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07-10-2016, 05:38 PM
Gay married man among police officers shot in Dallas sniper attack



Joseph Patrick McCormick
10th July 2016, 1:40 PM


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Jesus Retana was shot and injured in the sniper attack A gay married man is among police officers shot by a sniper during an attack in Dallas at a protest against police brutality.


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What if Orlando Wasn’t an Arbitrary Anti-gay Attack After All?

If Omar Mateen was indeed a closeted gay man, the massacre’s initial symbolism as an Islamist homophobic attack has been uncomfortably overtaken by a revenge narrative. Tel Aviv’s LGBT community has been there before.

Brian Schaefer Jun 29, 2016

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Marchers hold a rainbow flag with photos of the victims of the Orlando mass shooting during the San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade, San Francisco, California, U.S. June 26, 2016.

Elijah Nouvelage, Reuters
Seven years ago, a masked gunman walked into the Barnoar, a center for LGBT youth in Tel Aviv, and killed three people. For four years, the incident was one of Israel’s biggest unsolved mysteries and an open wound for the LGBT community. It became a rallying cry for gay rights and acceptance. But in 2013, police identified a suspect and a sordid story unfolded: The 50-year-old head of Barnoar had allegedly had a relationship with a 15-year-old whose relatives were suspected in the shooting. Police called it an act of revenge (http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.529071).
Suddenly, the symbol of an arbitrary anti-gay attack was called into question. The Israeli LGBT community was rattled (http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.529815). It was no longer clear what, if anything, the Barnoar murders stood for.
The massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando may be following a similarly confusing, albeit condensed, trajectory. Within hours, politicians were angling to control the narrative: Republicans yelled “Islamic extremism”; a disturbingly self-congratulatory Donald Trump doubled down on his anti-Muslim immigration ban. Democrats channeled public anger over lenient gun laws into dramatic action on the House floor – literally. The LGBT community and allies gathered at vigils across the country and reminded Americans that we are still the most targeted group for hate crimes (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/16/us/hate-crimes-against-lgbt.html).
And now, several weeks later, more details are emerging that may scramble that picture. It appears that Omar Mateen, the 29-year-old Afghani-American killer, may have been a closeted gay man who frequented Pulse, had a presence on gay hookup sites, and, as alleged in a recent interview with Univision, possibly perpetrated the attack as an act of revenge on an HIV-positive partner (http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/1.726556).

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