Gay Bashed At The Hot Springs
A gay man who was enjoying the warmth of St. Leon’s Hot Springs in British Columbia with his partner was viciously beaten by a man identified as “Terry” who arrived at the springs with another man and woman. The attack began after the assailant learned the couple was gay. While the victim sustained cuts and bruising to most of his body as he pleaded with his attacker, his companion managed to flee to the woods for safety. The man eventually took off his his friends on snowmobiles. Police are investigating the attack as a hate crime.
This story makes me want to apologize in implying that all Canadian hate crimes are done by immigrants. Although that wasn’t what I was saying I can see how it would come off that way. This story obviously proves that false.
You have to really wonder about the mentality of people like this Terry, and what inside of them is ticked that drives them to such pure rage and anger, just because someone is gay. It’s like a “I’m going to kill them before they kill me” type behavior, like attack or be attacked. I just don’t understand how some men can be so affected to the depths of their core, just because of the sexuality of an individual. Why couldn’t he have just left and never saw these guys again?
The fact that the BF and two other people did nothing to help while the victim was being bashed is inexcusable. I don’t understand that, either, especially the BF. When someone is in trouble, you help. That’s what I’ve always been taught and that’s what I always try to do.
Best wishes go out to the victim, such a sad story.
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Pretty scary. The two groups were socializing for several hours, you know, just chillin at the hot springs, when Terry gets up and says he’s going to kill them and beats one mercilessly unconscious, and leaves him for dead while he rides off on his snow mobile. Not very sociable.
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@Yuriy: LOL, exactly.
And I have to say, this story has really played with me today. I think something had to have happened to cause this. He found out the couple was gay. And then he what, chased down the men? Or he swam over to the men? How long was the beating? If the men were coupled up and *then* the other three individuals went in the water, what was the thing that turned the situation violent? Was he just waiting until he was about to leave to do this?
I know a lot of the time, a hate crime is just a hate crime, but this is just so savage and sad.
Canadians, you guys do need to start addressing these hate crimes, because it’s like one every day or two these past few weeks.
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What kind of a ‘partner’ would run away rather than to help his boyfriend?????