Remembering Lawrence King

Gay Middle School Student Shot in California
Feb 12, 2008

"Ten years ago a gay college student, Matthew Shepard, was tied to a fence and beaten to death. Today, it’s a gay junior high student being shot in the head. When will we, as a society, say enough is enough?" Kevin Jennings, GLSEN's Executive Director.

GLSEN has established two websites in memory of Lawrence King:

www.rememberinglawrence.org lists memorial events being organized by individuals and organizations in CA and across the country.

Lawrence King

A MySpace Page www.myspace.com/rememberinglawrence dedicated to remembering Lawrence also provides information about this story and and encourages concerned individuals to take action in response to the tragedy.

To read GLSEN's statement about this horrible tragedy click here.

Click here for the LA Times article about the shooting.

We can not forget Lawrence King and all the other students who go unnamed but have been persecuted because of their sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.