Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

LGBT

In reply to the discussion: A thread for GLBT martyrs [View all]

nightscanner59

(802 posts)
19. I'm one of those. I've been partially disabled since a hate crime almost 4 years ago
Wed Nov 6, 2013, 11:58 AM
Nov 2013

When I was doored off my bicycle in what was highly suspected as an anti-gay crime. Reason being I kept having drive by "Faggot" yelled at my home, then the same spray painted on it, within a couple months of this happening.
I cannot identify my attackers. It came unexpectedly, so suddenly, and I was too dazed only to realized I was being repeatedly kicked in the head. It took a sort of hypnosis and drug enhanced therapy to recall what I could at a University PTSD study I participated in: but during that EMDR-like sessions I realized that I had been kicked in the head something on the order of 100 times by my attackers, I could smell strong whiskey and they were laughing and making homophobic comments.
I'm a radiologic technologist with over 20 years experience in CT and Xray. Unfortunately I have limitations to my physical ability to perform my chosen profession, due to pinched nerves in my neck. Insurance companies have rejected me for all plans. I have taken what Xray assignments I can. I'm fortunate not to have lost most of my cognitive abilities, but I'm not who I was before this occurence, by any long shot. I can no longer ride a bicycle or a motorcycle due to chronic dizziness. I've had dozens of chronic ear infections since. My right eye still has a partially detached retina. I've been opiate free for 6 months now, but still have some days I have trouble with old fractures.
I am documented TBI case now basically multiple post concussive syndrome. I still want to work, and live much like I did before this happened but it is very difficult. I have difficulty sometimes forming sentences verbally in proper syntax, and have to go kind of slowly at this. I refuse to become dependent on SSDI though, because I still don't really have a home. I sold the house there in Arizona, still have some ranch property in Radiator Springs! But this fucked up all my plans for building a home there. Its still a campout. I've finally paid off over 10,000 dollars worth of debt this attack caused me. State of Arizona refused me victims of crime compensation. (R) bastards.
I'm living on the edge of homelessness still, hoping I can pick up work soon. Only a few places have been understanding of my limitations, however, which are not severe, but ever present. I'm hoping to go back to one of the best jobs I've had, but things aren't as lucrative for rad techs as they were years ago.
In 9 days from now I go back to the ranch for a while, then off to El Centro hot springs to stay warm for the winter. Caleb and I will be living in a tent there till I can pick up work again.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

A thread for GLBT martyrs [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2013 OP
Matthew Shepard, Wyoming, 1998... hlthe2b Aug 2013 #1
Dwayne Jones, transgender teen stabbed, shot and run over by Jamaican mob Glorfindel Aug 2013 #2
Sadly this thread will get very big. William769 Aug 2013 #3
Mark Carson, shot in the face earlier this year about a block from the Stonewall Inn. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 #4
Gay man killed in Russia's second suspected hate crime in weeks William769 Aug 2013 #5
Brandy Martell, murdered in Oakland, CA 2012. nt Zorra Aug 2013 #6
Myles “Lashay” Mclean, a 23-year-old transgender woman, Washington, D.C. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #7
To the thousands (more?) of GLBT sent to the gas chambers in Nazi Germany. Behind the Aegis Aug 2013 #8
... William769 Aug 2013 #9
Beautiful. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #11
+1 Zorra Aug 2013 #12
So many gone.... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #10
My Friend Karen, 1991, Nashville Sissyk Aug 2013 #13
80 men murdered in Sydney during the rampage of gay-hate gangs theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #14
TDOR - updated every year sgsmith Aug 2013 #15
Daniel Zamudio, Santiago, Chile theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #16
to all those mentioned mitchtv Oct 2013 #17
I'm one of those. I've been partially disabled since a hate crime almost 4 years ago nightscanner59 Nov 2013 #19
I had a friend that was nearly beaten to death Aerows Jan 2014 #22
I contributed to it Aerows Feb 2014 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author theHandpuppet Oct 2013 #18
Alan Turing Anthea Carson Dec 2013 #20
Isa Shakhmarli, Azeri Gay Rights Activist theHandpuppet Jan 2014 #21
The world is plenty colorful for all LGBTers. Fearless Feb 2014 #23
Seventeen-year-old Rosin Çiçek of Turkey theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #24
This thread is beautiful and horrible at the same time Aerows Feb 2014 #25
Larry King, age 15 shot to death in school in Oxnard California, Feb 2008 Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #27
Chilean man dies after alleged anti-gay attack theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #28
Remembering our brothers and sisters in South Africa theHandpuppet May 2014 #29
Thank you, theHandpuppet, for this topic. WilliamTuckness Jun 2014 #30
Yaz’min Shancez, of Fort Myers, Florida theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #31
Mollie Olgin and Mary Kristene Chapa, teenage lesbian couple, Texas theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #32
Arron Leahey, 24, Texas theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #33
Abdulla Ghavami Chahzanjiru and Salman Ghanbari Chahzanjiri, Iran theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #34
Gift Makau, raped and strangled in a case of "corrective rape", South Africa theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #35
Bryan "Feather" Higgins, San Francisco, August 2014 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #36
I would add Leelah Alcorn to this list. Terra Alta Jan 2015 #37
Jason Gage - Waterloo, Iowa dee_dee_st_martin Mar 2015 #38
Paul Broussard, Houston, TX, 1991 SusanCalvin Jul 2015 #39
Charlie Howard, Bangor Maine, July 7, 1984 72DejaVu Nov 2015 #40
Orlando, Florida Behind the Aegis Jun 2016 #41
Currently only known as "Julie Doe", located in 1988 outside Orlando, Florida. moriah Jun 2016 #42
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2017 #43
Muhlaysia Booker, trans woman of color shenmue May 2019 #44
Michelle Washington, trans woman of color shenmue May 2019 #45
Denali Stuckey, trans woman of color shenmue Jul 2019 #46
3 black women in SC, since April 2018 mercuryblues Aug 2019 #47
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2021 #48
harvey milk. AllaN01Bear Nov 2021 #49
Sheila Lumumba, Kenyan; nonbinary shenmue Apr 2022 #50
Meghan Riley Lewis, trans woman, lived in Maryland; hosted a holiday party for those who live alone; murdered. shenmue Jan 2024 #51
Samantha Gomez Fonseca, activist shenmue Jan 2024 #52
Nex Benedict, non-binary student shenmue Feb 2024 #53
Edwin Chiloba, Kenya shenmue Dec 5 #54
Latest Discussions»Alliance Forums»LGBT»A thread for GLBT martyrs»Reply #19