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up. His tombstone will say
O o l i c e have arrested
‘Gwen.’ ”
four young men in
connection with the
MASSACHUSETTS
murder of a 17-year-old
he Boston City Council
trans student.
passed a bill Oct. 23 ban
Gwen Araujo had
ning discrimination based on
been
missing since
gender
identity or expression
Oct. .3, reportedly after
in employment, housing and
getting attacked during a
public
accommodations.
party at the home of two
The margin of victory was
of the suspects when it
lopsided. Nine council members
was revealed that she was
favored the bill, one opposed it,
trans. The Associated
another councilor abstained,
Press reports that she was
and one was not in the room at
found Oct. 16 in a shal
the time of the vote.
low grave near a camp
“Boston has affirmed its
ground in Placerville,
commitment to ending all
150 miles northeast of
forms of discrimination,” said
Newark.
Authorities
Cole Thaler of the Massachu
have yet to determine
setts Transgender Political
the motive for the mur
Coalition. “We’ve helped
der hut are seriously con
Boston become safe for all
sidering the possibility of Gwen Araujo holds her niece
varieties of gender identity
this being a hate crime.
in this family photo
and
expression.”
Ironically, the news
A total of 55 other local jurisdictions pro
comes just weeks before Newark Memorial High
hibit
bias on the basis of gender identity or
School will present The Laramie Project, a criti
expression. Nine of those ordinances passed this
cally acclaimed play examining how hate crimes
affect a community. It is based on the 1998 mur year: Salem; Ticom a, Wash.; Philadelphia,
Allentown and Erie County, Pa.; Buffalo and
der of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student
New York, N.Y.; Decatur, 111.; and Dallas.
in Wyoming.
Two states— Minnesota and Rhode Island—
“Acts of violence are all too common against
have statutory prohibitions on gender identity
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth—
discrimination in employment. Another four—
even in the liberal Bay Area,” said Tina D’Elia,
Community United Against Violence hate vio Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and
New York— prohibit gender identity discrimina
lence director. “Gwen Araujo was a brave trans-
tion in employment through judicial rulings or
gender youth, simply trying to be herself. There
administrative
orders.
is so much education we must do, or we’ll con
tinue to see attacks like this occurring.”
VIRGINIA
News coverage of the incident also has
emonstrators will picket Focus on the Fam
sparked reactions regarding the terminology
ily’s traveling road show promoting “ex-gay”
describing Araujo. Many of the ongoing issues
ministries Nov. 2 at Immanuel Bible Church in
regarding pronouns, as well as language that
Springfield.
T ie last time
seminar leader
John Paulk was in
Washington,
D.C., he was pho
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istries are “moral
ostensibly “blames the victim,” have been used
ly, spiritually and scientifically bankrupt.... The
anti-gay conference defames gay people, misrep
by a number of media outlets.
“Even though these, kinds of crimes continue
resents gay life and promotes cruel, untrue
stereotypes.”
to occur and gain attention from the media, the
terminology is still often inaccurate," said Cathy
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Renna, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
he New Hampshire Stonewall Democrats
Defamation news media director. “A person’s sex
made history last month by playing host to
ual orientation and gender identity are distinct,
and we will continue to monitor the coverage to Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, a U.S. Senate candidate.
She met with gay and lesbian Granite Staters
ensure that accurate terminology is used."
for a discussion on civil rights and the fall elec
Michael Magidson, 22; Jose Merel, 22; and
tion during a campaign event Oct. 12 at the
Jaron Nabors, 19, have been arrested and
home of gay former state Sen. Rick Trombly in
charged with murder by “special circumstance,”
which can carry the death penalty under C ali Boscawen. Although she previously has played
host to gay citizens at state functions, this marked
fornia law. A fourth suspect, Merel’s brother
the first time in New Hampshire history that a
Paul, 25, was released without being charged,
sitting governor has attended a queer event.
according to USA Today.
Shaheen has a long history of support for the
Araujo’s mother, Sylvia Guerrero, said of her
sexual minorities community. As governor, she
child: “I’m going to bury him in the prettiest
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