Remembering those we've lost

Sometimes we are just silly balls of joy and energy. Other times it's important to pause and remember the lives of those who have been killed simply for being "different" such as an ethnic minority, sexual minority, transgender, etc.



Here are more details on some of those we've lost because they were being themselves:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-banks26feb26,1,2072950.column?page=1&ctrack=1&cset=true
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shepard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Teena
href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-flbteenmurder0223sbfeb23,0,2931895.story">http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sfl-flbteenmurder0223sbfeb23,0,2931895.story


And a clip from Ellen on the subject: