Who is to Blame when Gay Rights Become Deadly?

Yet another school day for an expressionate young man of 15 years of age, after all, his friends, teachers, and principals knew his personality and sexuality all too well. Larry King was a young student who attended E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, California, up until the day of his tragic murder on February 2, 2008. Let's recant shall we, Larry King, not to be confused with CNN's Larry King, was a self-proclaimed, expressionate, in-your-face homosexual. According to interviews Larry King was allowed to freely express himself as a gay individual even to the degree of making other classmates uncomfortable.

Flash back, there was a time in America's history where certain behavior was not tolerated, however, in today's society anything goes.

According to school officials, and staff, Larry's freedom of expression was nurtured and overlooked, however, it was incarcerating for those who were taunted by his openly sexual and flirtatious suggestions. Brandon McInerney, a 14-year-old male also a student at E.O. Green Junior High was one of the victims of Larry's taunting, and said to be interest of affection. Why was Brandon considered to be a victim? According to federal law, any uninvited sexual comments directed towards another person to intimated or make them feel uncomfortable is a form of sexual harassment. So, technically Brandon was a victim of sexual harassment, according to federal law, however, there is no statement recorded from the school regarding actions taken by school officials to protect Brandon's rights.

On February 2, 2008, Larry King came to school in normal attire; clothing for men. According to a school employee, Larry was unhappy; he vomited up his breakfast that morning and did not get much sleep the night prior. Students stated that Larry was nervous before his first period class with Mrs. Boldrin; English teacher. The students were instructed by Mrs. Boldrin to take their books and personal items to the computer lab to type up their reports on World War II. Larry sat at his computer and directly behind him sat Brandon McInerney; the young man that Larry had shown an interest in.