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Seattle Holds ‘Take Back the Night’ Vigil Against Anti-Gay Violence

Andy Towle March 2, 2009

Takeback

Following a series of recent gay bashings in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, people took to the streets over the weekend for a "Take Back the Night" rally meant to send a signal to those perpetuating violence against the city's LGBT community.

Seattlebashing KOMO news reports: "The latest attack came a week ago near 13th Avenue and Columbia Street, about a block from the Seattle University campus. Forty-one-year-oldJerry Knight was on his way home when two men confronted him. And nowhe says the horror of that weekend might always haunt him. 'Iremember being hit hard, where I fell and my hands were bruised fallingdirectly on the ground,' he said Saturday in an interview. He acknowledges it could have been worse.'Iam grateful,' he says. 'I am grateful I did not wake up in thehospital. I am grateful I am not in a coffin. I know that, and honorthat.' He says he was attacked by two men as he walked homealone in the early morning hours. The assault was first reported onlineby The Stranger newspaper."

Watch video of the vigil and march, AFTER THE JUMP…

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