In 1999, a gay man named Billy Jack Gaither was brutally murdered in the small town of Sylacauga, Alabama. He wasn’t completely closeted, his siblings and friends knew, but his deeply religious parents did not. He was a friendly man who often gave rides to drunk patrons from his favorite local bar. He had made friends with a man who took advantage of his generosity. But he had no idea just how evil this man was.

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https://www.shondaland.com/act/a27789423/24-lgbtq-organizations-support-right-now/
https://pflag.org/hotlines
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How you can help be part of the solution to our national problem of systemic racism:
Minnesota Freedom Fund
George Floyd Memorial Fund
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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