From: RMVLUG_4@FLINT.MINES.COLORADO.EDU (FRANK BERNDT)
Subject: Hate/Violence Monitor
Followup-To: amend2-discuss@cs.colorado.edu
Originator: doherty@ucsu.Colorado.EDU
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 23:57:21 GMT


The OUT FRONT
Colorado's Gay Community Forum
12/09/92

Hate Violence Monitor

The following are some of the incidents of hate violence reported to the
Anti-Violence Project of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Colorado
in October of 1992.  These are just a sampling of anti-Gay and Lesbian
activity as most incidents go unreported.  Minor details have been changed
to protect the identity of the reporting party.

October 3, 1992.  Two gay men were walking near First and Broadway when
group of teens attacked them while calling them " Fucking Faggots ". 
Police are notified.

October 5, 1992.  A gay man received several anti-gay phone calls at his
home in Denver.  Police are notified.

October 5, 1992.  Two lesbians were harassed by a group of teens at a
restaurant near I225 and Parker Road. Police are not notified.

October 10, 1992.  A gay man was approached and harassed by a group of
teens while shopping near 6th and Corona.  Police are not notified.

October 12, 1992.  Two gay men were assaulted by a group of teens near
Cheesman Park.  Police are notified.

October 13, 1992.  A gay man is being harassed by co-workers for being a
homo-sexual at a resturant in Denver. Police are not notified.

October 13, 1992.  A gay man was harassed and slandered by police in
southern Colorado.

October 15, 1992.  Two gay men were verbally harassed by a group of adults
they were involved in a minor traffic altercation with in Denver.Passengers
in the other car yelled anti-gay language at them. Police are notified.

October 17, 1992	A gay man wearing a No on #2 button on was harassed by a
man in a resturant near Colfax and Glenco.  Police are not notified.

October 19, 1992.  A lesbian found her car vandalized at her home in Denver
because a No on #2 sticker was on her car.  Police are not notified.

October 19, 1992.  A gay man was shot in the neck with a pellet gun while
walking near 18th and Washington St. The gay man stated that he felt he had
been, shot because he was wearing a very visible No on #2 button.  Police
are notified.

October 21, 1992.  A lesbian found a pamphlet on the medical consequences
of homosexuality on her desk at work because of a No on #2 sticker on her
computer. Police are not notified.

October 21, 1992.  A gay man was awakened in the early a.m. by neighbors
yelling anti-gay language at his bedroom window at his home in Lakewood.
Police are notified.

October 23, 1992.  A gay man had his No on #2 yard sign taken by two men
walking in front of his house in Denver.  The men stated 
"We are voting Yes on #2, you Fucking Faggot."  Police are not notified.

October 25, 1992.  A group of lesbian and a gay man were assaulted by a
group of 10 men in a parking lot of a bar in Denver.  Police are notified.

October 26, 1992.  Two lesbians were in their yard with a No on #2 sign
when a group of people drove by and yelled "Kill Queers." "Faggots." Police
are not notified.

October 26, 1992. A gay man is being harassed by his neighbors and the
police department in a small town in Colorado.

October 28, 1992.  Two lesbians received a long hate message on their
answering machine because they left a reminder for their callers not to
forget to vote No on #2.  Police are not notified.

October 28, 1992.  A lesbian was harassed by a parking lot attendant
because of her No on #2 button. Police are not notified.

October 30, 1992. A gay man put a No on #2 sticker on his apartment door in
Denver.  The next morning he found " Faggot" written across it with an
indelible ink pen.  Police are not notified.

October 31, 1992. A bi-sexual family was harassed because of  No on #2
signs were in their yard.  One sign had YES sprayed over the NO. Police are
not notified.

There were 21 Hate Crimes reported to the Anti-Violence Project in October
of 1992.  All of the above incidents are Hate Crimes.  If anything like
this happens to you or someone you know, please call and report it to the
Anti-Violence Project at 324-4297 (24 hours) or 831-6268 (administration). 
In addition to Hate Crimes, the Anti-Violence Project also received 4
Domestic Violence calls and 2 calls reporting incidents of Discrimination
within the month of October.  


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