This makes me sick to my stomach. The kind of isolation of being in danger and knowing that no one will help you. Thank god someone finally intervened, or we might have had another casualty. How do we stop this!?:
Jayron Martin, a 16-year-old student at Langham Creek High School near Houston, was attacked by a group of students on November 12 because he’s gay. Martin said he heard the boys were planning the attack and asked two principals and a bus driver for help, but was ignored.
Martin’s fears were confirmed when he was chased off his school bus and assaulted for seven minutes by a boy with a metal pipe while eight others watched. The attack was stopped by a property owner nearby who scared the gang away with a shotgun.
Said Martin, who is afraid to go back to school: “All they kept saying was, ‘We going to get you. We going to fight you,’ and all that and so when they started coming after me they were like, ‘You’re not going to be gay anymore.’ They just kept hitting me…You don’t understand, I was just running for my life and nobody was like there at all. Nobody was doing anything for me.”
Martin suffered a concussion, cuts and bruises. The 16-year-old who beat him has been arrested. No other arrests have been made.
(via Towleroad)
So I guess we’ll keep posting these and keep posting these to remind people that things are not a-ok
I hope all of these fuckers are charged under the new federal statute.
… I live in Houston. Yet another reason to be ashamed of it. & now, scared too. But I guess it’d be different with me,...
Towleroad reported today that...gay Puerto Rican teen
Omg guys..I live near that school.
how the ACTUAL FUCK could ANYONE do this? and what’s even fucking worse is that people in fucking authority, in...
The world is so fucked up..
Again! Another brutal assault towards a Gay teen. WHEN IS THIS GOING TO STOP!!! I can honestly understand the fear that...
okay this is friggin WRONG. people can’t be so ignorant or prejudice. it’s just not right.
Fucking hell, this is disgusting.
matthewjoseph:outofstateplates:notthatkindagay:adeandabet:...Jayron Martin, a 16-year-old...
That’s honestly ridiculous . People with that much hate in their hearts , are ignorant .The principals & bus driver that...
Coincidentally, talking about homosexuality in class. You know that tone where people say, ‘Nothing wrong’ with gay...
those conversations that makes me want to bang my head against...desk, in which several...
That’s bullshit.
I hope he’s someones bitch in prison. True karma there.
Why the hell didn’t the principal or busdriver listen? That’s effing bull shit.
It’s the disturbing tragedies like this that remind me why I am in grad school to become a school counselor. No one...
Thank God you were qualified to make that assessment.
As someone who is graduating in December with a degree in education….THIS IS HORRENDOUS!!!!! Makes me SICK…..
This is straight ridiculous! I pity that boy, but what kills me even more is their english. OH MY GAWWDDDD! Don’t kids...
What the hell were those people thinking? Did they even have an excuse for ignoring it like, “we can’t do anything...
i don’t understand violence.
johncody:travs:matthewjoseph: notthatkindagay:adeandabet:
I love gamesocks!
I think there’s a difference between being a bigot and being someone who is actively terrorizing a community. I’m sure...
I’ll go one better and state that the principal’s negligence should be prosecuted as a hate crime as well. Dude should...
wow. this happened in texas, the state i live in. so sad. this shit should not be tolerated.
this makes me want to cry.
Ah, to be gay in America. Or nearly anywhere, really.
notthatkindagay:adeandabet:
And people wonder why we stay in the closet so long! FYI this is in the area I grew up in we played langham creek in...
It qualifies as an assault and battery. The motivations for the assault and battery are despicable. The assailants are...
Someone said “Thank god someone intervened.” I think that’s kind of a contradiction seeing as how the old testament...
; _____ ; thats so fucking horrible.
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This makes me sick to my stomach. The kind of isolation of being in danger and knowing that no one will help you. Thank...
absurdlakefront:notthatkindagay:adeandabet:...I’m sure everyone that follows me already...
So I’m gonna keep this kid in my prayers!
I hope all of these fuckers are charged under the new federal statute.
this makes me so upset. STOP HATE!
notthatkindagay:adeandabet:...complete stranger...Another...
So I guess we’ll keep posting these and keep posting these to remind people that things are not a-ok
This is depressing and horrifying. The system completely failed this teen. Thankfully a neighbor chased off what was...
Here’s the contact information for the Superintendent of the Cyprus Fairbanks Independent School District, which...
Jesus Christ. This is my only recurring nightmare. Being chased through a crowded area with no one acknowledging your...
How about arresting the principals and bus driver too for ignoring a student when he needs help?