David P. was a 42-year-old gay man livg Beveren, Belgium. He worked as a crane operator, was loved by his fay and iends and, a few weeks ago, he was found ad an abandoned park.
Contents:
- LGBT HORROR FICTION: “GAY OF THE DEAD” BY WILL KOHLER.
- BURY YOUR GAYS: WHY ‘THE 100,’ ‘WALKG DEAD’ DEATHS ARE PROBLEMATIC (GUT COLUMN)
- THE GAY MEN FREQUENTED MANHATTAN PIANO BARS. SO DID THEIR KILLER.
- GAY DEATH
- 9 DEAD GAY GUYS
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
LGBT HORROR FICTION: “GAY OF THE DEAD” BY WILL KOHLER.
“Last Call,” by Elon Green, retrac the murrs of four men by a serial killer the 1990s, at a time when gay men felt prsured to hi their sexualy and were often the victims of homophobia. * gay of the dead *
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BURY YOUR GAYS: WHY ‘THE 100,’ ‘WALKG DEAD’ DEATHS ARE PROBLEMATIC (GUT COLUMN)
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THE GAY MEN FREQUENTED MANHATTAN PIANO BARS. SO DID THEIR KILLER.
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GAY DEATH
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Was a 42-year-old gay man livg Beveren, Belgium.
9 DEAD GAY GUYS
David P., had gone to the park after arrangg a date wh a man he met on the gay datg app Grdr. Belgian police and the lol public prosecutors’ office have yet to nfirm or ny if the killg was motivated by homophobia, but the se highlights the fact that for LGBTQ+ people, searchg for a romantic nnectn onle right now n put you ser danger.
And homophobic hate crim are on the rise. Acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn (ILGA’s) Annual Review of LGBTQ+ rights Europe, hate crim agast LGBTQ+ people the Netherlands were reported by Dutch media almost every week 2020.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
In France, SOS Homophobie’s annual report found that the number of hate crim agast LGBTQ+ people had creased for a fourth nsecutive year 2020.
IS ‘THE WALKG DEAD’ IN DARYL DIXON GAY?
Many are feelg vulnerable, and there are fears that homophobic assailants may be takg advantage of the fact that queer datg apps are one of the only opportuni LGBTQ+ dividuals n e to meet others right now.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
Sce lockdowns were imposed around the world when the panmic took hold early last year, apps such as Grdr, Scff and Her have have taken on a greater role the LGBTQ+ muny, as tradnally safe public LGBTQ+ spac, such as gay bars, clubs and pubs, were forced to shut their doors.