I am greatly sadden and distressed to read another middle-aged gay man has been murdered.
This now brings the total to three in the city and two have been in Queens. I find it sad that these men were killed because they were searching for someone to love and payed the price with their lives.
We may or may not agree with a person’s sexual life style but killing that person is just heinous. I applaud Councilman Danny Dromm for his press conference calling for awareness of these crimes against the gay community and urging those in that community to exercise caution when dating online.
Now, according to NYC Anti-Violence Project statistics, which states that violence against the LGBT community has risen 13 percent between 2010 and 2011. This has to stop and those responsible must be brought to justice.
And in addition to that our youth must be taught that they must not judge others nor act out of hate or they will be judged in a court of law. Remember this too that no one deserves to die because who they want to be in a loving relationship.
Frederick R. Bedell Jr.
Glen Oaks
