Another for the File
Another sickening item for the file of things to remember the next time I hear someone proclaiming that gays don't face that much discrimination "these day." I get a knot in my stomach every time I read something like this. The incident is infuriating, depressing, and frightening all at the same time. It speaks for itself and leaves me with little else to write. From the article:

They were held and the gay man was beaten by the suspects who said that they were going to beat him straight. The beatings continued throughout the night and into the next morning.
The victim suffered bleeding on the brain and a concussion as well as facial lacerations and bruising. He has since been released from an area hospital.
A statement of probable cause, filed by the prosecutor in state District Court says York told police that he was told by Segura that the victim had tried to grab his butt.
York said he had not felt a grope but was upset by what Segura had told him.
The statement also says York told police that everyone at the party was making fun of the 18-year-old man because he was gay and that he wanted to "scare [him] to make him straight and to get him to stop acting the way he was.'' This makes