Crimes of Hate: The Stark Reality of Hate Crimes Against the LGBT Community

By Carissa Wolf

Boise Weekly

 

Words punctuated the kicks and punches.

"If you guys are going to dress like dudes, then we are going to hit you like dudes," Annie remembers hearing between two rounds of assaults and a final crash to the pavement that shattered her knee.

Annie stood in the parking lot of Addie's restaurant on Fifth and Main streets with friends in the wee hours of a late April morning when a kick to the back of the knee, followed by anti-gay slurs and punches ended her carefree night in downtown Boise.

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