but they like to use that argument to make people distrust the law, to turn public opinion against a hate crime law that protects those "diviant sinners."

It's interesting to note however, I've yet to see one of them stand up and say that the inclusion of religious beliefs in our already existing hate crimes laws is a bad thing! haha.

I'm very suprised to see you using that argument, John.

Hate crimes legislation would in no way limit freedom of speech much less thoughts. In order for hate crime legislation to be applied in a specific case, a criminal act must first be committed.

Preaching hatred against a particular group of people such as Jews, Afro-Americans, women, gays, lesbians, etc, or stating that God hates a specific group of people have always been protected forms of speech. Such speech is in no way a criminal act. Freedom of speech is protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Senator Chuck Robb (D-VA) commented: "This legislation does not allow individuals to be prosecuted for their hateful thoughts, rather it allows them to be punished for their hateful acts. Willfully inflicting harm on another human being based on hate is not protected free speech."


and 4.They single out groups of people, especially the gay community, and put them in the limelight for the anti-gay bigots and homophobes to use as targets of their hatred once again.

That is in essence blaming the victims. It's gay people's fault that they get targeted because they have in some way drawn attention to themselves?

Using that rationale, gays should try to be as invisable as possible? Should everyone go back in the closet to prevent causing some anti-gay bigot or homophobe from having a target for their hatred.

Whether we like it or not, gay people as a group and as individuals ARE singled out in this society. Everytime we dare hold our b/f's hand or dance with someone of the same sex in public, we are standing directly in the spotlight.

The fact is, gays ARE targets of violent crime through no fault of our own. The gay community is a target of anti-gay bigots and homophobes, which is precisely why gays need to be included in a Federal Hate Crime Law that sends a clear message.

Rather than making our lives more dangerous, while hate crimes bills do not directly discourage anti-gay violence, they help to create a climate of intolerance towards intolerance.

Whether or not you believe that a federal hate crime law would be any sort of deterent for the hiengous and vicious crimes that occure to queers, racial minorities, or women, I strongly believe that congress must move foward with a national standard as a statement to the United States that gays will be treated as equals, as human beings.

Sometimes, it takes laws to influence societal changes. As we moved forward towards a more perfect union, we included women in 1920, people of color in 1964, people with disabilities in 1990. But, we have not yet included people of sexual diversity even though every poll shows that it is supported by a large majority of the American public.

Pretending that there isn't a problem, that gays are not targets will not make hate crime rates go down.


How many more vibrant young lives must be lost before we wake up and realize that there has to be a uniform, Federal hate crime law that will insure anyone who attacks a gay person will be held accountable by the Federal Government.

Harvey Milk
Billy Jack Gaither
Brandon Teena,
Diane Whipple
Jenny Jones murder
Matthew Shepard
Pfc. Barry Winchell
Regan Wolf
Roanoke Shootings
Serial Killings
Warren Murder
Williams Brothers

A decade of gay martyrs:

