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I came across a webisite by Diane Anderson-Minshall " 12 Crimes That Change the LGBT World" that listed the most hateful crimes  that have happened. One of the crimes that stood out to me was the story of Paul Broussard a twenty-seven years old gay man who was beaten to death on July 4,1991. July 4th to us I known as a day to celebrate our great country. How was have such an amazing story and history to tell on how we got to the place we are known and our independence. Sadly, others took this day to brutal beat a to death because of who he chooses to be. While enjoying a night out at a gay bar him and two of his friends were attacked with everything and anything you can think of. There were knifes, wood, even steel toed boots hitting these men. Paul death led to the biggest LGBT civil action. His death did not go un noticed because a decade later a hate crime protection was passed in the state of Texas. All the men that participated in his murder were convicted to prison time. It sadness my heart reading this and just thinking that any day can be anyone’s last day but to know that this men last day was because he picked to love the same sex is just horrible. There was a Montrose Remembrance Garden that was made in on of Broussard death and is located near the area that he was murdered in.

http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/advocate-45/2012/05/07/12-crimes-changed-lgbt-world