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Father Kills 14-Year-Old Son: ‘He Would Rather Have a Dead Son Than a Gay Son’ A father has been arrested after he allegedly shot dead his son because he found out he was gay, police have said. Giovanni Melton, from Henderson, Nevada, was gunned down by his father Wendell Melton after an argument on Thursday afternoon about how he is gay and has a boyfriend, police told KSNV. ‘He hated he fact that his son was gay,’ the 14-year-old’s former foster mom Sonia Jones told the station. ‘I’m sure that inside of his mind, he would rather have a dead son than a gay son.’  Jones said that Wendell, 53, had previously pulled a gun on his son before when he caught him with his boyfriend. Police arrived on the scene Thursday after receiving a report about a domestic disturbance at their apartment. When authorities arrived they found the 14-year-old in critical condition and rushed him to St Rose Dominican Hospital, where he died from his injuries. Giovanni lived alone at the apartment w

Revisiting Queer Puerto Rican Sexualities /  Revisitando las sexualidades puertorriqueñas queer Larry La Fountain · Miércoles, 12 de septiembre de 2018 CENTRO: JOURNAL OF THE CENTER FOR PUERTO RICAN STUDIES VOLUME XXX • NUMBER 2 • SUMMER 2018 Revisiting Queer Puerto Rican Sexualities / Revisitando las sexualidades puertorriqueñas queer Guest Editors / Editores Invitados: Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes and Yolandamaria Martinez (Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel) https://www.facebook.com/notes/larry-la-fountain/revisiting-queer-puerto-rican-sexualities-revisitand o-las-sexualidades-puertorri/10160908885740441/

              DENVER — A Colorado mother says her son killed himself after being bullied at school. Leia Pierce told KDVR that her 9-year-old son, Jamel Myles, came out to her as gay over the summer. Advertisement "And he looked so scared when he told me. He was like, 'Mom I’m gay.' And I thought he was playing, so I looked back because I was driving, and he was all curled up, so scared. And I said, 'I still love you,'" Pierce said. Myles also told his family he wanted to dress more femininely. "And he goes, 'Can I be honest with you?'" Pierce said. "And I was like, 'Sure,' and he’s like, 'I know you buy me boy stuff because I’m a boy, but I’d rather dress like a girl.'" He began fourth grade at Joe Shoemaker Elementary School in Denver last Monday. Pierce said her son wanted to tell his classmates that he was gay. "He went to school and said he was gonna tell people he’