Friday, October 10 2008 - Still A Target
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming. Over the last year, violence against gay people has increased 24 percent.
Geo Vaughan has found out how hate-motivated attacks against the gay community are thriving. In August, Geo was looking for a nightclub in the Chelsea district of Manhattan - an area known to be gay-friendly. When he got a bit lost, he asked a group of young men for directions. They assaulted him when they realized he was gay.
Geo talks to Dick Gordon about being gay bashed and how speaking out against it has changed his life.
- See Geo's video about being gay bashed
- Read Geo's myspace blog
- Report a hate crime