1990 ---------- Charlie Resendez - b. 1952, killed in Texas
1990 ---------- Thanh Nguyen - b. 1961, killed in Texas
1990, Jan. 6 -- Tommy Mayhall - shot by Keith Goodman
1990, Jan. 6 -- Richard Thomas - shot by Keith Goodman
1990, Jan. 6 -- R.C. Vaughn - shot by Keith Goodman
1990, June 11 - Castro Nova Estaban - San Diego, CA, shot
1990, June 11 - Rafael Sanchez Ayala - San Diego, CA, shot
1990, June 16 - Julie Birchell - San Francisco, CA, hit by a car
1990, June 24 - Sherri Ramsom - Morrisville, PA, beaten
1990, July 2 -- Jose Angel Osuna - San Diego, CA, shot
1990, July 2 -- Julio Rivera - stabbed to death in Jackson Heights, Queens
1990, Aug. 11 - Eduardo Lora Vasallio - Philadelphia, PA, shot
1990, Sept. 4 - Donald Pierce - San Diego, CA, hit by a car
1990, Nov. 5 -- Michelle Maree - Memphis, TN, shot
1990, Nov. 23 - Felix Abarca - East County, California
1990, Dec. 10 - Carlos "Tasha" Santiago - Oceanside, CA, shot
1990, Dec. 22 - Anna Francisco - Philadelphia, stabbed
1990, Dec. 24 - Edna Brown - Atlanta, Georgia, shot
1991 ---------- Louis Neal - 71, stangled in home by Javier Cruz (age 41) in San Antonio
1991 ---------- James Ryan - 69, stangled in home
1991 ---------- David A. Perez - San Francisco, CA
1991, Feb. 18 - Unidentified - Hollywood, CA, shot
1991, Mar. 29 - Unidentified - San Antonio, TX, beaten
1991, July 10 - Carmen Marie Montoya - Oakland, beaten
1991, July 4 -- Paul Broussard - 27, beaten to death
1991, Aug. 7 -- Patrick Calvert - St. Louis, Missouri, stabbed
1991, Sep. 24 - Shannon Elroy Clay - Greenville, NC, stabbed
1991, Sept 28 - James Schleppe - substitute teacher, Calgary
1991, October - Lynn Therett - San Francisco, CA
1991, Oct. 14 - Huriell Lockett (David King) - Atlanta, Georgia, shot
1991, Oct. 29 - Rhonda Starr (Ronnie D. Lyles) - Atlanta, Georgia, shot
1991, Oct. 29 - Unidentified - Atlanta, Georgia, blow to head
1991, Nov. 3 -- Phillip W. Smith - shot outside gay bar in Montrose, CA
1991, Nov. 8 -- Jean (Woodrow) Powell - Atlanta, Georgia, shot
1991, Dec. 17 - Kenneth Dale "Midnight" Robinson - San Antonio, TX, stabbed
1991, Dec. 20 - Joseph Mitchell - 45, stabbed along Highway 116
1991, Dec. 29 - Richard Goldman - New York, NY, shot
1992, --------- Jose Manuel Rubio - b. 1964, killed in Texas
1992, Jan. 11 - Julio Prado - 39, stabbed in New York
1992, Feb. 1 -- Adelmo Deotto - 59; Friuli, Italy
1992, Feb. 2 -- Jesus Santiago - 24, beaten in New York
1992, Feb. 8 -- Unidentified - Bronx, New York, beaten
1992, Feb. 13 - James Holman - 36, stabbed in Colorado
1992, Apr. 12 - Bernie Walsh - 28, stabbed in New York
1992, Apr. 21 - Cameron "Tina" Tanner - San Francisco, CA, beaten
1992, May ----- Susan Pittman - shot by neighbor in Michigan
1992, May ----- Christine Pucket - shot by neighbor in Michigan
1992, May 27 -- Carlos Stoner - 33, stabbed in North Carolina
1992, May 30 -- Harold Draper - 29, stabbed in New Jersey
1992, May 30 -- John Garfield - shot in California
1992, June ---- Rene "Michelle" Ouellet - Cape May, NJ, stangled
1992, June 2 -- David Stewart - stabbed in Colorado
1992, June 11 - Sanford "Sam" Swift - 31, puncture wound to head in DC
1992, July 1 -- Jose Rubio - stabbed in Texas
1992, July 6 -- Joey H. Jordan - gunshot to head in Maryland
