Three years ago, 15-year-old Lawrence Kg was shot a Southern California classroom. Now, his acced murrer's trial is brgg natnal attentn to the issue of gay bullyg.
Contents:
- TEACHER OF MURRED GAY STUNT SAYS SHE RELAT TO HIS KILLER
- AT TEEN'S TRIAL, BULLYG OF GAYS IN FOC
- CALIF. TEEN BRANDON MCINERNEY SENTENCED TO 21 YEARS FOR POT-BLANK MURR OF GAY CLASSMATE
- GAY STUNT'S FLAMBOYANT BEHAVR BLAMED FOR HIS MURR
- JURY STUCK MURR OF GAY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUNT LARRY KG TRIAL
- LAWRENCE KG -- STUNT WHO WAS MURRED FOR BEG GAY -- TO BE HONORED WH NATNAL DAY OF SILENCECANDLELIGHT VIGILS ALSO BEG ANIZED TO RAISE AWARENS ABOUT CALIFORNIA HATE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRISFEBARY 21, 2008/1:28 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRISFEBARY 21, 2008 / 1:28 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LAWRENCE KG -- STUNT WHO WAS MURRED FOR BEG GAY -- TO BE HONORED WH NATNAL DAY OF SILENCE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-02-21T18:28:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-02-21T18:28:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRIS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWO DAYS BEFORE A SHOTGUN-WIELDG [ARTICLE ID="1581664"]STEVEN KAZMIERCZAK[/ARTICLE] SHOT 21 STUNTS SI A LECTURE HALL ON THE MP OF NORTHERN ILLOIS UNIVERSY, TAKG THE LIV OF FIVE PEOPLE AS WELL AS HIS OWN, 15-YEAR-OLD LAWRENCE "LARRY" KG WAS SHOT THE HEAD AT THE E.O. GREEN SCHOOL OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, REPORTEDLY FOR BEG GAY. HE WAS THE EIGHTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THREE DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTG, ON FEBARY 15, KG WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT AND PRONOUNCED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG'S KILLER, 14-YEAR-OLD BRANDON MCINERNEY, APPARENTLY TARGETED THE STUNT BEE HE WAS OPENLY GAY AND SOMETIM DRSED WOMEN'S CLOTH. KG ALSO WORE MAKP AND JEWELRY TO CLASS ON OCSN. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT MCINERNEY, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WH MURR AND THE MISSN OF A HATE CRIME, WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT, WHICH MEANS HE ULD FACE 50 YEARS TO LIFE PRISON IF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG'S ATH ME 10 YEARS AFTER THE BTAL MURR OF UNIVERSY OF WYOMG STUNT MATTHEW SHEPARD, WHO WAS ALSO KILLED BEE OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN. BUT FOR SOME REASON, KG'S MURR GENERATED JT A ACTN OF THE MEDIA VERAGE THAT FOLLOWS MOST SCHOOL-SHOOTG CINTS. IN FACT, MOST OF THE IAL REPORTS ABOUT THE KILLG WERE TURNED OUT BY LOL NEWS AGENCI, AND THE NATNAL MEDIA DIDN'T TCH UP UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SERI OF NDLELIGHT VIGILS HAVE BEEN HELD THROUGHOUT THE U.S. THE WAKE OF THE STUNT'S ATH (AN TIMATED 1,000 PEOPLE MARCHED OXNARD THE WEEKEND FOLLOWG THE MURR), AN EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENS OF WHAT MANY FEEL WAS A LARGELY UNRREPORTED SE. MTV NEWS ATTEND ONE SUCH VIGIL ON FRIDAY NIGHT, JT OUTSI OF LOS ANGEL, WHERE DOZENS GATHERED -- NOT WH NDL BUT GLOWSTICKS -- TO REMEMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THE GAY, LBIAN AND STRAIGHT EDUTN NETWORK (GLSEN), A LEADG GAY-RIGHTS STUNT ANIZATN, HAS CID TO MAKE KG'S MURR ONE OF THE CENTRAL THEM OF THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL DAY OF SILENCE ON APRIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOG TO RPORATE, WH THE DAY OF SILENCE, A WAY FOR STUNTS TO REMEMBER LAWRENCE KG AND SORT OF E AS A DAY TO HONOR HIM AND TO BRG ATTENTN TO WHAT HAPPENED," SAID