And what damage this does to the hundreds of victims of real violent anti-gay crimes around the country.
You'll recall in my last post that Chancellor Holden Thorp announced that the alleged assault against Quinn Matney would be reported to the Feds as a hate crime in a letter to students yesterday. (WRAL):
Matney told reporters that he was allegedly "branded" by perpetrators who said "here is a taste of hell," and held a heated object to his skin for several seconds, leaving 3rd and 4th degree burns on his hand.An alleged hate crime against a gay student on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus last week was false, officials said Tuesday.
Chancellor Holden Thorp said a student who told authorities he was branded with a searing hot object because of his sexual orientation filed a false police report and that it will not be reported as a hate crime.
Randy Young, a spokesman for UNC's public safety department, said charges of filing a false police report are likely against Matney.
An alleged hate crime against a gay student on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus last week was false, officials said Tuesday.
Clearly this does nothing more than feed the fundies that LGBTs manufacture their "suffering," ignoring the vicious beatings and killings that turn up in the news with great frequency. It does not however, blunt any of the sobering news in the "2010 State of Higher Education For Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender People," data I shared in my earlier post about the biases on campuses around the country.
In the wake of a NC marriage amendment bill filed in the House, this false incident is also the last kind of news LGBT activists in this state need. Sad and unnecessary.