Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 10:13:13 -1000 From: Mia H H Lam Subject: Remember those murdered in the past year (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:53:01 -1000 From: Nusrat Rabbee Subject: Remember those murdered in the past year (fwd) Sorry if this has been sent already... ============================================================================ Don't forget a moment of silence today. According to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, at least twenty gay men and transgendered individuals have been murdered in America since Matthew Shepard died one year ago today. The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs lists the victims as: Rita Hester, Boston, MA - November 28, 1998 - Stabbed multiple times Clay Jacquin, Detroit, MI - December 13, 1998 - Beaten to death Harold Jack Eisenhuth II, Eldora, CO - January 9, 1999 - Bludgeoned to death with a hammer Lauryn Paige (Donald Scott Fuller), Austin, TX - Stabbed multiple times in the head and torso Steve Dwayne Garica, Houston, TX - February 6, 1999 - Shot to death Billy Jack Gaither, Sylacauga, AL - February 19, 1999 - Throat slashed, head fractured with an ax handle, body burned on a pile of kerosene-soaked tires Alden Hill, Lansing, MI - February 21, 1999 - Died of gunshots to head and chest Unknown Male-to-Female Transgender, Houston, TX - February 25, 1999 - shot to death Henry Edward Northington, Richmond, VA - March 6, 1999 - Beheaded. Body left in secluded area; severed head left on a pike in the middle of a footbridge at a public park Tracy Thompson (AKA Tracy Turner, Billy Joe Turner), Cordele GA - March 30, 1999 - Struck in the head with a baseball bat Paul Meroski, San Juan, PR - April, 1999 - Multiple stab wounds in the head, inflicted with an ice pick Harold McCormick, Royal Oak Township, MI - May 7, 1999 - Strangled William Paige McFarland, Detroit, MI - May 19, 1999 - Strangled James Edwin Appleby II, San Juan, PR - May 29, 1999 - Multiple stab wounds; left naked in bathtub with hands and feet tied Emmon Bodfish (AKA Margaret Ingalls Bodfish), Orinda, CA - June 24, 1999 (approximate) - Bludgeoned to death with blunt object Gary Matson and Winfield Scott Mowder, Happy Valley, CA - July 1, 1999 - shot to death while sleeping in their bed; accused killer tells his mother on tape: "I obyed God's law." Private Barry Winchell, Ft. Campbell, KY - July 5, 1999 - Beaten to death with a baseball bat Barretta Williams, Chicago, IL - July 27, 1999 - Shot 16 times Dr. Alfred C. Moon, Providence, RI - August 19, 1999 - Bludgeoned to death with bedside lamp; left naked on bed The world is dangerouss for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and trans-gendered people. Please take appropriate precautions and fight against the hatred! ********** To post, send mail to aplb@queernet.org. To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@queernet.org; put a line saying unsubscribe aplb in the body. (This may fail if your address has changed since you signed up; if so, or for other assistance, contact aplb-approval@queernet.org.)