GLSEN SPOKPERSON DARYL PRGRAV. "THE OVERALL THEM WILL CLU KG AND THE IMMEDIATE NEED TO ADDRS ANTI-LGBT HARASSMENT. IF EVER THERE WERE A SIGN THAT SCHOOLS NEED TO REALIZE HOW FAR SUCH HARASSMENT N GO, AND WHY 'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRS NOW, 'S LAWRENCE KG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE KG'S MURR, THERE HAVE BEEN 30 NDLELIGHT VIGILS THROUGHOUT THE UNTRY, WH ONE PLANNED FOR WASHGTON, D.C., EARLY NEXT WEEK (A PLETE LIST OF THE EVENTS N BE FOUND AT ). PRGRAV WASN'T SURE EXACTLY HOW THE NATNAL DAY OF SILENCE WOULD MEMORATE KG'S PASSG, BUT SAID THE THEME OF THE DAY WILL BE REMEMBERG THE SLA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S A PREVALENT AND PERVASIVE PROBLEM ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS," HE SAID OF ANTI-LGBT VLENCE AND BULLYG, ADDG THAT HE'S NOT QUE SURE WHY KG'S ATH WAS ALL BUT IGNORED BY THE NATNAL MEDIA. "FOR WHATEVER REASON, THERE'S STILL A LACK OF WILLGNS TO ADDRS THE ANTI-LGBT BULLYG THAT GO ON SCHOOLS. WE DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THERE'S STILL SORT OF THIS SENSE OF HAVG OUR HEADS BURIED THE SAND. WHAT HAPPENED TO LAWRENCE KG IS A MUCH MORE ISOLATED CINT, BUT WHAT HAPPENED LEADG UP TO HIS ATH HAPPENS TO YOUTH EVERY DAY, ALL THE TIME. HE WAS JT EXPRSG HIMSELF, AND WE'RE SEEG MORE OF THIS -- YOUTH ARE BEG OPEN AT AN EARLIER AGE, AND THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR INTI, BUT THAT DON'T MEAN SOMEONE WON'T BULLY THEM FOR . IN THIS SE, KG WAS BULLIED TO SUCH AN EXTREME ... YOU N'T GET WORSE THAN THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO ANIZG THE NATNAL DAY OF SILENCE, GLSEN PH FOR ANTI-LGBT-BULLYG LEGISLATN, AND WORKS WH SCHOOLS TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE ONLY 10 STAT THAT PROTECT STUNTS OM BULLYG BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN: CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, IOWA, MAE, MASSACHETTS, MNOTA, NEW JERSEY, VERMONT, WASHGTON AND WISNS. FIVE OF THOSE STAT PROTECT STUNTS BASED ON GENR EXPRSN AND INTY (CALIFORNIA, IOWA, MAE, MNOTA AND NEW JERSEY).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE ENURAGE ALL STAT THAT 'S SOMETHG THEY N START ADDRSG," PRGRAV SAID. "IN ALMOST EVERY STATE, THERE IS SOMETHG THAT N BE DONE RIGHT AWAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GO TO TO FD OUT HOW TO GET VOLVED AND FOUR THGS YOU N DO TO HELP STOP ANTI-LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- CALIFORNIA TEEN ADMS KILLG GAY CLASSMATE
- WAS THIS JUNR HIGH STUNT KILLED FOR BEG GAY?
- FORMER TEACHER WHO WNSED SHOOTG OF GAY STUNT LARRY KG SPEAKS OUT
- BRANDON MCINERNEY, WHO KILLED GAY STUNT LARRY KG, JAILED AFTER PLEADG GUILTY
- HATE CRIME TRIAL HAS BEGUN MURR OF GAY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUNT LARRY KG
- TRIAL TO BEG SLAYG OF GAY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUNT LARRY KG
- GAY PANIC, GAY VICTIMS, AND THE CASE FOR GAY SHIELD LAWS
- YOUNG, GAY AND MURRED JUNR HIGH
- BOY CULTURE : COVERG HOT MEN, GAY ISSU, CELEBRI, MOVI, MIC & MORE
TEACHER OF MURRED GAY STUNT SAYS SHE RELAT TO HIS KILLER
Last night, HBO aired Valente Road, a documentary about the 2008 murr of Lawrence ("Larry") Kg, a 15-year-old gay stunt who asked then-14-year-old Brandon McInerney to be his Valente. The day after, McInerney brought a gun to school and shot Kg twice the head a puter lab. Kg died two days later. * larry king gay student *
[There was a vio here]Last night, HBO aired Valente Road, a documentary about the 2008 murr of Lawrence ("Larry") Kg, a 15-year-old gay stunt who asked then-14-year-old Brandon McInerney to be his Valente.
