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Stop haters.

Hoy mi amigo Cristóbal me pidió que le dejase un poquito del blog para poder reflexionar sobre el rechazo, en concreto sobre la homofobia. Me pareció buena una idea sobre todo porque sé que mucha gente con fobia, y otros problemas similares, los tiene como consecuencia de este rechazo que tiene la sociedad hacia los homosexuales. Así que me pareció una idea genial. si alguien sabe de lo que hablo, que sepa que no está solo. Ahí va la reflexión de mi colega:

(Cristóbal me pidió que pusiese su foto, no se avergüenza, a pesar de su fobia, es un valiente :) )

(Cristóbal ask me to post his photo, he’s not ashamed, despite his phobia, he’s really brave :) )

“Fue un hecho triste y parece mentira que haya “seres humanos” capaces de hacer algo tan horrendo,pero por desgracia si hay asesinos sin compasion por la vida humana. Es un caso criminal que ocurrio a principios de octubre de 1998 y yo creo que habia escuchado la noticia pero es ahora que la he redescubierto en internet con toda la información que me he sentido conmocionado por ser la muerte de un ser humano de un muchacho de 22 años que estudiaba ciencias politicas en la universidad de Laramie,tenia una vida por delante y dos asesinos decidieron que en la noche del 6 al 7 de octubre aquel chico tenia que morir. Su “delito” era para sus asesinos imperdonable: Era gay.

Today my friend Cristóbal asked me if I could give him a little bit of my blog to reflect on the rejection, specifically on homophobia. I found good idea because I know many people with phobias, and other similar problems, and they suffer from it because of rejection that this society has on homosexuals. So it seemed a great idea. if anyone knows what I mean, you should know you’re not alone. Here’s the thoughts of my colleague:

“It was a sad fact and it seems incredible that there are “human beings” who can do something so creepy, but unfortunately yes there are murderers without compassion for human life. We can find a criminal case that occurred in early October 1998 and I think had heard the news before but now that I rediscovered it on the internet and all this information I have been shocked: that is the death of a boy, he was 22 years and studying political science at the University of Laramie, had a life ahead and two murderers decided that on the night from 6 to 7 October that boy had to die. His “crime” was unforgivable to his murderers: He was gay.

He was brutally beaten, robbed his shoes and a wallet with 20 dollars and they left him in Laramie’s outskirts. He had really important injuries. Despite he was really cold and it gets dark in that area he survived until the afternoon of the next day when a cyclist discovered him and he said that the boy seemed like scarecrow tied to a fence. He fought for his life until the 12th of October and finally he died with his parents at the hospital where he had been moved.

Imagine the pain of his parents Judy and Dennis and his lil brother. And also the pain of every human being well in the U.S. and worldwide.

I’m not sure if their parents will read this but I want you to know that around the world and here in Tenerife where I live there is a gay man, it’s me: my name is Cristóbal, and today I’ve cried remembering that boy died 14 years ago and now something has changed on my heart. I sent a big hug their parents and all the love in the world.

That boy was studying political science because I wanted to help others and believed in human being. He was going to organizing a movement at his university to vindicate the rights of gays and lesbians.

That boy was called Matthew Shepard “Matt”.

It seems incredible that intolerance, hatred, racism and homophobia at this point still continue to cause so much pain. And now I also want to remind Daniel Zamudio, Chilean boy who was also brutally murdered for being gay.

Plese help us in stopping homophobia and hate.”