Comments on: The LGBT Hate Crimes Project: Ukea Davis and Stephanie Thomas http://www.republicoft.com/2007/08/23/the-lgbt-hate-crimes-project-ukea-davis-and-stephanie-thomas/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:25:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Marti Abernathey http://www.republicoft.com/2007/08/23/the-lgbt-hate-crimes-project-ukea-davis-and-stephanie-thomas/#comment-170632 Marti Abernathey Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:37:25 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/2007/08/23/the-lgbt-hate-crimes-project-ukea-davis-and-stephanie-thomas/#comment-170632 I had just moved to SE DC (actually on the border, I lived in Oxon Hill) and this scared the crap out of me. Between that and the sniper, I really contained going out to daylight hours. I love the metro DC area, but it can be pretty tough. Around the same time Ukea Davis and Stephanie Thomas died, Gwen Araujo was also murdered. Gwen's death was covered around the world, while Ukea and Stephanie's murder was only covered in the GLBT media. I always wondered why. Even though she was Latino, I have to wonder if her image (young, light skin, and middle class) had something to do with the difference in coverage. I had just moved to SE DC (actually on the border, I lived in Oxon Hill) and this scared the crap out of me. Between that and the sniper, I really contained going out to daylight hours. I love the metro DC area, but it can be pretty tough.

Around the same time Ukea Davis and Stephanie Thomas died, Gwen Araujo was also murdered. Gwen’s death was covered around the world, while Ukea and Stephanie’s murder was only covered in the GLBT media. I always wondered why. Even though she was Latino, I have to wonder if her image (young, light skin, and middle class) had something to do with the difference in coverage.

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