On a much more serious note:

[eponymous_rose]

Thanks to chatastic for making me aware of this.

Am I the only one who'd heard absolutely nothing about it? A high school boy, Lawrence King, was shot execution-style a week ago by one of his classmates at school, allegedly because he was openly gay.

Even this article is... off, to say the least, citing statistics and insinuating that "hey, homophobia's not really a problem anymore!" Which, um. (On another pushing-my-buttons tack, it mentions that homophobia is less prevalent than sexism according to these stats. Er. That makes it all better, then?)

Anyway, yes. Spread the story, if you can - this is the sort of thing that people need to hear about.

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[my_daroga]

I had not heard that. No. Thank you (and Chat) for that. I will certainly tell people.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

wtf. that was the worst article i've read this year. it made no sense and had no point.

anyway. execution style. in the classroom. and nobody looked the other way? hmmm.

[elliptic-eye.livejournal.com]

On another pushing-my-buttons tack, it mentions that homophobia is less prevalent than sexism according to these stats. Er. That makes it all better, then?

Oh, yes. Not only does it make it all better, but sexuality and attitudes toward gender have nothing to do with each other at all. Which makes the comparison of the two all the more relevant. Somehow.

Stopping now, because all I will do is seethe.