Gay Man Attacked in Uptown

[kweerwolf]

Dean Ogren, a popular leatherman in the gay community who is a 1998 inductee in the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame, was attacked over the weekend in the Uptown area by a group of teenagers in an incident the police currently are calling a robbery—they later added hate-crime allegations.

Ogren was attacked on Aug. 14 at 2:20 a.m. at 1049 W. Ainslie. He told Windy City Times that approximately 10-15 teenagers attacked him while yelling anti-gay slurs, including “Faggot!”

“They hit me with an object and beat me up. I can’t tell you how long it was,” Ogren said. “I stayed as close to the parked cars as possible so they couldn’t totally surround me.” After the attack, the group then demanded money from him. He described the situation as “very frightening.” Ogren was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, treated and released. He suffered a cracked rib, contusions and facial scrapes.

The police have called the incident a strong-arm robbery—and late Monday police reportedly added hate-crime charges. Ogren was upset that originally it had not been seen as a hate crime.

http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=9179

[NMDemDist2]

1. that's so sad, we had a hate crime here in Phoenix this week also

I looked for the article in the local paper and couldn't find it. Seems some guy jumped out of his car and attacked a guy coming out of a local gay bar for no reason whatsoever while his girlfriend watched from the car. Insane!

:cry:

[kbm8795]

2. It's worse than insane

We need to start doing a much better job at protecting ourselves. When a few of these thugs get the crap kicked out of them, they suddenly become a lot more tolerant.

[NoQuarter]

3. I agree.

Many of these cretins operate with the idea that beating up queers is easy. (Along with the hope that if they beat up enough fags, it means they can't be one themselves, no matter how much they fantasize about men when they jerk off.

I've just had a shoulder replacement, which makes some of the self-defense disciplines off limits for me. So I am exploring alternatives. Several (reported) applications of Whoop Ass will definitely help reduce the occurrence of shit like this.