Tulsa Teen Beaten Unconscious in Anti-Gay Attack at Party: VIDEO
Cody Rogers, an 18-year-old from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was beaten unconscious at a party over the weekend because he is gay. FOX 23 reports:
Rogers is slowly starting to heal. “There were some ladies who invited their boyfriends (to a going away party) who had a problem with some of the homosexuals that were there."
Cody could hear the homophobic slurs from another room, and when those boyfriends were asked to leave the apartment, one refused. That person attacked cody’s friend, a 21 year-old girl.
“I stepped in and they threw me to the ground, obviously, I’m a little beat up,” Cody said. As he was on the ground, the two teens attacking him kept shouting the slurs. His friends were shocked to see it all unfold.
Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
Rogers has started a Facebook page in hopes of starting a conversation about changing Oklahoma's hate crime laws.
yeah...Tulsa still sucks.
Posted by: wtf | Feb 29, 2012 2:13:19 PM
"If you close your eyes and have someone one read his post, slamming the gay community you would think it came from the christian coalition, AFA or FOTF. Or ex-gays!!"
You could, George, if you were not paying very close attention. You see, those people think homosexuality is the problem; I, on the other hand, think that a culture that drives all men (regardless of sexual orientation) to place women at the center of their social and emotional universe instead of other men, is the problem. They think homosexuality is evil; I think social matriarchy is evil.
They think homosexuality and effeminacy are integrally related to each other (as do--ironically--many gay men); I, on the other hand, see the latter as being a product of oppression and an effect of internalized homophobia on the part of gay men, not as something that is naturally associated with homosexuality.
They are totally different worldviews and one only confuses them if one is either not intellectually sophisticated enough to recognize the difference or if one is not paying close enough attention.
Posted by: Rick | Feb 29, 2012 2:47:31 PM
show us all then, RICK, the strong manly masculine example of an empowered gay man that you claim to be.
it's very easy. simply provide the URL to your own webpage or youtube video.
it's so easy even a femme twink can do it!
so, why not you? i mean, we all know why - you're simply not man enough.
but hey, you could always prove me wrong.
URL?
Posted by: Little Kiwi | Feb 29, 2012 2:51:42 PM
@RIN Hey, thanks for the heads-up. I had never heard of Alex Pettyfer before, but I Googled him after I read your post and am glad I did. Man, that is one beautiful boy! Just my type--at least until he started to "mature" and lose all that wild blondness.
Reggie Jackson? Tony Romo?
No thanks. I respect them but wouldn't want to bed them.
Now, I have gone and really thrown everybody for a loop, haven't I? (LOL)
Posted by: Rick | Feb 29, 2012 2:53:34 PM
Ok Cody is my best friends son and I assure you this picture is not fake. Cody would have stood up for anyone...gay, straight, black, white, male or female...that is the type of young man he is. This is a picture of the cellphone picture...so yes colors look different. If you would go to the link for the news station you can see the video yourself and see that his scars are real.
AMJ your an idiot...he did not add any makeup..I know this first hand as I have seen him myself everyday since this occurred.
Cody is not out for publicity he is out to change our states laws regarding hate crimes. Beating anyone because of race, sexual preference, gender..anything is wrong and should be protected by our government and police officials. Oklahoma is to worried about the ministers not being able to speak out about homosexuality so they decided we as a state do not need this...even though President Obama passed the Sheppard act....well they are wrong.
Posted by: Kris | Feb 29, 2012 3:02:29 PM
@Rick
You said:
", think that a culture that drives all men (regardless of sexual orientation) to place women at the center of their social and emotional universe instead of other men..."
had you left out "instead of other men" I would agree.
I don't think that women should be the "center", nor should men. Balance is important.
Now, you can gab on about this supposed power position we women have, but it is uninformed. Women are trained to be sex objects from the break. Everything from Disney to MTV tells little girls that they need to be sex toys for men. That's not power. Being a stripper, a porn star, or a pop tart is not power. Owning the strip club, the porn company, or the record label is power.
Women own none of those.
Take one look at the vacant expression of these women you despise. Listen to their stupid lyrics: Slave for you...bad romance...if you think these women are in power you are as clueless as they are.
Power is having the ability to create, to inform, and to raise other people up. Men have that, and women will never have that as long as our worth is intrinsically tied to what we look like.