1992, July 6 -- Marsha P. Johnson (Malcolm Michaels) - 46 drowned in NY
1992, July 13 - Thomas Mulcahey - 57, dismembered in New Jersey
1992, July 16 - Benjamin Zesch - 61, stabbed in Colorado
1992, July 19 - Vanathan Pleasant III - 21, multiple gunshot to head in NY
1992, July 20 - Gerald Taylor - 66, stabbed in North Carolina
1992, July 27 - Victor Bones - 20s, gunshot to head in New York
1992, Sep. 15 - Robert Ferrell - 57, stabbed in Colorado
1992, Sep. 26 - Brian Mock - arson attack in Salem, Oregon
1992, Sep. 26 - Hattie MacCohens - arson attack in Salem, Oregon
1992, October - Bruce Andrews - 28, multiple stab wounds in Michigan
1992, Oct. 13 - Unidentified Man - shot in Ohio
1992, Oct. 14 - Robert Woefel - Ixonia, Wisconsin, shot
1992, Oct. 25 - Howard Liebhaber - 34, beaten & stabbed in Minnesota
1992, Oct. 25 - Brian Burke - 36, bludgeoned in New York
1992, Nov. 8 -- Anthony Swain - Atlanta, Georgia, shot
1992, Nov. 8 -- Leta Dains - stabbed in Indiana
1992, Nov. 8 -- Pamela Agee - stabbed in Indiana
1992, Nov. 9 -- David Schwartz - 55, stabbed in New York
1992, Dec. ---- Unidentified Transvestite - shot in Georgia
1992, Dec. ---- Stephan "Stephanie" Chapman - shot to head in New York
1992, Dec. 8 -- Grayce "Candace" Baxter - Toronto, choked, dismembered
1992, Dec. 19 - Derry Glenn - Atlanta, Georgia, shot
1992, Dec. 20 - Unidentified - Atlanta, Georga, shot
1992, Dec. 21 - Jack Cowles - 74, stabbed $ bludgeoned DC
1992, Dec. 21 - Kenneth Love - 42, head caved in in DC
1992, Dec. 26 - Anthony Carr - 33, stabbed in Colorado
1993 ---------- Mary S. - Boston, MA, stabbed and drowned
1993, Jan. 2 -- Chrissy (Marvin) Johnson - Baltimore, MD, stabbed
1993, Jan. 3 -- Eric Moore - 22, shot at point-blank range, body hung from a hook in DC
1993, Jan. 7 -- Ana Maria Rosales - 24, shot in the face in DC
1993, Jan. 10 - George S. - mutilated in Ohio
1993, Jan. 14 - Elizabeth Kelle Davidson - 25, shot in gay bar in Georgia
1993, Jan. 22 - Randy Gonzales - 26, stabbed in Colorado
1993, Jan. 26 - Christiana D'Arcy - Harford, CT, strangled
1993, Jan. 29 - Terry Oliver - 27, beaten & stangled in Minnesota
1993, Feb. 2 -- Robert Harris - bludgeoned in Illinois
1993, Feb. 3 -- Alan Haskell - 30, stangled in DC
1993, Feb. 14 - James Flaherty - 52, stabbed & strangled in Florida
1993, Feb. 22 - Delores Mack - Hahnville, LA, strangled
1993, March --- Jeffrey Dansby - stabbed in Michigan
1993, March --- Unidentified Man - shot in Oklahoma
1993, March 2 - Quona R. Clark - Chicago
1993, Mar. 11 - Michael Cooper - multiple gunshot wounds in Florida
1993, Mar. 11 - Lawrence Andrews - 44, stangled & stabbed in NY
1993, Mar. 14 - Valerio Gentile - 17; Puglia, Italy
1993, Mar. 27 - George "Joe" Ortiz - 40, stabbed in NY
1993, Apr. 3 -- Roosevelt "Terry" Lewis - 30s, strangled & burned in NY
1993, Apr. 17 - Charles Lee - multiple stab in New York
1993, Apr. 22 - William Childs - 27, stabbed, throat slit in Missouri
1993, Apr. 24 - Rammie LaFitte - beaten to death outside a gay bar
1993, Apr. 24 - Unidentified Man - 51, beaten in Louisiana
1993, Apr. 29 - Duane Swalve - 23, beaten & stangled in Minnesota
1993, May 14 -- Thomas Carey - 39, shot in Massachusetts
1993, May 16 -- Anthony Marrero - 44, stabbed & dismembered in NY
