A Southern California teen has agreed to plead guilty for gunng down a gay classmate three years ago their junr high classroom.
Contents:
- YOUNG, GAY AND MURRED JUNR HIGH
- CALIFORNIA TEEN ADMS KILLG GAY STUNT, TO SERVE 25 YEARS
- DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR 2008 MURR OF GAY TEEN IN OXNARD CLASSROOM
- THE TTH BEHD AMERI’S MOST FAMO GAY-HATE MURR
YOUNG, GAY AND MURRED JUNR HIGH
Larry was shed to the hospal, where he died two days later of bra Larry Kg shootg beme the most proment gay-bias crime sce the murr of Matthew Shepard 10 years ago. California's Supreme Court has jt legalized gay marriage. There are gay characters on popular TV shows such as "Gossip Girl" and "Ugly Betty, " and no one seems to notice.
Kids like Larry are so fortable wh the ncept of beg openly gay that they are g out younger and younger. One study found that the average age when kids self-intify as gay has tumbled to 13.
CALIFORNIA TEEN ADMS KILLG GAY STUNT, TO SERVE 25 YEARS
Even as homosexualy has bee more accepted, the prospect of beg openly gay middle school rais a troublg set of issu.
DOCUMENTARY EXPLOR 2008 MURR OF GAY TEEN IN OXNARD CLASSROOM
"I said, 'Larry, are you gay?
The Larry book talked about how he was gay and falsely asserted that he drsed Goth and drag. Kids nearby tnted him for beg gay.
THE TTH BEHD AMERI’S MOST FAMO GAY-HATE MURR
" But the therapist told Greg he thought that Larry was jt tryg to get attentn and might not unrstand what meant to be gay. Every day a driver would take Larry to school, and some weeks he went to nearby Ventura, where he attend gay youth-group meetgs.
Epste, a lm, brown-haired woman wh bifols, was openly gay to her lleagu, and although she was generally not out to her stunts, she kept a picture of her partner on her sk that some stunts saw. One teacher plas that by beg openly gay and discsg her girliend (prumably, no one would have plaed if she had talked about a hband), Epste brought the subject of sex to school.
"I thk that she was assertg her beliefs for gay rights.