Stained Glass Windows: The Life and Death of Jimmy Zappalorti: The hate crime that shocked a city and changed the law - Couverture souple

Zappalorti, Robert

 
9780692291771: Stained Glass Windows: The Life and Death of Jimmy Zappalorti: The hate crime that shocked a city and changed the law
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ISBN 10 : 0692291776 ISBN 13 : 9780692291771
Editeur : Words Take Flight Books, 2014

Synopsis

In January 1990, two Staten Island men, Michael Taylor and Philip Sarlo, brutally murdered Jimmy Zappalorti – not for money, not for revenge, but out of prejudice and hatred: Jimmy was a gay man. Beaten. Stabbed. His body thrown in the Arthur Kill to hide the crime. But Jimmy was found – and humanity rallied around the inhumanity. Taylor and Sarlo tried to silence Jimmy for being gay – but they only succeeded in giving a voice to change. Jimmy’s killing fanned a firestorm of outrage among citizens groups, politicians and the LGBT community that led to the signing on July 10, 2000, of The New York State Hate Crimes Bill – the first of its kind in the state. Mr. Zappalorti tells Jimmy’s story in his own voice: that of a brother who was Jimmy’s protector in life and champion after his death, whose efforts continue to keep Jimmy’s legacy alive to help maintain the fight for LGBT rights. It is a profoundly personal and universal a story, as the struggle for LGBT rights and equality continues in the face of ignorance, prejudice and, sadly, violence.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In January 1990, two Staten Island men, Michael Taylor and Philip Sarlo, brutally murdered Jimmy Zappalorti – not for money, not for revenge, but out of prejudice and hatred: Jimmy was a gay man. Beaten. Stabbed. His body thrown in the Arthur Kill to hide the crime. But Jimmy was found – and humanity rallied around the inhumanity. Taylor and Sarlo tried to silence Jimmy for being gay – but they only succeeded in giving a voice to change. Jimmy’s killing fanned a firestorm of outrage among citizens groups, politicians and the LGBT community that led to the signing on July 10, 2000, of The New York State Hate Crimes Bill – the first of its kind in the state. Mr. Zappalorti tells Jimmy’s story in his own voice: that of a brother who was Jimmy’s protector in life and champion after his death, whose efforts continue to keep Jimmy’s legacy alive to help maintain the fight for LGBT rights. It is a profoundly personal and universal a story, as the struggle for LGBT rights and equality continues in the face of ignorance, prejudice and, sadly, violence.

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Éditeur
Words Take Flight Books
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0692291776
ISBN 13 
9780692291771
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
288
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