1993, May 19 -- Jack Gilman - shot to the head in Kentucky
1993, May 22 -- Mauricio Bassa - murdered in California
1993, May 26 -- Craig Green - 34, beaten in Minnesota
1993, May 31 -- Unidentified Man - 22, murdered in Indiana
1993, June 20 - Bradley Wantdler - stabbed in Washington
1993, June 21 - James Primus - 35, set on fire in his car in Alabama
1993, June 23 - Craig Johnson - 23, gunshot to head in Missouri
1993, Jun3 23 - Leopoldo "Paul" Quintanilla - 29, stabbed, throat and genitals cut in Texas
1993, June 28 - Unidentified Man - 27, strangled in Virginia
1993, June 29 - Milton Setzer - 60, throat slit in New York
1993, June 29 - Eric Price - 25, throat slit in New York
1993, July 7 -- Keith Michael Ogden - 31, beaten in California
1993, July 8 -- John Duncan O'Friel - 46, beaten in California
1993, July 8 -- Dwight Green - 44, bludgeoned in New York
1993, July 10 - Unidentified - Santa Ana, CA, shot
1993, July 10 - Daniel A. Castro - Santa Ana, CA, shot
1993, July 28 - James Seward - 42, mutiple stab in New York
1993, July 30 - Chris Miller - 23, stabbed in Arkansas
1993, July 31 - Michael Sakara - dismembered in New York
1993, August -- Robert Hagan - throat slashed in Pennsylvania
1993, August -- Father Ronald Maupin - stabbed in California
1993, Aug. 6 -- Ethel Parrous - 65, straight, wife of Peter, shot
1993, Aug. 6 -- James F. Kidd - 46, shot in restaurant
1993, Aug. 6 -- Wesley Scott - 26, shot in restaurant
1993, Aug. 15 - Jimmy Hawkins - 50, multiple in New York
1993, Aug. 15 - Doug Koehler - 31, gunshot to head in Utah
1993, Aug. 17 - Donnie O. Osby - Orlando, FL, shot
1993, Sep. 3 -- Unidentified Man - stangled in Virginia
1993, Sep. 6 -- Dinh Van Ho - Honolulu, Hi, stangled
1993, Sep. 16 - Ricky Godbolt - 33, bound, gagged and stabbed in DC
1993, Sep. 16 - Roger Donahue - 25, bound, gagged and stabbed in DC
1993, Sep. 30 - Mervin Wallace - mid 50s, strangled in New York
1993, Oct. 7 -- Marguita (Martin) Johnson - Xenia, Ohio, shot 3 times in the face
1993, Oct. 23 - Derrick "Miss Tess" Hampton - Memphis, TN, beaten
1993, Oct. 31 - Dennis Johnson - throat slit in Illinois
1993, Nov. 2 -- Steven R. Hayman - 47, bludgeoned in Colorado
1993, Nov. 8 -- David Edward Wigley - San Antonio, TX, stabbed
1993, Nov. 12 - Joe Balogg - straight, thought to be gay, stabbed in Louisiana
1993, Nov. 20 - Eric Farrow (aka Ashley-Ann Summers) - shot in Ohio
1993, Nov. 30 - Nicholas West - 23, abducted, robbed and shot in Texas
1993, Dec. ---- Unidentified Man - 70's, beathen to death in Illinois
1993, Dec. 10 - James Maile - 25, bludgeoned in Connecticut
1993, Dec. 18 - Unidentified Transvestits - multiple stab wounds in Illinois
1993, Dec. 19 - Larry Venzent - Chicago, stabbed
1993, Dec. 22 - James Graves - bludgeoned in California
1993, Dec. 23 - Jeannie Fenmore - 48, gunshot to head in New York
1993, Dec. 31 - Unidentified Man - prostitute, multiple stab wounds in Illinois
1993, Dec. 31 - Brandon Teena - executed by gun in Nebraska
1994 ---------- Alanna Kella - New York, NY, shot
1994 ---------- Randall Tubb - b. 1957, killed in Texas
1994 ---------- Ernest Saldana - b. 1962, killed in Texas
1994, Jan. ---- Michael Benishek - bludgeoned and throat slit in Texas
