Jamaican mob beats cross-dresser

For the second time in a month, an openly gay man has been set upon and violently beaten by an enraged mob in Western Jamaica. Part of the attack was videoed if you can bare to watch it. It might not be entirely worth it though, since (luckily?) you can’t really see what’s going on.

As if the attack itself wasn’t disturbing enough - some of the perpetrators waited outside the hospital where he was treated, so they could have another go when he got out. These people aren’t just thuggish backwards barbarians; they’re sick.

Link via Dispatches from the Culture Wars. Make sure you take a look at Ed’s coverage, for the quote from the “public defender” who basically says “if you act gay, you should expect to be beaten.”