Happy Birthday Sophie, RIP

[aeron_lanart]

Today, on what would have been her 23rd birthday, an animation documenting the attack on Sophie Lancaster and Robert Maltby that led to Sophie's death has been released on youtube. You might also catch it on MTV

Comments

[luscious_words]

*HUGS* Thank you so much for sharing this. I passed it on (as you know), and I hope it gets passed along by others.

[aeron_lanart]

That's what I'm hoping too. I even posted it to torch_wood because of the GDL connection and I'm hoping it doesn't get deleted - there's a lot of traffic on that comm which can only be good.

[luscious_words]

*crosses fingers* Here's hoping it doesn't get deleted since you have the GDL connection.

[aeron_lanart]

There have been a couple of very positive comments so far so I'm hopeful. *crosses fingers with you*

Online goths are pretty well informed about SOPHIE, but there are a hell of a lot of people in Torchwood and other fandoms who suffer for being different in other ways (just by being fannish in some cases) and I think it is very important for them to know that there is someone, somewhere who is *trying* to make people aware that being different just makes you unique, not a freak.

[luscious_words]

Part of the reason I posted it had to do with my transgender friends as well as my other kinky friends. Granted, we don't all think 'freak' is a bad word in the kinky side of things, but the point is that even we have to face crap for what we do. Hopefully, we'll get this thing spread far and wide on our f-lists. :)

I'm contemplating posting it on fetlife, on my profile there.

[aeron_lanart]

If it will be appropriate, and of some help then go for it!

[luscious_words]

I think it's very appropriate since many people dress differently. I posted it on my profile as a note. :)