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• VALENTE ROAD: THE STORY OF MURRED GAY TEEN LAWRENCE KGNEW HBO DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR ISSU OF RACE, CLASS, JUVENILE JTICE AND {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;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 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;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;}NEWSBY BET-STAFFOCTOBER 7, 2013/11:45 {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:1024PX;WIDTH:1024PX;}BY BET-STAFFOCTOBER 7, 2013 / 11:45 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"VALENTE ROAD: THE STORY OF MURRED GAY TEEN LAWRENCE KG","SCRIPTN":"HBO DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR ISSU OF RACE, CLASS, AND LGBT.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-07T15:45:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-07T15:45:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"BET-STAFF","KEYWORDS":"TRAYVON MART","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“EVERYONE THE WORLD KNOWS TRAYVON MART’S NAME. WHY ARE WE NOT TALKG ABOUT LARRY?” SAYS MARTA CUNNGHAM, THE DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER OF THE HBO DOCUMENTARY VALENTE ROAD. HER FILM TELLS THE STORY OF TWO YOUNG BOYS THE SMALL FARMG TOWN OF OXNARD, CALIFORNIA. ONE, AIN-AMERIN, A WARD OF THE STATE EXPLORG HIS GENR INTY, THE OTHER, WHE OM A TROUBLED HOME WH A BUDDG TERT NEO-NAZI PHILOSOPHY.  IN 2008, LAWRENCE "LARRY" KG, 15 YEARS-OLD AND OPENLY GAY WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS 14 YEAR OLD CLASSMATE BRANDON MCINERNEY AFTER LARRY ASKED BRANDON TO BE HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CUNNGHAM SAYS SHE WAS SPIRED TO MAKE THE FILM BEE OFTEN THE STORI OF AIN-AMERINS WHO ARE MURRED FAIL TO GA NATNAL ATTENTN. SHE WANTED TO KNOW NOT ONLY WHY SHE WASN’T HEARG MORE ABOUT LARRY’S STORY BUT ALSO WHY ACTIVISTS WEREN’T RALLYG TO SUPPORT HIM AND WHY BLACK ACTIVISTS WEREN’T THERE.  "AS A MUNY, I THK WE’RE REALLY FAILG OUR LGBT YOUTH OF LOR.  IT’S TIME FOR TO UNRSTAND WHERE RACE TERSECTS WH LGBT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VALENTE ROAD DO JT THAT, ADDN TO NONTG ISSU OF CLASS, JUVENILE JTICE AND MORE, THE FILM IS A BALANCED PORTRAYAL OF TWO YOUNG BOYS WH MORE MON THAN EHER OF THEM ULD IMAGE. TOLD THROUGH THE LENS OF STUNTS, TEACHERS, FAY MEMBERS AND LEGAL OFFICIALS VOLVED THE SE, IS A HEARTBREAKG JOURNEY WH NO VICTORS. THE POWERFUL, MT-SEE DOCUMENTARY AIRS TONIGHT AT 9PM ON IS YOUR #1 SOURCE FOR BLACK CELEBRY NEWS, PHOTOS, EXCLIVE VIOS AND ALL THE LATT THE WORLD OF HIP HOP AND R&B MIC.CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(PHOTO: COURTY OF KG FAY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}TRAYVON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-TOP:24PX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;}TRENDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-TEMPLATE-LUMNS:50% 50%;GRID-LUMN-GAP:12PX;}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}} > DIV{HEIGHT:133PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;-WEBK-TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);-MS-TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){ > DIV{WIDTH:100%;}} > DIV A{-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} > DIV A > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1) > DIV{BORR-TOP-RIGHT-RADI:0PX;BORR-BOTTOM-LEFT-RADI:VAR(--BORR-RADI);HEIGHT:133PX;WIDTH:133PX;PADDG-TOP:100%;} > DIV A > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1) > DIV > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1){BORR-TOP-RIGHT-RADI:0PX;BORR-BOTTOM-LEFT-RADI:VAR(--BORR-RADI);} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1){OVERFLOW:HIDN;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) > *{-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(2){MARG-BOTTOM:LC(VAR(--SPACER) * 2);} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(2){DISPLAY:NONE;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(3){MARG:6PX 0 0 0;PADDG:0;POSN:RELATIVE;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(3) SPAN{-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:1;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) SPAN{-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:4;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;FONT:NORMAL 600 1.2REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;OVERFLOW:HIDN;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) SPAN{FONT-SIZE:1.4REM;}}{-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;-WEBK-TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);-MS-TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);}{BOX-SHADOW:0 8PX 22PX -6PX RGBA(0,0,0,0.3);-WEBK-TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);-MS-TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);} > *:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(2){MARG-BOTTOM:LC(VAR(--SPACER) * 6);}BLAC CHYNA SHAR CUTE PICS OF DGHTER DREAMTHE FORMER REALY STAR AND ENTREPRENR GHED OVER HER “BIG GIRL.”FORMER JUROR SAYS MOST OF HIS PEERS WANTED TO DELIVER GUILTY VERDICT IN YNW MELLY TRIALA MISTRIAL WAS CLARED LAST MONTH THE FLORIDA RAPPER’S DOUBLE MURR SE.BREAKING NEWS: CARLEE RSELL ADMS SHE WAS NEVER KIDNAPPEDHOOVER, ALA., POLICE READ A STATEMENT ON MONDAY WHICH RSELL SAID SHE MA UP THE WHOLE STORY AROUND HER ABDUCTN. JAMIE FOXX PAYS TRIBUTE TO SISTER FOR SAVG HIS LIFE “WHOUT YOU I WOULD NOT BE HERE,” THE ACTOR WROTE A HEARTFELT POST. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• 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
• AT TEEN'S TRIAL, BULLYG OF GAYS IN FOC
• TEACHER OF MURRED GAY STUNT SAYS SHE RELAT TO HIS KILLER
• GAY STUNT'S FLAMBOYANT BEHAVR BLAMED FOR HIS MURR
• LAWRENCE KG: BLAMED FOR HIS MURR FOR ‘APPEARG’ GAY, WEARG ‘FEME ATTIRE’
• TRIAL BEGS CLASSROOM KILLG OF 15-YEAR-OLD GAY STUNT
• YOUNG, GAY AND MURRED JUNR HIGH
• LARRY KG ON LAWRENCE KG, GAY BULLYG