AT TEEN'S TRIAL, BULLYG OF GAYS IN FOC
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Then she twists her face up when scribg a peaceful memorial monstratn that she labels "gay pri, " which happened outsi the school followg Kg's ath. The trial of a teen acced of killg a gay classmate is brgg natnal attentn to the problem of gay bullyg.
Prosecutors Southern California say the fendant murred 15-year-old Lawrence Kg out of his hatred of homosexuals, but fense attorneys say their client snapped after beg repeatedly harassed by the openly gay teen. Talk show host Ellen DeGener and gay rights advot around the untry took to the airwav.
CALIF. TEEN BRANDON MCINERNEY SENTENCED TO 21 YEARS FOR POT-BLANK MURR OF GAY CLASSMATE
Gay Stunt's Flamboyant Style Blamed For His Murr * larry king gay student *
Gay teens, they said, were facg an epimic of bullyg schools. "It is OK if you are gay. Fox said that McInerney killed Kg out of his hatred for homosexuals, somethg he learned as an avid follower of whe supremacist, Nazi teachgs.
What matters is what the fendant thought was, and whether the fendant killed him bee he was agast gays, " Levenson says.
GAY STUNT'S FLAMBOYANT BEHAVR BLAMED FOR HIS MURR
A California teen plead guilty on Monday to send-gree murr for shootg to ath a 15-year-old gay classmate at his middle school who he said ma unwanted sexual advanc. * larry king gay student *
Levenson says the prosecutn may also not want to open the door to Kg's sexualy se there are jurors who don't approve of gays and lbians. Attorney Stt Wippert told jurors that Kg was openly gay, wore makp and girls' clothg to school and nstantly harassed his client. But, he says, the issu of bullyg and gay teens is still not beg aquately addrsed lol schools.
- California teenager Brandon McInerney, who plead guilty to send-gree murr the killg of a gay stunt, was sentenced Monday to 21 years prison.
JURY STUCK MURR OF GAY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUNT LARRY KG TRIAL
Did a Gay Valente Lead to a Teenage Murr? * larry king gay student *
The Los Angel Tim ran a story the same day, November 21, which said that the assistant prcipal at the school, who is openly gay, had been cricized for beg "more tent on protectg Kg's civil rights" than "acknowledgg that his drs and behavr were g problems. " But the class are optnal, he said, and "don't clu anythg about gay rights or homosexualy the curriculum.
"In July, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that requir California's public schools to clu lsons on the history of gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr figur s social studi class. (CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - A jury has reported that is adlocked the trial of a 17-year-old Brandon McInerney acced of murrg gay classmate, Larry Kg. Green School Oxnard, California, reportedly for beg gay.
LAWRENCE KG -- STUNT WHO WAS MURRED FOR BEG GAY -- TO BE HONORED WH NATNAL DAY OF SILENCECANDLELIGHT VIGILS ALSO BEG ANIZED TO RAISE AWARENS ABOUT CALIFORNIA HATE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRISFEBARY 21, 2008/1:28 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRISFEBARY 21, 2008 / 1:28 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LAWRENCE KG -- STUNT WHO WAS MURRED FOR BEG GAY -- TO BE HONORED WH NATNAL DAY OF SILENCE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2008-02-21T18:28:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2008-02-21T18:28:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-CHRIS-HARRIS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWO DAYS BEFORE A SHOTGUN-WIELDG [ARTICLE ID="1581664"]STEVEN KAZMIERCZAK[/ARTICLE] SHOT 21 STUNTS SI A LECTURE HALL ON THE MP OF NORTHERN ILLOIS UNIVERSY, TAKG THE LIV OF FIVE PEOPLE AS WELL AS HIS OWN, 15-YEAR-OLD LAWRENCE "LARRY" KG WAS SHOT THE HEAD AT THE E.O. GREEN SCHOOL OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, REPORTEDLY FOR BEG GAY. HE WAS THE EIGHTH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THREE DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTG, ON FEBARY 15, KG WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT AND PRONOUNCED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG'S KILLER, 14-YEAR-OLD BRANDON MCINERNEY, APPARENTLY TARGETED THE STUNT BEE HE WAS OPENLY GAY AND SOMETIM DRSED WOMEN'S CLOTH. KG ALSO WORE MAKP AND JEWELRY TO CLASS ON OCSN. