The following story that’s being shared here is that of a Middle Eastern 14-year-old effeminate boy who was viciously murdered by a heartless adult based on his appearance. I cannot… My heart breaks over and over reading about instances like this all over the world. Hate is too damn real and it needs to be extinguished. When you can put it in your mind to murder someone based on their appearance or any differences from you simply because you do not like those differences or appearances, you have no heart. YOU HAVE NO SOUL!
Hamoudi’s last words were, “I want my Mom.” Authoritative officials are not doing anything, conducting an investigation into this child’s senseless murder is on their back burner. Beliefs, patriarchy, old ways and traditions are their focus points, not the lives of human beings and the basic need for respect and acceptance.
A young boy died because a man thought that he was too effeminate to deserve to live. The man stabbed him repeatedly in the gut, and then taunted him while he bled to death.
I want to honor his memory and help infuse his short life with meaning, but I want to think about people closer to home too.
I write a lot about LGBTQ equality. I write a lot about violence committed in the US against LGBTQ people. I write a lot about how violence rates have been rising dramatically over the past two years — ever since Trump came to power.
I’ve been working hard to promote awareness and to educate people. Some of the responses I’ve received from fellow Americans are unspeakable. I’ve been told point blank (and repeatedly) that transgender women deserve to be raped in prison.
I’ve been told that murders of gay youth aren’t important. I’ve been told that rising rates of violence are funny. Fellow Americans have sent me animated gifs of cartoon characters laughing.
So please don’t anyone think I wrote this article to condemn violence in the Middle East in particular.
I Want My Mom by James Finn https://link.medium.com/2qhN5oa8lR
The link above will lead you directly to the full write-up about this travesty by James Finn, a fellow Medium Writer. James does not tire of fighting for equality and LGBTQ rights. Share this, please. If you believe that a person’s life means more than their sexuality, their beliefs, their appearance, and anything else that should not be a determining factor for hate and maliciousness, then please send your words out into the ether.
There are many instances happening right now in the States that are putting many connected to, affiliated, and associated with the LGBTQ community in grave danger, and causing many more to commit suicide.
THIS IS NOT LIFE!
Whatever happened to love? Where is it in these times? Why doesn’t it always show its head? Be love. Be open. Know that your ways are not the only ways.
You are not judge, jury, and executioner. You never will be.
RIP Hamoudi, you beautiful precious child. You never deserved this. You got caught in the crossfire of evil.
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I can’t. This is emotionally devastating. My God.
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Exactly. *sighs*
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I had to think once twice, three times before clicking on the link leading to the story because I knew the reaction it would elicit. And of course it did. And so as I write this comment I’m fighting back the sobs; the tears I can’t hold back. As hard as it is to report and read these stories they’re a necessary reminder of our plunges into inhumanity and cowardice and depravity. As if we need a reminder a few days before an election that’s being fueled with fear and rhetoric and hate by a president who has no soul. Thank you for sharing this story. This boys final words will be hard to forget.
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Peace, Paulie. Thank you for stopping by and reading. I still try to wrap my mind around how one can hate so much, I cannot understand it. *sighs*
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I just can’t even… I have no words for how disgusted and anguished I was when I read about this story. It hasn’t faded.
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It’s extremely heartbreaking!
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Is it an impression or is evil getting the upper hand? 😦
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Heart is breaking….hard to believe there is such evil in the world. And we have a prez who only makes things worse, who incites hatred and violence. It’s unbearable…..
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It is. It truly is.
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Reblogged this on The Meandering Peripatetic and commented:
I am completely speechless. Please pass this on.
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I have no words.
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😱😱😱😱😱
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Yeah, pulls at the heartstrings, doesn’t it? *sighs*
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It’s just beyond cruelty…
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It is. Very much so.
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What a powerful read.
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Peace, Sarah. Thank you for reading.
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I’ve never in my life read something that caused my stomach to cramp with disgust. I can’t make myself read the entire original article. I think of my 2 children. I don’t know if my faith would be strong enough to keep me from making a very bad choice if something like this happened to one of mine.
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Peaches, the things I’ve read this week alone have really made me quite sad and disgusted with our country alone, not to mention others. It’s inhumane. It shouldn’t be.
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This, and so many other instances nowadays, is just beyond reason. Unfortunately, it brings out the worst in me and I start to think vindictively, and I find myself being no better than these evil bullies. I *sigh* with you.
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I have to step back from it Peter, sometimes. I’ll sink if I stay on the subject too long. It’s heartbreaking.
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I always try to remember the maxim that “The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing.” so we have to keep the defences going!
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We do. We truly do!
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Reminded me of this disgusting individual https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/09/07/brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-son-die-gay/
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I cant even understand why divisive politics is a successful ploy – candidates who bring people together should be winners, not these evil bullies 😮
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And that’s exactly what they are, “evil bullies.”
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*sighs* I just… no heart. No soul.
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