Oct 25, 2007Quickie Link: Attacks Alarm Gay Community in Seattle
By vanrozenheim
(USA) - Shortly before 4 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 22, Marcus Wilson called 911, reporting that a man on a Capitol Hill street threatened to kill him because he is Gay. It was the latest of seven incidents in Seattle since June -- five of them in Seattle's traditionally Gay neighborhood -- in which the victims said they were threatened or attacked at least in part because of their sexual orientation. The disturbing attacks, including cases in which victims were asked if they were Gay, then attacked when they responded "yes," are making some Gay people feel that Capitol Hill, a neighborhood that's been a safe enclave, is a little less friendly than before.
