BADD post: Into the Light of Day

Warning! Post contains triggers of rape, violence, torture, and murder.

In October 2009, President Obama signed the hate crime bill into law. The media focused almost solely on what it meant for people of color and the GLBT community. CNN didn't even mention the word 'disability' in their article. But the text of the law says,

The incidence of violence motivated by the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of the victim poses a serious national problem.

Emphasis mine.

Everyone knows the stories of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. by now. But do you know the following names?

Kevin Davies. Brent Martin. Laura Cummings. Steven Hoskin. Raymond Atherton. Jennifer Daughtry. Dorothy Dixon.

I wish I could tell you more about their lives. I wish I could tell you more about their familes and friends. I wish I could tell you about who loved them, and who was touched by their presence. But it is their deaths that have been reported, and in many cases their 'family' and 'friends' who did horrifying things to them. I have tried to talk about loved ones where I know details.


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Also, my birthday is in 5 days. I'm going to be 32. I usually buy myself something awesome for my birthday, but this hospital trip sucked up all our money. So, like. If you want, you could write me fic. :D?

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You don't have to. It was just a suggestion.