Some readers suspected our story about Brandon Patrick’s brutal gay bashing in Tulsa was fake. “In your rush to throw out an inflammatory headline and get attention,” advises John, “you should’ve taken the time to do fact checking instead of reporting on an unfounded rumor…one that is likely untrue.” Chimed in Concerned Person: “I live in Oklahoma City, and while it’s easy to assume things like this happen all the time in places like Tulsa or Oklahoma City, there has been NOT ONE thing in the news media about this.” Well here’s the mainstream news report if you need it:
What should have been a 10-minute walk to a friend’s house ended with a trip to the hospital for Brandon Patrick, a Tulsan who said he was severely beaten Sunday night because of his sexual orientation.
Three people followed Patrick down the 1300 block of South Rockford Avenue about 11:45 p.m., yelling homophobic slurs and threats, he said.
Patrick, who is gay, said he ignored the group until they closed in and then asked why they were accosting him without provocation.
The assailants then started beating, biting and slashing at Patrick with a blade, he said, leaving him with several cuts on his head and body.
The 23-year-old has been peppered with insults before, but he said he never thought they would escalate to violence.
Oklahoma State law does not recognize sexual orientation as a hate crime qualifier, so investigators are treating the case as a standard assault and battery.
Joe
I don’t understand why people *in our own community* are so eager to dismiss reports of hate crimes like this. Denial won’t fix the problem, people. Nor will blaming the victim.
So much for progress. Instead of straight people causing the double whammy to people who have already been brutally victimized, now it’s the gays. How many of you are also the ones who say that there’s no need for marches and rallies to gain equal protection under the law?
Keith Kimmel
I have never understood it either. I trust blogs more than I trust mainstream media anymore. Because we all know that mainstream media gets it right all the time, and how they are so factual, and how they always include all newsworthy items in thier jursdictions.
Take for instance, The Oklahoman. The most pathetic excuse for a state newspaper I have ever seen in my life. When Fred Phelps brought his freak show to Moore High School and several THOUSAND people turned out to counterprotest, The Oklahoman wrote absoultely nothing about it. Nothing. Not a single thing. And they did know about it. I talked to thier fucking reporter there, so I know they had people there. Now, supposedly Cimarron Alliance Foundation or some of the quacks involved with THAT cesspool asked The Oklahoman not to write about it – and they didnt. I dont know if its true, but the people who told me about it are not liars. None the less, since when does a reliable news organization decide what news it prints based on the requests of outside organizations? Either way, The Oklahoman is a corrupt, worthless pile of dog shit. And I bet ya they dont write a single thing about this, either.
And if a homo tells me he was bashed, I am gonna belive him until its proven beyond ANY doubt otherwise. Because this kind of shit CAN and DOES happen here. Far too often for comfort, I might add. Some people are just idiots. People who hurried to call BS on this sure fall into such a category. Proof positive that stupidity dosen’t discriminate.
Sometimes I am ashamed to even admit that I am part of the so-called gay community here. We make alot of our own problems.
Cinci Chris
Good job Queerty….when I read that fool’s response, I was hoping you’d set him in his place. You’ve been served!
Bill
It is time for Gay & Lesbian citizens to arm ourselves. Seriously. Gay citizens must get trained in firearms and carry them on their person just to feel safe from straight folks in this country.
You know… the straight folks that CREATED all the gay folks. THOSE straights.
These days, I never leave my house without my Glock 9mm and my iFlip video camera.
The gun is for killing whatever Heterosexual has decided to bash my brains in for simply existing, and the iFlip is to record it so that the police can’t turn the situation onto ME for protecting myself.
America The Beautiful! Land of the free???! Home of the brave????
Sorry Heteros, but you all suck major ass. I have nothing against your lifestyle, but why all the violence?
But beware: some of us are packing heat. No, no our dicks, homophobes, I mean GUNS.
And I for one, have no qualms about using my when it comes to self defense.
And I suggest that ALL gay Americans follow my cue.
We need to stop being wimps at fighting back, and meet them with every bit of aggression that they meet US with.
Sure, an eye for an eye will, ultimately, leave the entire world blind, but Heterosexuals have made it LOUD & CLEAR that this is how they intend things to be. And so we must live in THEIR world. And we must start abusing & killing them back. We TRIED being nice. It doesn’t work with them. They are far too violent a people.
Sad. That the Heterosexuals need this violence in their lives. But gay citizens NOT reacting to it in kind gives these Heterosexuals carte blanche to continue to commit the kinds of sick acts of violence that so many Heterosexuals seem to need in order to stroke their weak, insecure little egos.
Morality indeed, Heteros. Morality indeed.
Carlos
Once again, caucausians gay bashers attack a caucasian gay man.
But no one says that ‘white people are so homophobic’.
Wonder why?
Bill
@ Carlos –
This isn’t a black, white, latino, or asian problem.
It’s a HUMAN one.
Keith Kimmel
Well, I just made sure our local TV media in Oklahoma City is aware of this disgrace. At least one reporter will be calling their editor momentarily and requesting airtime. Lets make sure this one does not get swept under the rug, shall we?
Landon Bryce
Carlos:
White people are not only homophobic but racist!
It’s a source of constant embarrassment, personally.
Sorry.
PopSnap
If you don’t already have a gun, get one. Armed gays don’t get bashed.
WiseUp
I still think it’s a hoax. Shawn Bennet’s “injuries” looked bad too. If the injuries are real, then there’s something he’s not telling us, like the way Jake Raynard is in trouble himself now for not being honest about his “bashing.”
Okie
The story was on Tulsa’s news tonight and the video is on http://www.kjrh.com.
terrwill
OF COURSE IT IS A FAKE STORY!! IT WASN’T ON FAUX NEWS! you know where asshats like WISEUP gather all their news, you know the “fair and unbalanced view” You know WiseUp, I really hope you suffer the same “hoax” beating Brandon suffered. Lets see how you feel after the “hoax” beating.
Carlos
@ Bill: ” This isn’t a black, white, latino, or asian problem. It’s a HUMAN one.”
Gotcha. White man gay bashes a white man, it’s a HUMAN problem.
When black people say or do something homophobic, the Queerty conversation seems to always come back to BLACK HOMOPHOBIA.
You keep telling yourself that Bill.
Keith Kimmel
Channel 5 in OKC ran a story last night. Video is on the website.
http://www.koco.com/politics/21364607/detail.html?taf=okl
Robert
#13. NOT gotcha. Bill would have to be caught saying something about black homophobia for this to be a “gotcha”…but he didn’t. He said it was a HUMAN problem.
Rather, YOU are the one playing the race card here, Carlos. Gotchayourself.
Maggie
I heard a policeman on the radio stating it was probably a gay on gay lover’s fight, citing particularly the “bite”. I still don’t believe the way it was reported. It happened outside and he didn’t scream for help (no one reported hearing him). He went to the ER instead of calling the police? Another gotcha. I do believe that kid took a beating, but don’t believe for a minute it was an anti-gay crime. Just trying to further the gay agenda.
Sara
@Landon Bryce: Not all white people are racist for one… And like what was said before, it is a human problem. By saying what you have honestly YOU sound racist.