1994, Jan. 2 -- Johanna Langer - Concord, CA, stabbed
1994, Jan. 2 -- Marvin Johnson - 29, multiple stab wounds in Maryland
1994, Jan. 8 -- Charles Logan - 47, multiple gunshot wounds in DC
1994, Jan. 16 - Duane Linsley - shot in Arizona
1994, Jan. 25 - Larry Leggett - stabbed in Texas
1994, June 10 - Gary Watts - 34, shot in Virginia
1994, June 13 - Henry Weatherford Jr. - 50, shot in Virginia
1994, June 22 - Unidentified - San Diego, CA
1994, Feb. ---- Tommy Musick - 48, shot several times in Texas
1994, Feb. 5 -- Paul McClure - 47, stangled in DC
1994, Feb. 23 - Pauline Campbell - 34, stabbed in New York
1994, Feb. 25 - Ronnie Hugh Smith - 58, bludgeoned in Arkansas
1994, March --- Craig Duncan - 20s, stabbed in Florida
1994, March 3 - Joe Trevino - stangled in bludgeoned in Texas
1994, March 5 - James Septimphelter - stangled in New Jersey
1994, Mar. 15 - John Hardy Roberts - 59, beaten by Gary Ray Bowles
1994, Mar. 18 - Frank W. White - 56, multiple gunshot wounds in DC
1994, Mar. 24 - Tony Ray - shot in California
1994, Mar. 28 - Tommy Wenger - 24, stabbed & dismembered in California
1994, April 2 - John Anthony Burwell - 26, shot in Texas
1994, April 3 - Paul Steekman - 47, beaten in Pennsylvania
1994, April 4 - Robert Haines - executed by gun in Arizona
1994, April 4 - David A. Jarman - 38, strangled by Gary Ray Bowles in DC
1994, April 9 - William Lemke - multiple stab wounds in Illinois
1994, Apr. 20 - Bernard Friedman - 56, stabbed in New York
1994, Apr. 22 - Unidentified Man - multiple stab wounds in Illinois
1994, May ----- Joseph Charles Holleran - beaten Oct. 24, 1992 in AZ
1994, May 1 --- John Stella - 33, shot in New York
1994, May 2 --- Roger Oliver - 23, beaten near decapitation in Rhode Island
1994, May 8 --- Bruce Hutchinson - raped and bludgeoned in Colorado
1994, May 9 --- Andrew Rowe - 53, multiple stab wounds in DC
1994, May 10 -- Marvin Greenwell - 55, multiple stab wounds in DC
1994, May 19 -- Albert Alcie Morris - 37, strangled by Gary Ray Bowles
1994, May 19 -- Milton Bradley - 72,
1994, May 17 -- Stuart Jerome Moses - 33, multiple gunshot wounds in DC
1994, May 23 -- Poul Anderson - 54, shot in head in California
1994, May 28 -- Javier Munsuri - 40, gunshot to head in New York
1994, June ---- Unidentified Man - 50, gunshot in Indiana
1994, June 9 -- Michael Despain - 24, killed in arsen attack
1994, June 13 - Chris Allen Madden - 32, stabbed by Michael Barry, 21
1994, June 13 - Richard Whitesell - 32, stabbed in New York
1994, June 23 - Shelton Thigpen - 74, stangled in DC
1994, July 4 -- Therman Brown - shot in California
1994, July 8 -- William Douglas Metz - 36, stabbed in Nevada
1994, July 13 - Martin Parian - 20s, gunshot to head in New York
1994, July 15 - Johnnie Williams - 48, beaten and strangled in Minnesota
1994, July 16 - David Converse - 51, stabbed in Michigan
1994, July 20 - Steven Fox - 25, bludgeoned & broken neck in Minnesota
1994, July 21 - Unidentified Man - bludgeoned in Tennessee
1994, July 23 - Andre Jones - run over by car in South Carolina
1994, July 30 - Nelson Rawlins - 48, stabbed in New York
1994, July 30 - Michael Burzinski - 29, gunshot to head in Texas
1994, Aug. 3 -- Benjamin Rosario - 45, dismembered in New York
