1. ► PICTURES & QUOTES FROM FB THAT IPICTURES & QUOTES FROM FB THAT I
THOUGHT MADE A POINT as well ATHOUGHT MADE A POINT as well A
MEMORANDUMMEMORANDUM

2. ““. . .hate targeted at them & all gays. . .hate targeted at them & all gays
that aren't accepted in this world! uthat aren't accepted in this world! u
don't hav 2 like us, but don'tdon't hav 2 like us, but don't
disrespect any1 that u know nothingdisrespect any1 that u know nothing
about!”about!”

3.  ““. . .living in a world. . .living in a world
where individuals could not love themwhere individuals could not love them
as they were. To those who feel aloneas they were. To those who feel alone
in this world, just know that indeed "itin this world, just know that indeed "it
does get better."does get better."

4. My wish is that people willMy wish is that people will
understand that being gay is NOTunderstand that being gay is NOT
a disease-People who are gay area disease-People who are gay are
not looking for a cure, they arenot looking for a cure, they are
looking for ACCEPTANCE andlooking for ACCEPTANCE and
EQUAL RIGHTS. Promote Love &EQUAL RIGHTS. Promote Love &
Acceptance! NOT hate!! STOPAcceptance! NOT hate!! STOP

5. ““Yay for national coming outYay for national coming out
day! Be very gay today”day! Be very gay today”

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8. "It is not our differences that"It is not our differences that
divide us. It is our inability todivide us. It is our inability to
recognize, accept, and celebraterecognize, accept, and celebrate
those differences.”those differences.”

9. ““Homosexual, Heterosexual, orHomosexual, Heterosexual, or
Bisexual. Transgender orBisexual. Transgender or
Cisgender. Whatever you are, ICisgender. Whatever you are, I
support you, because we don't allsupport you, because we don't all
have to be the same. ”♥have to be the same. ”♥

10. .... I guess it's cool to only think in a.... I guess it's cool to only think in a
heteronormative, sexist, elitistheteronormative, sexist, elitist
perspective so that I don't have toperspective so that I don't have to
think or include groups unlike me.....think or include groups unlike me.....
never been so happy to be the uncoolnever been so happy to be the uncool
catcat

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12. ““Happy gay day!Happy gay day! celebrate the factcelebrate the fact
that you arethat you are still livin andstill livin and can stillcan still
love!”love!”

13. ► Lawrence KingLawrence King
February 12, 2008February 12, 2008
15 year old gay man killed for15 year old gay man killed for
being gaybeing gay
Steven Domer
October 26, 2007
62 year old gay man killed for being gay
Satender Singh
July 5, 2007
26 year old gay man killed for being gay
Michael Sandy
October 8, 2006
29 year old gay man died for being gay
Ahmed Khalil
May, 2006
14 year old Iraqi gay teen executed by police
Philip Walsted
2002
Young man who is thought to
have been murdered because he
was gay.
Sakia Gunn
2003
Lesbian teenager stabbed to death, because
she was gay.
Octavia Acuna
January, 2005
Gay rights and health
activist stabbed to death in
Mexico.
Ronnie Antonio Paris
January, 2005
Three year old baby killed by father (to make him
tough b/c he didn’t want him 2 grow up gay).
Richie Phillips
Richie was a 36 year old man, who
the prosecution felt was lured to
motel room and murdered for being
gay.
Jason Gage
March, 2005
Gay man murdered.
Fannyann Eddy
September, 2004
African Lesbian
activist raped and
murdered.
Scotty Weaver
July, 2004
Gay teen was murdered. He
was beaten, strangled,
stabbed, cut and burned.
Billy Jack Gaither was
brutally beaten to
death with an ax handle
by two men, then his
body set
ablaze on a pyre of old
tires.
Bill Clayton
1978-1995
Another child driven to suicide
Aaron Webster
March, 2005
Gay man murdered by a gang of
people. One judge described the
murder as sounding like Nazi youth
gangs looking for victims.
Gary Matson
Winfiel Mowder
gay couple murdered
in their beds while
sleeping.
Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz
Marhoni
July, 2005
Two gay Iranian teenagers
executed for being gay.
Gay Pride Day
1973 - The Upstairs
Lounge in New
Orleans was
destroyed by a
firebomb. Thirty
People were killed.
Matthew Shepard
was 21 years old.
He was tortured
and subsequently
died from his
injuries in October
of 1998.

14. Terrel Williams