A campaign is under way to save The Castro Country Club, "a clean and sober meeting place in the
neighborhood that serves as the iconic heart of San Francisco's gay
community, is in jeopardy of losing its home of 27 years."
Shelter in Cape Town: "People who have been kicked out of their homes for coming out of the
closet, rape survivors or transgendered people not welcome in existing
shelters will be accommodated in the six-bedroomed house in
Oranjezicht, which has magnificent views of Table Mountain."
Bret Michaels remains in critical condition after suffering brain hemorrhage.
Alexander Skarsgard gets animated.
Protests and outrage over the tough immigration bill Arizona's Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed last week.
Does anyone really believe that Lindsay Lohan is done partying?
The Real L Word is coming to Showtime.
Two gay men's choruses in San Diego will sing in harmony.
Just shocking: 25 people walk by man lying on the street dying of stab wounds.
The Media Line reports that Yemeni filmmaker faces death threats for writing that "'homosexuality was 'part and parcel of our society.' He
called on the parliament to extend more rights to gay people and went
as far as to suggest that the Yemeni government should consider
allowing gay marriages, just like in the West."
Jersey Shore food fight.
I know it sounds callous, but I'm not incredibly surprised that all those people simply walked by that homeless man. There didn't seem to be any visible blood. I've seen homeless people lying on the ground in Toronto and no one gives them a second glance. You think, "I wonder if that guy is dead?" but chances are they're probably not. This man was not so lucky.
Posted by: Eric26 | Apr 26, 2010 12:35:10 AM
Honestly, what the fuck is wrong with people?
Some days I'm ashamed to be part of this species.
Posted by: Jubal | Apr 26, 2010 12:38:16 AM
Well the next time I see a motionless person on the street I'll prod them to make sure they're not dead.
Posted by: Eric26 | Apr 26, 2010 1:58:20 AM
the sadder part of this obscene affair is that the man was killed for helping a stranger, but no one returned the favor. he bled out on the street like an animal. i know that people don't like to "get involved," but for cripes sake! wtf?! are we becoming so desensitized by ubiquitous and random violence that we are losing our humanity? why did the woman he rescued not help him or call the police?
this kind of shit leaves me nonplussed and dismayed.
Posted by: nic | Apr 26, 2010 6:47:36 AM
It is sad, but I can understand why some of them walked by. You see the homeless all over NYC, and yes, sometimes they are sleeping/passed out on the sidewalk in bizarre places like this. (And, having been attacked and almost assaulted by a crazy homeless person before, I can say that not all of them are down-on-their-luck teddy bears, and "getting involved" maybe isn't always the best idea.) However, I do not understand why the people who shook him (or turned him over, and surely saw the stab wounds) wouldn't call the cops. And it makes it all the more sad that he was stabbed defending an attack on a woman. He didn't deserve to die like that.
Posted by: Ugh | Apr 26, 2010 11:04:37 AM
What happened to the woman he defended in the attack? Did she leave without calling police? Did she not realize her defender had been stabbed? Or did she use his intervention as an opportunity to just flee the scene? Or did he leave the scene of the fight after intervening and collapse somewhere else?
Like others, I've seen homeless men in the middle of the sidewalk and had difficulty figuring out whether there's an emergency or not. I think the difficulty for most people is that it requires actually speaking to the person on the ground, seeing if they can respond and whether they ask for help or not. And most of use have been conditioned to not speak to the homeless. Twice I've been close to calling 911 when a homeless guy wouldn't respond when I spoke to him, but both times the security guard for a nearby building came out and interacted with him a little more aggressively, shaking him awake.
Posted by: Jon | Apr 26, 2010 12:46:55 PM