Rape of Gay High School Stunt Was Ignored, Acrdg to Lawsu

Contents:

• RAPE OF GAY HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WAS IGNORED, ACRDG TO LAWSU
• A 16-YEAR-OLD WENT TO A GAY BAR WH A FAKE I.D. AND THGS COULD’VE END TERRIBLY IF NOT FOR THIS DRAG QUEEN
• ‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN

RAPE OF GAY HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WAS IGNORED, ACRDG TO LAWSU

A lawsu by the mother of a Wt Virgia boy suggts that homophobia may be a factor failg to prevent the boy's rape, and later ignorg high school stunt, who is gay, was allegedly bullied, asslted and raped by a fellow stunt 2017.

A 16-YEAR-OLD WENT TO A GAY BAR WH A FAKE I.D. AND THGS COULD’VE END TERRIBLY IF NOT FOR THIS DRAG QUEEN

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‘EPIMIC OF VLENCE’: BRAZIL SHOCKED BY ‘BARBARIC’ GANG-RAPE OF GAY MAN

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