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VOL 13 NO. 2 NOVEMBER 17,1995
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A small town in Delaware must come to terms with the bigotry it has sown
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ARTS
by Renée LaChance
Visual arts
This brutal murder could have happened Anywhere, USA.
tragic pattern of intolerance and indifference was
When children are taught hatred, bigotry and ignorance are
exposed in Middletown, Del., this October. Steven
perpetuated.
Wilson, age9, was reported missing to Middletown
PFLAG has started Project Open Mind to fight such igno
police by his mother, Karen Wilson. Steven wasn’t
rance. (See story on page 12.) PFLAG unveiled two 30-second
like other boys, journalists were told. Steven had a
television
learning disability; he was shy and a loner. He liked to play
with ads to convince those still in the dark that violence
against
lesbians and gay men is rampant in this country. The ads
dolls— girl’s toys.
are designed to shock, and hopefully, they will wake people up
Children can be cruel to people with perceived differences.
to the institution of heterosexism. But only if the ads get air
Neighbors reported that the children teased Steven a lot. The
time.
kids taunted him and called him names. His babysitter reported
PFLAG has targeted four cities for the commercials. Many
that Steven was afraid of the children in his neighborhood, that
of the stations that have been approached are refusing to run the
he often hid to avoid being the target of their abuse.
ads. Pat Robertson’s Christian Breadcasting Network is threat
Steven was smart to be afraid.
ening
to sue any station that airs the ads because Robertson’s
After two days of searching, police found Steven’s muti
rabid
brand
of homophobia is exposed in them.
lated body not far from where he lived. His jaw was broken, his
No one can know if Steven was gay, but it is obvious that his
skull was fractured; he had been raped and then drowned in a
tormentors stereotyped him as such. And one can only guess at
creek.
the kind of abuse that Steven’s confessed murderer, Lamont
Neighbors were shocked. Parents were horrified. Fifteen-
Harden, endured that would make him commit such a hideous
year-old Lamont Harden confessed to the murder. Police an
crime against a little boy. Harden will be tried for his alleged
nounced the boy’s arrest at a town meeting where the neighbors
murder, and if the jury deems him guilty beyond a reasonable
of Steven's family were gathered.
doubt,
he’ll be convicted.
Steven lived his short life in fear. The climate of indifference
This
will be little justice for Steven Wilson and his family.
to a little boy’s suffering contributed to his brutal murder. Kids
The real justice will come when the people of Middletown—
who are perceived as being “sissies” or “tomboys” are often the
and people everywhere— advocate teaching diversity in schools
target of abuse, taunts, humiliation and bullying—as many of us
and personally challenge the taunting or teasing of any child, by
know . The violence is silently condoned when parents, teachers
anyone, for any reason.
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. .Hid neighbors4.io nothing la stop it. or look the other way***,
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Basic Rights Oregon’s
calendar makes our day
(P-
31)
Cinema
New reviewer Cathay Che
gives Jodie the thumbs up
(p. 33)
Theater
Women’s stories contrast in
two Portland plays; W est
Side Story comes to town
(pp. 34-35)
Music
Frick premieres new work;
the Rose City Gay Freedom
Band marches on
(pp. 36-37)
Tongue in groove
Erasure ’s appeal is fading
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(p 38)
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