InJusticeWeBelieve
I’m not back to the blog just yet. (nor the website, nor the multitude of other internet presences that I currently own, but I digress). I just had to put this up here. Sadness personified.
I wasn’t going to report on this, but then the more that I thought
about it…I couldn’t let it slip. Especially in times of Foleygate,
Studd’s husband denied his federal pension, and the outing of yoet
another gay-rep ( Larry Craig, in case you didn’t know), when certain
elements of the population are getting the attention they deserve.
Sometimes sadness overcomes any form of jubilation.
There is a dead (Black, Gay) man in NYC from internet attackers (and a hit-and-run driver who’s actually more at fault).
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From Keith Boykin:
Michael Sandy:
He was 28 years old the night he drove his car to Sheepshead Bay. An
interior designer at Ikea, Michael Sandy liked dancing, good
conversation, Thai and Indian cuisine, photography, Kung Fu and Mui
Thai boxing. He was intrigued by the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
And he liked a wide variety of movies from The Color Purple to Kill
Bill. And of course he liked Oliver Stone’s film JFK.
His musical tastes were also eclectic, ranging from Bjork to
Everything But The Girl to Brandy, Patti Labelle, Amel Larrieux, James
Brown and Prince. On television, he liked watching In Living Color,
American Idol, The Real World, Mad TV, and The Snake Master. That’s all
part of the picture of Michael Sandy that has emerged since he passed
away on Friday.
On his Friendster page,
which was still up on Sunday afternoon, he lists his height and weight
as 5′ 7, 145 pounds. He had brown eyes and black hair and described his
ancestry as Irish & West Indian. He described himself as athletic,
sweet and fun.
And now:
225 Dollars!
By Keith Boykin
Wednesday, October 18 2006, 1:19PM
Apparently it is too late to bury Tyron Garner.
I just received word from Mitchell Katine, the local attorney in the
Lawrence v. Texas case, who informed me that Tyron Garner’s brother
Darnell signed the papers just this morning releasing Tyron’s body to
the county for cremation (at no cost). The fund which had been set up for his burial had raised only $225.00 in 6 weeks.
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WTF?
I’m shocked on some levels because no one in his family could bury
him. And then the way the fund was handled to help cover the cost was
abysmal.
