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• 31 Jan 13
  

  Landon Howard
• 27 Sep 11
  

  Olivia Stern
  • what prosecutors are calling a hate crime.
  • enduring harassment from a group of schoolmates, including the 14-year-old boy charged in his death.
  • “is just as much a victim as Lawrence,” said Masen Davis, executive director of the Transgender Law Center. “He’s a victim of homophobia and hate.”
  • seventh-graders in the state are 50 percent more likely to be harassed in school because of sexual orientation or gender identity than those in 11th grade.
  • “Unfortunately,” he added, “society has not matured at the same rate.”
  • They teased him because he was different,” said Marissa Moreno, 13, also in the eighth grade. “But he wasn’t afraid to show himself.”
  • It is 50 percent higher, not 3 percent

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• 03 May 11
  

  Alyssa T

  • crime.

     

     

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    Ventura County Star, via Associated Press

     

     Lawrence King in December 2006. A 14-year-old classmate has been charged in his death.  

     

       

     
  • In recent weeks, the victim, Lawrence King, 15, had said publicly that he was gay, classmates said, enduring harassment from a group of schoolmates, including the 14-year-old boy charged in his death.
  • The gunman, identified by the police as Brandon McInerney, “is just as much a victim as Lawrence,” said Masen Davis, executive director of the Transgender Law Center. “He’s a victim of homophobia and hate

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• 18 Sep 09
  

  Courtney Bratina
  • eighth-grade boy who was shot to death inside a junior high school computer lab by a fellow student in what prosecutors are calling a hate crime.
  • “We’ve never had school violence like this here before, never had a school shooting,”
  • Lawrence had started wearing mascara, lipstick and jewelry to school, prompting a group of male students to bully him.
  • “But he wasn’t afraid to show himself.”
  • riding the bus to school from Casa Pacifica, a center for abused and neglected children in the foster care system

  • If you want cute boots,’ ” Lawrence had told her, “ ‘you have to buy the expensive kind.’ ” His boots had cost $30.

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• 12 Sep 08
  

  Azerie L

  homosexual boy killed

• 29 Apr 08
  

  Rod Corey

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• 23 Feb 08
  

  Nathan Rein

  Interesting that this happens while there's also a debate going on over whether it should be OK to include positive portrayals of same-sex couples in educational materials aimed at this age group. I suppose there are those who'd say that a 14-year-old boy

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