We were seeing stars at the 11th annual NY Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violent Project Courage Awards.

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Jamie Drewry won't be seeing the light of day anytime soon.

The 29-year old Briton has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing his lover to death. Drewry had been out late last February. Upon his return home, Drewry apparently got into a fight with his lover, Simon Edwards, a testicular cancer survivor and nurse-to-be. While we don't know what exactly transpired durign their argument, Drewry became enraged and stabbed Edwards in the chest. Edwards stumbled out his front door and died in a neighbor's arms.

Speaking after the reading of the guilty verdict, Edwards' brother Mark remarked: "We hope that his killer serves the full whack of his life sentence. It is what he deserves for taking Simon away from us all too soon in his life."

Detective Stuart Morrison used the Edwards murder to ruminate on a larger and just as gruesome topic: "This case is tremendously tragic and shows what happens in a worst case scenario as a result of domestic abuse." Drewry won't be eligible for parole until 2020, by which point we hope he's learned at least part of his lesson: killing ain't kool.

While some gay people would like to think they're more evolved than straight folk, a new study proves we're pretty bloody similar:

It may not be called spousal abuse because gay marriage is still not considered legal in most states, but according to a new study in the Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of The New York Academy of Medicine, gay men experience partner abuse at almost the same rate as women in heterosexual relationships.

It’s a little documented area of abuse, but this new study, which looks at victims of intimate partner violence, found that 32 percent of gay and bisexual men have been abused by their partners.

That's so not cool. If you or someone you know has been getting smacked around, we suggest you check out the the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs. It won't hurt a bit…

Verizon lent abused homos a helping hand today. The telecommunications giant offered Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project a $75,000 grant to expand its hotline coverage from Massachusetts into Rhode Island and Connecticut. GMSVP director Curt Rogers said:

The Verizon grant is significant for several reasons. It expands a model program into other states, and it provides a lifeline to gay, bisexual and transgender male victims currently without access to services. It also raises awareness among other corporations that domestic violence is a critical issue that impacts everyone.

Yes, even you: statistics show that one in every four gay men will face abuse from a lover.