1994, Aug. 18 - Larry David Allen - multiple stabbed wounds in Texas
1994, Aug. 27 - Anton Walker - 54, beaten to death in Nevada
1994, Sept 17 - Garland LeRoy Taylor - 24, strangled in Virginia
1994, Sept 17 - Unidentified - Akron, Ohio
1994, Sept 17 - Lazaro Comesana - Miami, Florida, stangled
1994, Sept 28 - Scott Grundy - 30, shot
1994, October - Robert Kase - 44, in New York
1994, October - Robert Walters - 34, gunshot to head in Mississippi
1994, October - Joseph Shoemake - 24, gunshot to head in Mississippi
1994, Oct. 2 -- James Buchanan - 52, shot and burned in North Carolina
1994, Oct. 2 -- Jerry Lee Dowdy - 50, bludgeoned in North Carolina
1994, Oct. 5 -- Robert Harris - stangled in Pennsylvania
1994, Oct. 17 - Jon Simmons - shot in head in California
1994, Oct. 29 - Unidentified Man - 20s, blundgeoned in Kansas
1994, Fall ---- Roger Melner - 60s, bludgeoned in Wyoming
1994, Nov. 20 - Walter Jammell Hinton - 43, murdered in Florida
1994, Nov. 26 - Gary Rocus - 41, beaten & stangled in Michigan
1994, Dec. ---- Terrie Ladwig - Concord, CA, strangled
1994, Dec. 12 - Thomas Frazee - 28, shot in Arizona
1994, Dec. 15 - Stanley King - shot in Mississippi
1994, Dec. 17 - Harold Coon - beaten and stabbed in Virginia
1995 ---------- Mara Duvouw - New York, NY
1995 ---------- Unidentified - Philadelphia, shot
1995 ---------- Jackie Wayne Myers - b. 1958, killed in Texas
1995 ---------- Jose Issasi - b. 1966, killed in Texas
1995, Feb. 26 - Reynaldo "Rayna" Sandoval - Oxnard, CA, shot
1995, Mar. 9 -- Scott Amedure - shot to death (Jenny Jones show)
1995, May 15 -- Debra Forte - Haverhill, MA, stabbed
1995, July 10 - Unidentified - Oakland, CA, beaten
1995, July 12 - Valerie Hill - Akron, Ohio, shot
1995, July 12 - Rev. John "Gypsy" Prowett - Memphis, TN, shot
1995, Aug. 8 -- Tyra Hunter - Washington, D.C., was refussed medical treatment after an auto accident
1995, Aug. 10 - Unidentified - Oakland, CA, beaten
1995, Oct. 11 - Quincy Favors Taylor - Atlanta, Georgia, shot
1995, Oct. 14 - Steven Wilson - Middletown, DE, drowned
1995, Nov. 20 - Chanelle Picket - Watertown, MA, beaten
1995, Dec. 5 -- Roxanne Ellis - Medford, Oregon
1995, Dec. 5 -- Michelle Abdill - Medford, Oregon
1995, Dec. 5 -- Stanley K. Runcorn - killed at Hotel San Diego in CA
1995, Dec. 30 - James "Tatiana" Rivers - Oakland, stabbed
1996 ---------- Bruce Becker - b. 1960, killed in Texas
1996 ---------- Pablo Zuniga - b. 1965, killed in Texas
1996 ---------- David Johnson - b. 1959, killed in Texas
1996, Jan. 4 -- Fred Mangione - 46, stabbed 35 times outside a gay bar in Texas
1996, Feb. 22 - Logan Smith - Hoffman Estates, IL, beaten by police
1996, Mar. 22 - Christian Paige - Chicago, beaten, stabbed and strangled
1996, Apr. 29 - David Madson - architect, Minneapolis
1996, Apr. 29 - Jeffrey Trail - Minneapolis
1996, May ----- Leon Laureles - Brownwood, Texas
1996, May 20 -- Deanna Wilkinson - Toronto, shot
1996, May 20 -- Shawn Keegan - Toronto, shot
1996, May 31 -- Rodney D. Neadeau - Minneapolis, MN, beaten
1996, June 4 -- Lawrence Ford - 61, beaten to death
1996, June 13 - Janice Ricks - Cleaveland, Ohio, shot
1996, July ---- Andrew Smith
1996, July 20 - Keoudorn Phothisane - Minneapolis, MN, beaten
1996, Aug. 15 - Thomas Hall - Wahiawa, HI, beaten