VALENTE ROAD: THE STORY OF MURRED GAY TEEN LAWRENCE KGNEW HBO DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR ISSU OF RACE, CLASS, JUVENILE JTICE AND {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;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 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;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;}NEWSBY BET-STAFFOCTOBER 7, 2013/11:45 {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:1024PX;WIDTH:1024PX;}BY BET-STAFFOCTOBER 7, 2013 / 11:45 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"VALENTE ROAD: THE STORY OF MURRED GAY TEEN LAWRENCE KG","SCRIPTN":"HBO DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR ISSU OF RACE, CLASS, AND LGBT.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-10-07T15:45:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-10-07T15:45:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"BET-STAFF","KEYWORDS":"TRAYVON MART","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“EVERYONE THE WORLD KNOWS TRAYVON MART’S NAME. WHY ARE WE NOT TALKG ABOUT LARRY?” SAYS MARTA CUNNGHAM, THE DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER OF THE HBO DOCUMENTARY VALENTE ROAD. HER FILM TELLS THE STORY OF TWO YOUNG BOYS THE SMALL FARMG TOWN OF OXNARD, CALIFORNIA. ONE, AIN-AMERIN, A WARD OF THE STATE EXPLORG HIS GENR INTY, THE OTHER, WHE OM A TROUBLED HOME WH A BUDDG TERT NEO-NAZI PHILOSOPHY.  IN 2008, LAWRENCE "LARRY" KG, 15 YEARS-OLD AND OPENLY GAY WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY HIS 14 YEAR OLD CLASSMATE BRANDON MCINERNEY AFTER LARRY ASKED BRANDON TO BE HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CUNNGHAM SAYS SHE WAS SPIRED TO MAKE THE FILM BEE OFTEN THE STORI OF AIN-AMERINS WHO ARE MURRED FAIL TO GA NATNAL ATTENTN. SHE WANTED TO KNOW NOT ONLY WHY SHE WASN’T HEARG MORE ABOUT LARRY’S STORY BUT ALSO WHY ACTIVISTS WEREN’T RALLYG TO SUPPORT HIM AND WHY BLACK ACTIVISTS WEREN’T THERE.  "AS A MUNY, I THK WE’RE REALLY FAILG OUR LGBT YOUTH OF LOR.  IT’S TIME FOR TO UNRSTAND WHERE RACE TERSECTS WH LGBT.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VALENTE ROAD DO JT THAT, ADDN TO NONTG ISSU OF CLASS, JUVENILE JTICE AND MORE, THE FILM IS A BALANCED PORTRAYAL OF TWO YOUNG BOYS WH MORE MON THAN EHER OF THEM ULD IMAGE. TOLD THROUGH THE LENS OF STUNTS, TEACHERS, FAY MEMBERS AND LEGAL OFFICIALS VOLVED THE SE, IS A HEARTBREAKG JOURNEY WH NO VICTORS. THE POWERFUL, MT-SEE DOCUMENTARY AIRS TONIGHT AT 9PM ON IS YOUR #1 SOURCE FOR BLACK CELEBRY NEWS, PHOTOS, EXCLIVE VIOS AND ALL THE LATT THE WORLD OF HIP HOP AND R&B MIC.CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(PHOTO: COURTY OF KG FAY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}TRAYVON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG-TOP:24PX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;}{FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;}TRENDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){{DISPLAY:GRID;GRID-TEMPLATE-LUMNS:50% 50%;GRID-LUMN-GAP:12PX;}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){{DISPLAY:BLOCK;}} > DIV{HEIGHT:133PX;BOX-SHADOW:0 4PX 8PX 0 