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT MCINERNEY, WHO HAS BEEN CHARGED WH MURR AND THE MISSN OF A HATE CRIME, WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT, WHICH MEANS HE ULD FACE 50 YEARS TO LIFE PRISON IF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG'S ATH ME 10 YEARS AFTER THE BTAL MURR OF UNIVERSY OF WYOMG STUNT MATTHEW SHEPARD, WHO WAS ALSO KILLED BEE OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN. BUT FOR SOME REASON, KG'S MURR GENERATED JT A ACTN OF THE MEDIA VERAGE THAT FOLLOWS MOST SCHOOL-SHOOTG CINTS. IN FACT, MOST OF THE IAL REPORTS ABOUT THE KILLG WERE TURNED OUT BY LOL NEWS AGENCI, AND THE NATNAL MEDIA DIDN'T TCH UP UNTIL SEVERAL DAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SERI OF NDLELIGHT VIGILS HAVE BEEN HELD THROUGHOUT THE U.S. THE WAKE OF THE STUNT'S ATH (AN TIMATED 1,000 PEOPLE MARCHED OXNARD THE WEEKEND FOLLOWG THE MURR), AN EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENS OF WHAT MANY FEEL WAS A LARGELY UNRREPORTED SE. MTV NEWS ATTEND ONE SUCH VIGIL ON FRIDAY NIGHT, JT OUTSI OF LOS ANGEL, WHERE DOZENS GATHERED -- NOT WH NDL BUT GLOWSTICKS -- TO REMEMBER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THE GAY, LBIAN AND STRAIGHT EDUTN NETWORK (GLSEN), A LEADG GAY-RIGHTS STUNT ANIZATN, HAS CID TO MAKE KG'S MURR ONE OF THE CENTRAL THEM OF THIS YEAR'S ANNUAL DAY OF SILENCE ON APRIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS YEAR, WE'RE GOG TO RPORATE, WH THE DAY OF SILENCE, A WAY FOR STUNTS TO REMEMBER LAWRENCE KG AND SORT OF E AS A DAY TO HONOR HIM AND TO BRG ATTENTN TO WHAT HAPPENED," SAID GLSEN SPOKPERSON DARYL PRGRAV. "THE OVERALL THEM WILL CLU KG AND THE IMMEDIATE NEED TO ADDRS ANTI-LGBT HARASSMENT. IF EVER THERE WERE A SIGN THAT SCHOOLS NEED TO REALIZE HOW FAR SUCH HARASSMENT N GO, AND WHY 'S IMPORTANT TO ADDRS NOW, 'S LAWRENCE KG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE KG'S MURR, THERE HAVE BEEN 30 NDLELIGHT VIGILS THROUGHOUT THE UNTRY, WH ONE PLANNED FOR WASHGTON, D.C., EARLY NEXT WEEK (A PLETE LIST OF THE EVENTS N BE FOUND AT ). PRGRAV WASN'T SURE EXACTLY HOW THE NATNAL DAY OF SILENCE WOULD MEMORATE KG'S PASSG, BUT SAID THE THEME OF THE DAY WILL BE REMEMBERG THE SLA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT'S A PREVALENT AND PERVASIVE PROBLEM ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS," HE SAID OF ANTI-LGBT VLENCE AND BULLYG, ADDG THAT HE'S NOT QUE SURE WHY KG'S ATH WAS ALL BUT IGNORED BY THE NATNAL MEDIA. "FOR WHATEVER REASON, THERE'S STILL A LACK OF WILLGNS TO ADDRS THE ANTI-LGBT BULLYG THAT GO ON SCHOOLS. WE DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THERE'S STILL SORT OF THIS SENSE OF HAVG OUR HEADS BURIED THE SAND. WHAT HAPPENED TO LAWRENCE KG IS A MUCH MORE ISOLATED CINT, BUT WHAT HAPPENED LEADG UP TO HIS ATH HAPPENS TO YOUTH EVERY DAY, ALL THE TIME. HE WAS JT EXPRSG HIMSELF, AND WE'RE SEEG MORE OF THIS -- YOUTH ARE BEG OPEN AT AN EARLIER AGE, AND THEY ARE PROUD OF THEIR INTI, BUT THAT DON'T MEAN SOMEONE WON'T BULLY THEM FOR . IN THIS SE, KG WAS BULLIED TO SUCH AN EXTREME ... YOU N'T GET WORSE THAN THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO ANIZG THE NATNAL DAY OF SILENCE, GLSEN PH FOR ANTI-LGBT-BULLYG LEGISLATN, AND WORKS WH SCHOOLS TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE ONLY 10 STAT THAT PROTECT STUNTS OM BULLYG BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATN: CALIFORNIA, CONNECTICUT, IOWA, MAE, MASSACHETTS, MNOTA, NEW JERSEY, VERMONT, WASHGTON AND WISNS. FIVE OF THOSE STAT PROTECT STUNTS BASED ON GENR EXPRSN AND INTY (CALIFORNIA, IOWA, MAE, MNOTA AND NEW JERSEY).