http://unfinishedlivesblog.com/2009/07/07/charlie-howard-remembered-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-his-murder/ Remembering LGBT Hate Crime Victims Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://unfinishedlivesblog.com/2009/07/07/charlie-howard-remembered-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-his-murder/#comment-282 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:23:15 +0000 http://unfinishedlives.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/charlie-howard-remembered-on-the-25th-anniversary-of-his-murder/#comment-282 When I read about events planned in Bangor to mark the anniversary of Charlie’s slaying, memories came flooding back. I was only 25 then and this murder really stirred the gay community, especially in New England. Like Harvey Milk and so many others, Charlie, by his death, made our lives as gay people better. He couldn’t know what his death would mean for the LGBT rights movement but I hope he had even a small sense of what a hero he was just by living his life authentically, in Portsmouth NH, and in Bangor ME, in 1984.

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