1996, Oct. 25 - James Rebuck - 55, stabbed to death in his apartment
1996, Nov. 4 -- Dion Webster - New York, NY, stabbed
1996, Nov. 9 -- Alan Fitzgerald Walker - Fayetteville, Arizona, beaten
1996, Dec. 21 - Jimmy McGuire - 35, Washington D.C.
1996, Dec. 21 - James Williams - 27, Washington D.C.
1997 ---------- Lynn Montana - Washington, DC, beaten
1997 ---------- Curdell James III - Tuscaloosa, Alabama, shot
1997 ---------- Toya Charlton - Tuscaloosa, Alabama, shot
1997 ---------- David Ward - killed in Texas
1997 ---------- Marcus Wayman - Minersville, PA, committed suicide after police told him they would inform his family of homosexuality.
1997, Jan. 5 -- John Robert Wittington - age 41, shot Washington, D.C.
1997, Jan. 6 -- Gregory Duane Barnes - age 35, strangled in Minneapolis
1997, Apr. 28 - Michael Allen - beaten with hammer by tennants
1997, May 28 -- Gracie "James" Detzler - Edmonton, Canada, strangled & drowned
1997, June 20 - Kevin Freeman - New York, NY, split skull
1997, July 15 - Gianni Versace - 50, designer, shot at home in Miami
1997, July 25 - Irving Sicherer - Aventura, Florida
1997, July 26 - Anthony Martilotto - Ford Lauderdale, Florida
1997, Oct. 15 - Robert H. Jones - New Castle, Delaware, shot
1997, Oct. 29 - Stephen Dempsey - shot with cross bow & dismembered
1997, Nov. 10 - Maurice E. Murray - St. Louis, Missouri, shot
1997, Dec. 4 -- Yamile (Jorge) Lee - San Diego, CA, stabbed
1997, Dec. 5 -- Ali He'shun Forney - New York, NY, shot
1997, Dec. 24 - Vianna Faye Williams - Jersey City, NJ, stabbed
1998 ---------- Jacqueline Anderson - 29, shot, Portland, Oregon
1998 ---------- Barbara Gilpin - 44, shot, Portland, Oregon
1998 ---------- Rokhlin, Lev Yakovlevich - murdered by wife
1998 ---------- John Cavness - b. 1955, killed in Texas
1998 ---------- Guy Meachum - b. 1938, killed in Texas
1998 ---------- Robert Valles - b. 1940, killed in Texas
1998 ---------- Robert Pacheco - b. 1959, killed in Texas
1998, Jan. ---- Thomas Moffat - murdered Phoenix, Arizona
1998, Feb. ---- Robert Hernandez - shot Phoenix, Arizona
1998, Feb. 14 - Tasha Dunn - Tampa, FL, beaten
1998, Feb. 24 - Jacqueline Julita Anderson - Portland, OR, shot
1998, Mar. 13 - Brian Wilmes - 45, beath to death
1998, Mar. 24 - Leslie Re'Geanna - Chicago, hit and run
1998, Mar. 25 - Rev. Ramon Martinez - Port Sulpher, LA. stabbed
1998, Apr. 4 -- Regina Haskins - New York, NY, shot
1998, Apr. 27 - Steven Godereis - West Palm Beach, FL, beaten
1998, June 10 - Johnny Bachemin - New Orleans, stabbed at home
1998, July 12 - Ali Forney - murdered in New York
1998, July 31 - Robert Howard "Tiny" Gibson - El Cajon, CA, stabbed
1998, August -- Herman Rodriguez - Des Moines, Iowa
1998, Aug. 18 - Fitzroy "Jamaica" Green - New York, NY, stabbed
1998, Sep. 11 - Monique (Rufus) Thomas - Dorchester, MA
1998, Sep. 20 - Chanel Chandler - 22, Clovis, California
1998, Oct. 7 -- Gary Trzaska - Buffalo, New York
1998, Oct. 12 - Matthew Wayne Shepard - Laramie, Wyoming, beaten
1998, Oct. 24 - Horst "Hans" Grahlmann - Guerneville, Calif.
1998, Oct. 24 - Jason Bojore - Guerneville, Calif.
1998, Nov. 18 - James Ward - 37, stabbed
1998, Nov. 28 - Rita Hester - 34, Boston, Mass. stabbed 20 times
