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Contents:

• GAY BASHG
• SELF-DEFENSE EXPERTS SUGGT THE 5 STRATEGI FOR AVOIDG OR SURVIVG A GAY BASHG
• ‘GAY BASHG’ A GROWG THREAT TO HOMOSEXUALS
• FEATURED HUMOR FANFICTN
• DEEP WATER: WERE 30 UNSOLVED SYDNEY ATHS REALLY GAY HATE CRIM?
• GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG
• GAY BASHG IS ABOUT MASCULY
• GAY BASHGS, HOMOPHOBIA: FORMER P RELLS HORROR YEARS NSW POLICE FORCE
• THE 4 MIAMI MEN WHO ATTACKED A GAY COUPLE FOLLOWG PRI HAVE SURRENRED TO POLICE (UPDATED)

GAY BASHG

Sign up today for our ee To TopUnfortunately, many of the high-profile news stori volvg LGBT people are stori of gay bashg. From middle schoolers beg tnted wh antigay slurs to lbians beg murred for showg affectn public, bias-related vlence ntu to threaten the LGBT muny.

But some good has e out of too: Some of the more poignant gay-bashg cints have l a fire unr policians to help clu sexual orientatn and genr inty the tegori of thgs that make an act of vlence a hate crime. The Advote has all the latt news on gay bashg and the fight to end anti-LGBT vlence. The prospect of beg gay bashed is que sry, but Carolyne Haycraft, the executive director of EMERJ-SafeNow, an anizatn that teach cultural-specific strategi for preventg vlence, says there’s no need to nstantly fear beg attacked and has suggtns for effective gay bashg fense that uld help you learn how to survive a gay bashg.

SELF-DEFENSE EXPERTS SUGGT THE 5 STRATEGI FOR AVOIDG OR SURVIVG A GAY BASHG

Together wh Aman Weaver, a lbian woman who works as an EMERJ-SafeNow facilator and curriculum veloper, the two have tght gay bashg fense class to LGBTQ people.

‘GAY BASHG’ A GROWG THREAT TO HOMOSEXUALS

So we asked them for advice on how to survive a gay bashg (or avoid one altogether). Here are the gay bashg fense methods they suggted. Also, if your statn is a nservative area (filled wh possible queer-phob), a place of drkg or an area known for gay bashgs, prepare to be extra vigilant, keepg your ey and ears open.

Pre-planng is always a smart, preventative form of gay bashg fense. Even if you’re 18 or younger, Haycraft remds , you n duck to a rtrant or bar as a gay bashg fense.

FEATURED HUMOR FANFICTN

While fear and tun n be helpful a dangero suatns, Haycraft says, stayg clear-head n also help when figurg out how to survive a gay bashg. She says that we live a cultural climate where more people feel ’s OK to make racist, sexist and homophobic statements. Weaver strs g posive affirmatns to help keep yourself lm, nfint and empowered durg a gay bashg fense.

When teachg people how to survive a gay bashg, she remends distance as a good start for a gay bashg fense. I’m not gay! ”) If your attacker is homophobic, turng the tabl on them this way n create a small amount of time for you to pe.

DEEP WATER: WERE 30 UNSOLVED SYDNEY ATHS REALLY GAY HATE CRIM?

As we’ve mentned, fightg should be a last rort when figurg out how to survive a gay bashg. The first rort a gay bashg fense should always be leavg the suatn. The life-savg techniqu are sential when figurg out how to survive a gay bashg.

Sce alhol and other dgs are often part of gay and public scen — and n crease aggrsn or crease awarens — Weaver suggts beg extra mdful and thkg ahead if you’re head to a place where dgs will be ed. Have you ever been a suatn requirg a gay bashg fense? Do you have any addnal tips on how to survive a gay bashg?

He scribed his first exposure to the ps' gay bashg when he was told to meet a group of six to ten officers at a lol Sydney park while uniform. Moore Park was a known hangout for gay men at the time, and the bathrooms were a favored cisg spot.

GAY BULLYG, GAY BULLI AND DEALG WH GAY BASHG

Higgbotham quickly realized was not a legimate police operatn, but stead a brazen and public mob attack by uniform police targetg gay men.

GAY BASHG IS ABOUT MASCULY

"Eventually, I unrstood that this was beatg gay people and was beatg gay people wh alumum tncheons and was done by on-duty uniformed police. "The cliffs surroundg the greater Sydney area NSW were popular wh members of the gay muny lookg to hook up durg the 1970s and '80s.

Homophobic groups of men and youth would asslt and often murr gay men, throwg them or forcg them to leap om the cliffs onto the rocks below.

GAY BASHGS, HOMOPHOBIA: FORMER P RELLS HORROR YEARS NSW POLICE FORCE

As many as 80 gay men were killed the area durg the perd. "He relled one ocsn where a gay man approached him on the street while Higgbotham was uniform, reportg he had been a victim of gay bashg. Gay Erotic Stori.

THE 4 MIAMI MEN WHO ATTACKED A GAY COUPLE FOLLOWG PRI HAVE SURRENRED TO POLICE (UPDATED)

SAN FRANCISCO — Beaten by a roamg pack of thugs out for a summer’s “night of outrage, ” his head bounced off a curb, John Dennis O’Connell died 10 days was attacked solely bee he was a unprovoked asslts, sometim lled “gay bashg, ” have long been a form of homosexual harassment towns and ci where sizable gay populatns draw San Francis, wh a reputatn as a homosexual haven and an timated gay populatn of 15% of 700, 000 people, some say attacks are risg, spe efforts by gay advot and police to put the bashers behd Seidler, the Police Department’s liaison officer wh the gay muny, said the attackers are most often out-of-town toughs who e to the cy exprsly to hunt homosexuals or cy rints rentful of homosexuals sharg their neighborhoods and public of Exposure to AIDSThe latt twist, Seidler said, is attacks by youths who claim that homosexuals are exposg them to AIDS, the adly disease that most monly strik gay men.

“One of the thgs you thk about every sgle day when you walk outsi of your hoe is that you uld be a victim of an asslt based on your sexual orientatn--’s drilled , ” said Randy Schell, a unselor wh Communy Uned Agast Vlence, a neighborhood group the largely gay Castro Street area.