RGBA(0,0,0,0.18);MARG-BOTTOM:12PX;-WEBK-TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);-MS-TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);TRANSFORM:PERSPECTIVE(1PX) TRANSLATEZ(0);-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:980PX){ > DIV{WIDTH:100%;}} > DIV A{-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;-MS-FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;FLEX-DIRECTN:ROW;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} > DIV A > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1) > DIV{BORR-TOP-RIGHT-RADI:0PX;BORR-BOTTOM-LEFT-RADI:VAR(--BORR-RADI);HEIGHT:133PX;WIDTH:133PX;PADDG-TOP:100%;} > DIV A > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1) > DIV > DIV:NTH-CHILD(1){BORR-TOP-RIGHT-RADI:0PX;BORR-BOTTOM-LEFT-RADI:VAR(--BORR-RADI);} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1){OVERFLOW:HIDN;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) > *{-WEBK-ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-EM-ALIGN:START;ALIGN-SELF:FLEX-START;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(2){MARG-BOTTOM:LC(VAR(--SPACER) * 2);} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(2){DISPLAY:NONE;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(3){MARG:6PX 0 0 0;PADDG:0;POSN:RELATIVE;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) DIV:NTH-CHILD(3) SPAN{-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:1;} > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) SPAN{-WEBK-BOX-ORIENT:VERTIL;-WEBK-LE-CLAMP:4;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;FONT:NORMAL 600 1.2REM/1.25 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;OVERFLOW:HIDN;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:660PX){ > DIV A DIV:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(1) SPAN{FONT-SIZE:1.4REM;}}{-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S;-WEBK-TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);-MS-TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);TRANSFORM:SLE(1) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);}{BOX-SHADOW:0 8PX 22PX -6PX RGBA(0,0,0,0.3);-WEBK-TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);-MS-TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);TRANSFORM:SLE(1.01) TRANSLATEZ(0) PERSPECTIVE(1PX);} > *:NTH-LAST-OF-TYPE(2){MARG-BOTTOM:LC(VAR(--SPACER) * 6);}BLAC CHYNA SHAR CUTE PICS OF DGHTER DREAMTHE FORMER REALY STAR AND ENTREPRENR GHED OVER HER “BIG GIRL.”FORMER JUROR SAYS MOST OF HIS PEERS WANTED TO DELIVER GUILTY VERDICT IN YNW MELLY TRIALA MISTRIAL WAS CLARED LAST MONTH THE FLORIDA RAPPER’S DOUBLE MURR SE.BREAKING NEWS: CARLEE RSELL ADMS SHE WAS NEVER KIDNAPPEDHOOVER, ALA., POLICE READ A STATEMENT ON MONDAY WHICH RSELL SAID SHE MA UP THE WHOLE STORY AROUND HER ABDUCTN. JAMIE FOXX PAYS TRIBUTE TO SISTER FOR SAVG HIS LIFE “WHOUT YOU I WOULD NOT BE HERE,” THE ACTOR WROTE A HEARTFELT POST. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Certaly there are potential sts for a gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr stunt's honty … discrimatn by teachers, rejectn by "iends" and, y, even asslt, rape, or murr. Gay and, pecially, genr variant children are often harassed long before nscly cidg whether to be out. In fact, whether you're genr variant or gay/lbian/bi or both, g out sometim rc the harassment you experience.

