QueerlyKos – The “Heroes & Headless Monsters” Edition
It’s been another week of ups and downs, but more-so because it included the anniversary that no one can help but remember. I hadn’t decided whether to post some remembrance of the day, until I thought about the gay & lesbian Americans who lost their lives that day, some in the course of acting heroically to help others in the midst of the terror. Needless to say, I wanted to do my part to remember them and honor who they were.
Speaking of acting heroically, we lost someone this week whom I think fits the category. Tyrone Garner was one half of the couple behind in the Lawrence v. Texas Supreme Court ruling, which struck down state “sodomy laws.” Anyone who helped bring the court to a point of deciding that something which “demeans the lives of homosexual persons” should not stand definitely deserves to be remembered. As for the rest of the week, well, there was a lot more to remember
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