UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #4: This is the second chopping incident in recent times in the parish. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: The bodies of two men who are believed to have been homosexuals were found in an open lot on Trafalgar Road. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: The gruesome killing of 16-year-old Oshane Gordon, as well as the injuring of his mother. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: A man was killed after a heated argument with men who labeled him as homosexual. So says a new film that tries to describe the toll of living that way. For many people around the world, it stands for sun and fun, but for too many of its LGBT citizens, it can be a living hell. So now we go to a place where activists say LGBT citizens face ongoing threats, not just to their dignity but to their lives. And if that challenge remains in this country, activists elsewhere in the world say stories like those are all too common. Legal advances were celebrated by LGBT activists everywhere.īut just days later, a brutal attack on a lesbian couple in Chicago reminded the country that the challenge of acceptance still remains.
The issue of gay rights was front and center at the Supreme Court term that just ended.
First, though, we want to talk about an issue that's been in the headlines in this country. We'll hear from Gordie and two of his sons in just a few minutes. Well, Gordie Gronkowski is batting four for four with another in the wings.
Coming up, you might dream of just one of your kids making it as a pro athlete. I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News.