1998, Oct. 13 - Clay Jacquin - Ditroit, Michigan, beaten
1999, Jan. 8 -- Donald Scott Fuller - aka Lauryn Paige, 18, Austin, Texas
1999, Jan. 9 -- Harold Jack Eisenhoth II - Eldorado, Colorado, w/hammer
1999, Jan. 14 - Thomas Gary - 38, run over and shot
1999, Jan. 17 - Laaron L. Morris - 26, Texas City, Texas, shot
1999, Jan. 17 - Kevin Tryals - 30, Texas City, Texas, shot
1999, Jan. 21 - Troy Hoskins - New York, New York
1999, Feb. 6 -- Steve Dwayne Garcia - Houston, Texas, shot
1999, Feb. 17 - Robert Eads - 53, Atlanta, Georgia, was refussed medical service, trans, died of cancer
1999, Feb. 19 - Billy Jack Gaither - 39, beaten and burned in Alabama
1999, Feb. 21 - Alden Hill - Lansing, Michigan, shot
1999, Feb. 25 - Unidentified - Houston, Texas, shot
1999, Mar. 6 -- Henry Edward Northington - Richmond, VA, beheaded
1999, Mar. 29 - Tracey Thompson - 33, beaten with a bat in Cordele, Georgia
1999, May ----- Ruby Bota - body discovered, no information
1999, May ----- Eddie Matthews - Detroit, Michigan, strangled
1999, May ----- Alexander Charles - 16, Flat Rock, Michigan, shot
1999, May 7 --- Harold McCormick - Royal Oak, Michigan, stangled
1999, May 10 -- Robert Carpenter - Cohoes, NY, crushed throat w/ board
1999, May 19 -- William Paige McFarland - Detroit, Michigan, strangled
1999, June ---- Christopher Williams Jones Baltimore, MD killed with claw hammer.
1999, June ---- Michael Fleming - beaten, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1999, June ---- Jacob Moses - age 37, drowned in Chicago, Illinois
1999, June ---- Louis Foggy - age 46, drowned in Chicago, Illinois
1999, June 24 - Emmon Bodfish (Margaret Ingalls Bodfish) - Orinda, CA
1999, July ---- John C. Lloyd - 69, Gainseville, Florida; stabbed 29 times
1999, July 1 -- Gary Matsno - shot in Happy Valley, Calif
1999, July 1 -- Winfield Scott Moder - shot in Happy Valley, Calif.
1999, July 5 -- Pft. Barry Winchell 21 - beaten by fellow soldiers
1999, July 27 - Baretta Williams - Chicago, Illinois, shot 16 times
1999, Aug. 19 - Dr. Alfred C. Moon - Providence, RI, killed with lamp
1999, Aug. 29 - Kareen Washington - 21, NJ, stabbed in throat
1999, Sep. 6 -- Yohann Lee - 18, Norristown, Penn, struck 30 times with hammer
1999, Sep. 27 - Charles Keys - Cleveland, Ohio, blunt force trauma
1999, Sep. 30 - Daniel O'Brien - 36, Denver, Colorado, strangled
1999, October - Genell Johnson Plude - Rhidelander, Wisc.; killed by husband
1999, Oct. 13 - Allison Decratel - 17, hit by a car in Iverness, Florida during gay pride Halloween festival
1999, Oct. 15 - Charles "Sissy" Bolden - Savannah, Georgia
1999, Oct. 20 - Michael J. Hatch - 22, Barron, Wisconsin, killed with iron
1999, Oct. 24 - Nathaniel "Troy" Hayden - Harlem, New York
1999, Nov. 20 - Dr. David Sexton - New Orleans, stabbed at his home
1999, Nov. 22 - Tacy Raino Ranta - Baltimore, MD, shot
1999, Dec. 8 -- Unidentified - Dallas, TX, beaten & stangled
1999, Dec. 12 - Ira Swearingen - 49, Stout, Ohio
1999, Dec. 24 - Todd Alexander Asay (Lindsey Alexander) - 25, Portland, Oregon.


We owe it to their memory that they did not die in vain. They are not forgotten. Their lives had meaning and were valued. They were loved. They were human beings.

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