As appeared in Metro Weekly... Stirred to Action Viciousness of recent anti-gay attacks spurs community reaction by Will O'Bryan Published on September 18, 2008 Perhaps a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to motivating a community, a picture -- far more than flow charts of crime statistics or bullet points in a report -- may actually be invaluable. Add to that picture a compelling online essay, and you have the start of a community movement. With a number of publicized attacks against local gay people in recent months, from Nathaniel Salerno's attack on a Metro train in December to Michael Roike and Chris Burrell being beaten to the ground near the 14th and P Streets NW intersection in August, the viciousness Todd Metrokin suffered in Adams Morgan in July -- written about on The New Gay blog by his friend Chris Farris in late August -- may have been a tipping point. ''There are the anecdotal stories you hear from your friends,'' says Pete Perry, a...
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