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Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:30:18 GMT

Lesbian's brutal gang rape investigated in Calif.
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Digg Facebook Newsvine del.icio.us Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Yahoo! Bookmarks Print By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer Lisa Leff, Associated Press Writer – 59 mins agoSAN FRANCISCO – A woman in the San Francisco Bay area was jumped by four men, taunted for being a lesbian, repeatedly raped and left naked outside an abandoned apartment building, authorities said Monday.

Detectives say the 28-year-old victim was attacked Dec. 13 after she got out of her car, which bore a rainbow gay pride sticker. The men, who ranged from their late teens to their 30s, made comments indicating they knew her sexual orientation, said Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan.

"It just pushes it beyond fathomable," he said. "The level of trauma — physical and emotional — this victim has suffered is extreme."

Authorities are characterizing the attack as a hate crime but declined to reveal why they think the woman was singled out because of her sexual orientation. Gagan would say only that the victim lived openly with a female partner and had a rainbow flag sticker on her car.

The 45-minute attack began when one of the men approached the woman as she crossed the street, struck her with a blunt object, ordered her to disrobe and sexually assaulted her on the spot with the help of the other men.

When the group saw another person approaching, they forced the victim back into her car and took her to a burned-out apartment building, where she was raped again inside and outside the vehicle. The assailants took her wallet and drove off in her car. Officers found the car abandoned two days later.

The woman sought help from a nearby resident, and she was examined at a hospital. Although the victim said she did not know her attackers, detectives hope someone in the community knows them. One of the men went by the nickname "Blue" and another was called "Pato," according to authorities.

Richmond police are offering a $10,000 award for information leading to the arrest of the attackers.

Gay rights advocates note that hate crimes based on sexual orientation have increased nationwide as of late. There were 1,415 such crimes in 2006 and 1,460 in 2007, both times making up about 16 percent of the total, according to the FBI.

Avy Skolnik, a coordinator with the New York-based National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, noted that gay, lesbian and transgender crime victims may be more reluctant than heterosexual victims to contact police.

"Assailants target LGBT people of all gender identities with sexual assault," he said. "Such targeting is one of the most cruel, dehumanizing and violent forms of hate violence that our communities experience."

Skolnik said the group plans to analyze hate crime data to see whether fluctuations may be related to the gay marriage bans that appeared on ballots this year in California, Arizona and Florida.

"Anytime there is an anti-LGBT initiative, we tend to see spikes both in the numbers and the severity of attacks," he said. "People feel this extra entitlement to act out their prejudice."

Hector's first kill

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:34:01 GMT

Went to dad's yesterday, took mom and Penelope with me so Ginger had another small dog to play with.

We hung out from 5:30 till 8 at the creek. Walked around the pond, picked necturines it was nice. The dogs had soooo much fun, Hector and Penelope chased each other over and over. Hector did some amazing first yesterday, for the first time he relaxed enough to lay in the water, that is a great thing, he used to be so scared of the water, but has gradually been getting more into getting wet, and I am glad. Cause we hang out at rivers alot, so I am glad he is getting more into it.

Nikki found something as we walked yesterday, she went into kill mode and I went to see what she had found, Hector got there fast, and then they were on it, in the air Hector and Nikki each had the snake, and quickly ripped it in half, which was cool to see, Hector has never killed anything, he is learning alot from Nikki.

Anyway a toad was airborn in the attack, I check everything when they were done, toad was dead, in the snake too long, and it was just a brown water snake. Still I was mighty proud of the protection instints of Nik and Hec, Cal was walking with me and didn't bother with the attack. Mom didn't like it either. But otherwise she had a great time

ok, hopefully i will get a puter this weekend....miss lj so much

Yanked from a friend

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:28:37 GMT

"The Bible contains 6 admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals.

That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision."

I still love you ALLL

To all the Liars out there .....Public post 4 you

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 14:50:12 GMT

The most painful kind of lies are the ones delivered by the people you care about the most. It makes you doubt everything you know and makes you wonder why you care so much. And worst of all, it puts you in the position of deciding whether to tell them you know they're lying or act like you're too dull to even know the difference. Keep this in mind the next time you lie to someone who cares about you, because more often than not, they know and it hurts a lot.

Friends Only please comment to be added

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:32:37 GMT

Please comment if you want to be added into my Pride, I am not 100% sane, but I try to play well with others. I don't like games or drama, but I do like nice people and good friends.