Gay or somethg?!

You may ny yourself a supportive peer group bee even accsg the gay-straight alliance may feel dangero.

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

It appears Brandon had too easy accs to a gun, and, chanc are, he learned nothg about homophobia elementary or middle school. Perhaps that's bee the killg of his gay middle-school classmate Lawrence Kg was as emotnally jarrg as was appallg. When McInerney, then 14 years old, shot 15-year-old Kg twice the back of the head a school puter lab three years ago, the cint jolted the astal cy of Oxnard, California, thst two unstable hoeholds to the spotlight, and ma Kg a rallyg pot for the gay muny across the natn.

The shootg exposed a multu of sensive subjects all at once: issu regardg gays, transgenr people, bullyg, whe supremacy, child abe and school vlence me to the surface. In her bid to prove a hate crime, Fox has shown drawgs of Nazi imag found McInerney's notebooks and has brought a whe supremacy expert to argue that the fendant was fluenced by an iology of hatred that clus spisg homosexuals.

AT TEEN'S TRIAL, BULLYG OF GAYS IN FOC

Gay rights advot and some experts say Wippert is g what's known as "gay panic fense, " where the fense argu that a gay person's sexual advanc are so ighteng that they lead the perpetrator to m vlence. Acrdg to media reports of classmat' ttimoni, boys at the middle school, cludg McInerney, would make fun of and sult Kg wh rogatory slurs bee he was gay and wore women's accsori. After that, the state then passed the Jtice for Victims Act, which was sponsored by gay-rights group Equaly California, a bid to dampen the e of such tactics.

TEACHER OF MURRED GAY STUNT SAYS SHE RELAT TO HIS KILLER

The fense attorney, for his part, ni that he is g gay panic. "The fense is that he was beg targeted and he was beg sexually harassed by this other boy, who jt happened to be gay, " Wippert says. In 2008, Lawrence "Larry" Kg, 15 years-old and openly gay was shot and killed by his 14 year old classmate Brandon McInerney after Larry asked Brandon to be his Valente.

GAY STUNT'S FLAMBOYANT BEHAVR BLAMED FOR HIS MURR

Green School Oxnard, California, reportedly for beg gay. 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.

LAWRENCE KG: BLAMED FOR HIS MURR FOR ‘APPEARG’ GAY, WEARG ‘FEME ATTIRE’

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. 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.

Gay teens, they said, were facg an epimic of bullyg schools.

TRIAL BEGS CLASSROOM KILLG OF 15-YEAR-OLD GAY STUNT

"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.

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.

YOUNG, GAY AND MURRED JUNR HIGH

[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. 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 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.

LARRY KG ON LAWRENCE KG, GAY BULLYG

" 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.