Just a quick little thing.
Firstly, President Obama signed the Defense Reauthorization bill, with the Matthew Shepard Act as an amendment.
Also, the "Church" of Scientology was convicted of organized fraud in France.
Laters,
Joshua.
(Title is a quote from a song rather than it's title, just for a change and I felt it fit somehow)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
October the 12th
It's October the 12th.
Eleven years ago, a young man called Matthew Shepard died at Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colorado, from severe head injuries.
Five days earlier, shortly after midnight on October 7th, he had been offered a ride in a car from two guys he met in a bar. They then robbed him, pistol whipped him, tortured him, tied him to a fence in a remote, rural area and left him to die.
He was found eighteen hours later. He was in a coma, and the person who found him mistook him for a scarecrow at first.
Matthew Shepard suffered fractures to the back of his head, and in front of his right ear. Severe brain stem damage, affecting his body's ability to regulate his heart rate, body temperature and other vital functions. There were also about a dozen small lacerations around his head and neck. The doctors found his injuries too severe to operate on.
He never regained consciousness.
The two men who did this to him were not charged with a hate crime, because at the time Wyoming had no provision for such a charge in it's criminal statute.
The Matthew Shepard act was adopted as an amendment to S.1390 by a vote of 63-28 on July 15, 2009. This Act has passed the House of Representatives, and now must pass the Senate to become law. It has failed in previous introductions, and President Bush had commented that if it had reached him, he would veto it.
Matthew Shepard's beating and death drew attention to hate crimes against the GLBT community, or whatever you want to call it. Now, eleven years later, his death would still not be a hate crime by federal legislature. Hopefully, this is the last anniversary of his death this will be the case.
Laters,
Joshua.
Eleven years ago, a young man called Matthew Shepard died at Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins, Colorado, from severe head injuries.
Five days earlier, shortly after midnight on October 7th, he had been offered a ride in a car from two guys he met in a bar. They then robbed him, pistol whipped him, tortured him, tied him to a fence in a remote, rural area and left him to die.
He was found eighteen hours later. He was in a coma, and the person who found him mistook him for a scarecrow at first.
Matthew Shepard suffered fractures to the back of his head, and in front of his right ear. Severe brain stem damage, affecting his body's ability to regulate his heart rate, body temperature and other vital functions. There were also about a dozen small lacerations around his head and neck. The doctors found his injuries too severe to operate on.
He never regained consciousness.
The two men who did this to him were not charged with a hate crime, because at the time Wyoming had no provision for such a charge in it's criminal statute.
The Matthew Shepard act was adopted as an amendment to S.1390 by a vote of 63-28 on July 15, 2009. This Act has passed the House of Representatives, and now must pass the Senate to become law. It has failed in previous introductions, and President Bush had commented that if it had reached him, he would veto it.
Matthew Shepard's beating and death drew attention to hate crimes against the GLBT community, or whatever you want to call it. Now, eleven years later, his death would still not be a hate crime by federal legislature. Hopefully, this is the last anniversary of his death this will be the case.
Laters,
Joshua.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Paparazzi
Last video was all serious and stuff, and we can't have that. So, instead, we have the ever fabulous Lady Gaga.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
petit garçon adorable
So Milkboys recently had a couple of posts (My new dress and Trans Kids in UK Schools), to do with transgendered people, and more specifically young boys (genetically) that are girls (gender identically).
So the comments there have been interesting, but, I haven't seen people that usually comment here comment on them, so I'm wondering. What do you guys think?
Let me know here, or over at Milkboys. I look forward to hearing your views.
Laters,
Joshua.
PS: isn't the little boy Mario from the video absolutely adorable?
So the comments there have been interesting, but, I haven't seen people that usually comment here comment on them, so I'm wondering. What do you guys think?
Let me know here, or over at Milkboys. I look forward to hearing your views.
Laters,
Joshua.
PS: isn't the little boy Mario from the video absolutely adorable?
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