E.O. Green Junior High eighth grader Lawrence King decided to come out a few weeks ago, and did so in style. He started wearing mascara and lipstick, and sported high-heeled boots, shrugging off the bullying and teasing that followed. Then, on February 12th, a 14-year-old fellow student walked into the computer lab of his Oxnard, Ca. school and shot King in the head in an apparent hate crime. The shooter, Brandon McInerney, is being charged as an adult and is facing 52 years to life in prison. The executive director of the Transgender Law Center argued that the gunman “is just as much a victim as Lawrence” - a product of his environment - and also “a victim of homophobia and hate.”
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