HRC Backstory: California LGBT Resource Center Vandalized

The staff of the Center responded with a letter published in the student newspaper saying:

As a center we wanted not to immediately remove the vandalism in order to ensure that this hate crime does not go unnoticed by the campus community. Facilities and administration offered to clean it up immediately but we wanted to take this opportunity to educate the campus about struggles that our community continues to face. We feel it is easier to erase physical representations of violence than to heal from the ongoing impacts of this hatred. Erasing it makes it possible to avoid believing these things happen on our campus. We want to work towards a healing resolution.

Former HRC Field intern and UC Davis senior Amy Rothman echoed the need to bring awareness to the incident and underlying homophobia, saying “In a way the graffiti is really bad, but at the same time it lets people know it’s still happening.” [READ MORE]