Two New Yorkers attacked in St. Maarten

[Cornus]

(New York-WABC, April 11, 2006) - The search is on for anyone with information on the brutal beatings of two gay New Yorkers vacationing in the Caribbean.

They were attacked by a group of men on Saint Maarten.

Eyewitness News reporter Kemberly Richardson has the story.

It is troubling on several points. The severity of the crime is important because one of the men is in intensive care; what the attackers allegedly screamed at the victims and how family members say authorities on St. Maarten are dragging their feet when it comes to catching whoever did this.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news&id=4076065

This story was on the NYC local news last night.

[xchrom]

1. the carribean can be a dicey place to visit for gay folk.

poverty plus ignorance steeped in backwards religion provides the occasional mess for gay folk.

i have no doubt that the authorities would drag their feet -- they would be products of the same system.

[Obamarama]

2. WTF is it with the Carribean and anti-gay violence/intolerance?

Gay cruises can't dock in the Bahamas...I just read where a gay man was brutally attacked in Jamaica...and now this.

I've always wanted to take a winter vacation to the Carribean, but I think I'll spend my tourist dollars elsewhere. I'll be all too happy infuse my dollars into a country/culture that is happy to accept it and leave me to my own devices, and let these homophobic little banana republics steep in their poverty.