So, as much as you dislike the male fascination with us that you seem to think gay and straight men have...I dislike it more, much more, that my daughters must grow up in a world that will tell them that being a sex kitten should be their ultimate goal in life.
Now as to this teen who stepped up...he defended someone weaker against greater odds. Whether it was a female or male...he was very, very brave. It shouldn't be diminished by saying that he did it out of a bizarre fascination with the female gender. He should be praised for being a good friend. Period.
Oh, and hahahahah...I think Alex Pettyfer is too pretty. ;)
Posted by: Rin | Feb 29, 2012 3:53:20 PM
i always wonder why former Senator Frothy Mix's handlers keep letting him post his nonsense anywhere, especially here.
i am actually more surprised that former Senator Frothy Mix even visits this site anymore since the porn links were severed.
Posted by: vwdavy | Feb 29, 2012 4:47:44 PM
Rick I'm still not sure you're not on their side or part of them. I truly believe you are as dangerous to the community. If you believe as you say then I guess we to have a different worldview. I think you put to much power on the role of women in my life and most gay men. I really believe your age, location and upbringing have a lot to do with the way you think, right to you but you do no less damage to people and lives then the ones you confess not to be a part of.
Posted by: GeorgeM | Feb 29, 2012 4:52:56 PM
GeorgeM, there's a very specific reason that RICk can't put a face to his comments and SHOW US ALL this example he wishes we'd all abide by: he's not the masculine man he wishes he was, and he's not even Out.
if he was, he'd simply prove us all wrong by proving the URL and making us eat our words. as is, he can't do it. he proves us right.
Posted by: Little Kiwi | Feb 29, 2012 4:57:59 PM
Kiwi
I know what you're saying
A few thing about rick I would bet on
1 he's the same person as Jason
2 hes angry at openly gay people for being real because he can't be
3 he would not help others and has not worked to advance the community because he's angry, he's part of it
4 he is the type who will sit home, complain but enjoy the work others do.
5 his inability to give insight proves it all and that's how Rick will live. I'd rather he helped but I know we can't have someone dividing us from within.
I really thought it was him I talked to a few days ago, that guy although rough seemed ok. But I guess not
Posted by: GeorgeM | Feb 29, 2012 5:17:44 PM
OK, RIN. I appreciate the perspective you provide. You seem pretty level-headed. Of course, you see things from a woman's point-of-view and from the experience of being a woman (and a mother).....and I see things from a man's point-of-view and from the experience of being a man (and being gay).....and I think that accounts for a lot of the difference between us.
And that's OK--that is what communication should be about....
Speaking of communication, now the real question: Alex Pettyfer.....or Christopher Adkins in his prime, circa 1980. Here is a link, in case you are too young to have missed the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XF3a91V4RE
Has God ever created a more perfect butt than that? Ever? Ever? (LOL)
Posted by: Rick | Feb 29, 2012 6:50:47 PM
RICK, it's now clear that you're capable of copying-and-pasting links from youtube.
thus, you can now provide the link to your own video where you finally show everyone what a Strong Manly "Masculine" Gay Role Model you claim to be.
still gonna avoid doing so? i can't imagine why. your dad is dead, it's not like he's around to be humiliated by you anymore.
Posted by: Little Kiwi | Feb 29, 2012 7:23:56 PM
From the only mans point of view that matters, limited at best and never going to change anything in life but your right to think it.
Just answer one thing, Do you do anything to advance the community beyond your self? I think that is one of the bravest things a gay man can do.
Being real, all the sh-t aside do you really think what you talk about is going to change? I just don't
Posted by: GeorgeM | Feb 29, 2012 7:39:27 PM
@Rick
Well...blondes aren't my type (unless its the Mighty Thor and that's kind of a Marvel thing), but if I had to pick it would be Chris Atkins because his attitude seemed better.
My type is more James Purefoy as Mark Antony. But...in general I like rockers. Anyone holding a guitar is sexy.
It's my downfall :(
Posted by: Rin | Feb 29, 2012 7:58:56 PM
George, what RICK talks about CAN'T happen, and here's why - it's circular logic.