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE ENURAGE ALL STAT THAT 'S SOMETHG THEY N START ADDRSG," PRGRAV SAID. "IN ALMOST EVERY STATE, THERE IS SOMETHG THAT N BE DONE RIGHT AWAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GO TO TO FD OUT HOW TO GET VOLVED AND FOUR THGS YOU N DO TO HELP STOP ANTI-LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
The judge clared a mistrial the murr trial of Brandon McInerney, the 17-year-old acced of shootg gay classmate Larry Kg 2008, after the jury failed to reach a verdict. One of the wns who ttified urt was former English teacher Dawn Boldr, McInerney and Kg's teacher, who also gave Kg a green drs; she spoke wh KPCC. * larry king gay student *
He was the eighth days after the shootg, on Febary 15, Kg was taken off life support and pronounced 's killer, 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, apparently targeted the stunt bee he was openly gay and sometim drsed women's cloth. MTV News attend one such vigil on Friday night, jt outsi of Los Angel, where dozens gathered -- not wh ndl but glowsticks -- to remember the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN), a leadg gay-rights stunt anizatn, has cid to make Kg's murr one of the central them of this year's annual Day of Silence on April 25.
CALIFORNIA TEEN ADMS KILLG GAY CLASSMATE
Trial to beg slayg of gay middle school stunt Larry Kg * larry king gay student *
A California teen plead guilty on Monday to send-gree murr for shootg to ath a 15-year-old gay classmate at his middle school who he said ma unwanted sexual advanc. The se drew wi attentn bee of s shockg premise: McInerney, a f of homophobic rage, killed classmate Larry Kg bee he was offend by Kg's drs and how the victim teracted wh him. Kg, 15, was openly gay, and McInerney's attorneys argued he ma sexual advanc agast their client.
WAS THIS JUNR HIGH STUNT KILLED FOR BEG GAY?
Prosecutors also ntend McInerney embraced a whe supremacist philosophy that se homosexualy as an abomatn. Comic Ellen DeGener, a lbian, weighed on her talk show shortly after the shootg and said gays shouldn't be treated as send-class cizens. Prosecutors had prevly offered a plea al that would have sent McInerney to prison for 25 years to life, but his attorneys Byard, executive director of the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network, said a statement the plea agreement ends a tragic chapter.
Judge Ken Riley said that after three days of ttimony, he agreed wh prosecutors that the shootg of Kg was premedated and add the special circumstance allegatn that McInerney was lyg vtigators ttified that McInerney ma threats about Kg a day before he allegedly shot and killed his gay classmate. "Another stunt claimed McInerney and his iends were gog to beat Kg up and stab him bee Brandon "didn't like Larry Kg bee Larry Kg was gay and drsed like a girl, " Albarran said.
FORMER TEACHER WHO WNSED SHOOTG OF GAY STUNT LARRY KG SPEAKS OUT
The judge clared a mistrial the murr trial of Brandon McInerney, the 17-year-old acced of shootg gay classmate Larry Kg 2008, after the jury failed to reach a verdict.
At this pot, Kg had been showg up to school wearg high-heeled boots and makp, but Boldr said that the gree to which this occurred has been overblown by many stunts tnted him class, she’d fend Kg, sayg that she had a gay member of her fay and rpects the muny. Jtice at last: Whe supremacist teenager who killed gay stunt class is jailed after fally pleadg guilty A whe supremacist teenager plead guilty Monday to send-gree murr for killg a gay stunt durg a puter lab class three years ago a plea al that will send him to prison for 21 years and avoid a retrial.
