Another Place To Never, Ever Visit
We’ve been following this story out of St. Martin in the Caribbean, where two American gay men were beaten with tire irons by a group of three men outside a bar last week. As if that weren’t bad enough, the St. Martin police showed a complete lack of interest in pursuing an investigation, probably in part because the victims are gay. Queerty’s got up more details, including a link to a Good Morning America segment on the attack. One of the Americans, Ryan Smith, suffered brain damage and is still hospitalized. To add insult to injury, he wasn’t yet out to his parents, so they only found out after he was gay-bashed.
St. Martin police condemned for lack of action in gay bashing [The Advocate]
April 21st, 2006 at 10:04 am
[…] You remember the news that two gay men from New York were attacked by thugs while vacationing on the Caribbean island of St. Martin? And the further news that the police didn’t really care because the victims were gay? Well, GLAAD has up news that the local St. Martin newspaper ran an editorial that basically looked back fondly on the days when you could beat the shit out of homos and get away with it, entitled “Who Was Really Wrong in the Gay-Bashing Incident?” (Um, wait, give us a second. The gay bashers?) What with news about Jamaica and Rosie O’Donnell’s reception in the Bahamas, perhaps there are better places to spend those gay tourist dollars. We hear they love us in Miami. (Read more at AmericaBlog.) […]