RICK and his ilk, are not Out. They complain all the time that there aren't enough "masculine" gay men who are Out. they complain about effeminate guys, they complain about Lady Gaga (as if lady gaga, who emerged in 2008, is the reason that Rick's dad hated having him for a son...).
they're all sitting back in the closet complaining, and waiting for guys like "them" to Come Out ....which they're not, because "guys like them" are all doing the exact same thing - complaining from inside the Closet that "there are too many stereotypical queens" without having the balls to go Live Out Loud and represent themselves.
now, there's more to it - they also give excuses for WHY they don't have to come out, or "can't", and they extend these excuses to other 'guys like them' who "don't want to be associated with Queens"
or something.
so, they're not Out, they give excuses not to Come Out, they defend other guys like them staying closeted, then complain that the guys who DO Come Out aren't enough like them.
see? it's a coward's way of convincing themselves that all the lies they tell themselves are true.
and it makes no sense.
if rick believed even one word of the nonsense he types on here every day he'd provide the URL to his own page or video and show us this Strong Empowered Masculine Gay Role Model image he pretends he embodies.
the truth is it's just a ruse - he's a closeted queen with no balls who is merely furious that the types of gay men that his bigoted father hated have more integrity, courage, and BALLS to live openly than he ever will.
text-freakin'-book.
Posted by: Little Kiwi | Feb 29, 2012 7:59:28 PM
*this is not to say that Masculine Gay Men don't Come Out. they do. all the time. in all walks of life, in all ways and places.
my post is in no way saying anything, actually, about "masculine gay men" - i'm talking about cowardly self-hating gay men who "hate femmes" in order to save their own butts in front of the misogynistic and homophobic bigots whose approval they're desperately, and fruitlessly (pun intended!) seeking.
there's nothing less masculine than being a closet case who can't stand up to be counted.
real men stand up. little boys run to hide and give excuses.
Posted by: Little Kiwi | Feb 29, 2012 8:03:10 PM
The hate from the people of Oklahoma are the reason I never visit my own home state. Starting a conversation is the beginning but it must continue into people just respecting each other as humans.
Posted by: Skooter McGoo | Feb 29, 2012 8:53:08 PM
Ok I guess for me I see life like this
Rick's right when he says he has a different worldview, we all do. We all look at the something and at times see it differently.
Rick you said what you personally believe is different then what I believe the religious right does and thinks. For me when I look at your words I see division and oppression of a single type of gay man. I see the religious right dividing this country and oppressing all of us. if that is not what you intend to come across with then my bad. But to me believing if we change a group of us to fit in better we are no different then the str8 community wanting us all the change.
The other thing you and I see very differently is this. You believe (at least I think you do) that if men acted "more" like men the anti's would like or accept us more. I argue that it would make no or Little difference because their issue is that you and I like D-ck. we could be a power couple, the manliest men going but once people find out what we do in bed, it changes. For the religious right it will always be a sin and considered sodomy, you and I think it's fun.
Their are people who dislike us because of the way we act but the majority of people sitting in church only care about the act and what it means. They say they don't care if you're gay, don't act on it that's when it changes. They think we destroy marriage, we want kids to have sex with, if we like the same parts we must love dogs, anti gay arguments from both dems and repubs are based on religion. It goes on and on. The goal post will always move, we have to stop letting them move it. have you been to a protest or rally lately? I'd say 60 to 80% of the people you talk about are the ones there and fighting. Its great because people of all ages are involved and it shows unity. you can disagree that cool but their not will to stand by.
Side note I feel really old when I go...
I really think life experiences dictate the way we think and act. I'm assuming you're older (maybe not much more then me) and I'm sure things were different then and the community was different. But regardless the community has changed and more "different" people are a part of it. We're never going to get anywhere with out str8 people, the ones in my life, believe it or not love the real me and that makes my life better.
I have no doubt that you're a smart guy, I just hope you use that brain elsewhere as well, like... At you senators office or local representative :-)
Posted by: GeorgeM | Feb 29, 2012 9:47:26 PM
It is unfortunate that more and more people who are posting on this site are mean spirited. Not a lot of rational discussion. It is looking more and more like the mean spirited stuff you can read on Fox News comments.Thats a shame because it wasn't that way just a few months ago.
Posted by: jack | Feb 29, 2012 9:53:20 PM
WOW....white rural men are soooo homophobic
Posted by: Shannon | Feb 29, 2012 11:14:05 PM
Some of the comments here look and sound like the trailer trash comments on yahoo news. Get a grip girls. If you have ever been beaten, you know what it looks like! I've been there!
Posted by: billmiller | Mar 4, 2012 6:52:26 PM