BRANDON MCINERNEY, WHO KILLED GAY STUNT LARRY KG, JAILED AFTER PLEADG GUILTY
Plea al: Brandon McInerney, now 17, left, admted on Monday to send-gree murr for killg Larry Kg, 15, right, three years ago The se drew wi attentn bee of s shockg premise: McInerney, a f of homophobic rage, killed 15-year-old Larry Kg at E.
When he mted the murr, ' Greg Kg Ellen DeGener, a lbian, weighed on her talk show shortly after the shootg and said gays shouldn't be treated as send-class cizens. Anger: The shootg roiled gay rights advot and parents Oxnard, a cy about 60 northwt of Los Angel, CaliforniaAfter servg nearly four years sce Kg's slayg, McInerney will be released jt shy of his 39th birthday. A phone msage left wh fense attorney Robyn Bramson was not immediately Byard, executive director of the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network, said a statement the plea agreement ends a tragic chapter.
Prosecutors also ntend McInerney embraced a whe supremacist philosophy that se homosexualy as an found Nazi-spired drawgs and artifacts at his hoe, and a whe supremacist expert ttified at trial the hate-filled iology was the reason for the killg.
HATE CRIME TRIAL HAS BEGUN MURR OF GAY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUNT LARRY KG
Attorneys offered jurors markedly different portras of sla gay stunt Larry Kg on the openg day of trial for Brandon McInerney, the youth charged wh shootg Kg to ath an Oxnard classroom three years ago.
”McInerney rpond by llg Kg homosexual slurs, the prosecutor said.
TRIAL TO BEG SLAYG OF GAY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUNT LARRY KG
Wippert’s 30-mute openg statement foced on both of the boys’ troubled backgrounds and on McInerney’s abily to al wh the huiatn of havg an openly gay boy flirt wh him at school. (CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - Brandon McInerney, a 17-year-old driven by whe supremacist beliefs, executed gay classmate, Larry Kg, at school wh two gunshots to the back of his head, a prosecutor told jurors Tuday her openg statement.
GAY PANIC, GAY VICTIMS, AND THE CASE FOR GAY SHIELD LAWS
Gay-rights advot and parents Oxnard, a cy about 60 northwt of Los Angel, wonred why school officials hadn't done more to stop the harassment toward Larry by stunts, cludg McInerney. Larry's fay sued the school district, among two dozen fendants, for failg to protect the on CrimirJuly 23, 2009 - Was This Junr High Stunt Killed for Beg Gay.
YOUNG, GAY AND MURRED JUNR HIGH
Media outlets reported that Brandon had killed Larry "allegedly bee he intified himself as gay. "You wouldn't have looked at him and go, "Oh, he's outwardly gay or somethg. The victim, Lawrence Kg, was an openly gay stunt who McInerney reportedly thought had a csh on him.
This week McInerney, lookg more like an adult at the age of 17, will be tried a high-profile murr se that rallied the gay muny and triggered lls for greater protectns of young homosexuals on school mp. Prosecutors have add a hate-crime allegatn, argug that McInerney’s actns were spurred part by a hatred of gays, le wh his alleged neo-Nazi sympathi.
The killg triggered an emotnal outpourg that clud ndlelight vigils across the untry and a day of silence April anized by the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network, a New York-based group dited to preventg harassment of young gays and lbians on school mp. Several stat have passed laws specifilly outlawg bullyg of homosexuals at school, and California strengthened s own anti-bullyg laws. Still, bullyg of gays remas a problem.
BOY CULTURE : COVERG HOT MEN, GAY ISSU, CELEBRI, MOVI, MIC & MORE
After a spate of suicis by homosexual youths last fall, cludg that of 13-year-old Seth Walsh of Tehachapi, activists, celebri and others posted YouTube vios wh the It Gets Better Project to spire hope stgglg youths. Eliza Byard, the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network’s executive director, said progrs is beg ma muni and schools that proactively addrs issu of bias. In a highly publicized “gay panic” se, Brandon McInerney shot and killed Larry Kg their middle school classroom.
Kg was a self-intified gay stunt who sometim wore jewelry and eye makp to school and, acrdg to those who knew him, was possibly transgenr.