Thought I’d pass along this letter to the editor of a local paper in Polk County, Fla., from a couple who’d recently seen the documentary, Accessory to Murder, about the death in the county a year ago last month of Ryan Skipper:
“We are calling for the public apology to both the community and his family […]

When I first heard the news reports about six high-school cheerleaders in Polk County, Florida, whupping up on a girl who posted insults about them on MySpace, it didn’t really surprise me. When I learned that they had videotaped the whole beating to post on MySpace, that didn’t surprise me, either. And when I learned […]

The parents of Ryan Skipper, a Central Florida man stabbed to death and dumped on the side of the road earlier this year because he was gay, have a question for the Republicans running for president. Will you take responsibility for the hate and savagery your party has used to manipulate its base into condemning […]

It’s been a long time since we had any news about the murder of Ryan Skipper, a gay Florida man who police believe was the victim of a hate crime.
In that time, another man was slain because his murderer wanted to kill a gay man — any gay man. In both deaths, investigators immediately […]

We wish Ryan Skipper’s death were the last one we ever had to hear happened because someone was so threatened by the idea of homosexuality that they killed. But it wasn’t.
Mangum, who described himself as “definitely not a homosexual,” said God called on him to “carry out a code of retribution” by killing a gay […]

Let the party begin! Rep. Tom Feeney rings the bell opening the American Stock Exchange.
This just in from Vicki Nantz, an independent film maker planning a documentary on Ryan Skipper, whose March murder in Central Florida is being investigated as a hate crime.
I recently wrote U.S. House Representative, Tom Feeney, Republican of Central Florida, and […]

There are two events this weekend to commemorate Ryan Skipper’s birthday — a memorial today in Atlanta, and a fundraiser tomorrow in Auburndale, Fla., for the Ryan Keith Skipper Foundation.
Memorial in Atlanta
Note: Check Georgia Equality website for last minute schedule changes.

Saturday, April 28, 2007
1:00pm
First Metropolitan Community Church
1379 Tullie Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
404-325-4143
For more information on […]

The newly formed Ryan Skipper Foundation is holding a silent auction fundraiser on Sunday, April 29, at the Auburndale Civic Center at 119 West Park St. in Auburndale, Florida.
Activities include a mural painting at 3:00 p.m., with Harmonious Universe, and entertainment and the auction at 7:30 p.m. Performers will include Katherine Novots, Amy De […]

Saturday would have been Ryan Skipper’s 26th birthday. His family and friends are holding a memorial in Atlanta:
Saturday, April 28, 2007
1:00pm
First Metropolitan Community Church
1379 Tullie Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
404-325-4143
For more information on attending Ryan’s vigil and other ways you can help please contact Melinda Morgan by email or at (404) 327-9898.
Ryan Skipper was viciously murdered […]