This video was produced for Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour to encourage and remind you that 1 in 6 hate crimes are committed against GLBT people.
The Matthew Shepard Act is currently in the Senate Judiciary Committee and has been co-sponsored by 43 Senators. None from Texas.
Click here to send a message to your senator. (via)
Repost and forward this post please.
And, speaking of hate crimes. The kid in Houston that was brutalized with a pipe? Yeah, he jumped to his death from a cruise ship. He was just a kid. (Chron)
I went to the HRC web site and signed plus sent the notice to all my friends to do the same.
While all of those stories are absolutely tragic I have to say that I disagree with hate crime laws. Bodily injury or murder is hateful regardless of motive and we should all be treated equally regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.