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Apr 13, 2007
Quickie Link: Two Sentenced in Beating of Gay Teen in Edgewood
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By vanrozenheim
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(USA) - The mother of an 18-year-old Edgewood [New Mexico] man who was pummeled for hours last summer because he is gay wasn't prepared for what she saw when she arrived to take him to the hospital that morning. Today, while her son's physical injuries have healed, the deep emotional scars inflicted by the brutal incident -- in which he was kidnapped, tied up and beaten by three men and a woman, allegedly in an effort to make him straight -- have not, the mother said. In fact, the period after the beating has been worse, she said. Teasing and bullying that had already begun in high school became worse after the beating.
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