Dwayne Jones was a Jamaican 16-year-old who was killed by a violent mob
in Montego Bay on the night of 21 July 2013, after he attended a dance
party dressed in women's clothing. Perceived as effeminate, Jones had
been bullied in school and rejected by his father, and had moved into a
derelict house in Montego Bay with transgender friends. When some men at
the dance party discovered that the cross-dressing Jones was not a
woman, they confronted and attacked him. He was beaten, stabbed, shot,
and run over by a car. Police investigated, but the murder remains
unsolved. The death made news internationally. While voices on social
media accused Jones of provoking his killers by cross-dressing in
public, the murder was condemned by Jamaican educators and by Justice
Minister Mark Golding. In the wake of the attack, domestic and
international organisations devoted to LGBT rights and human rights –
among them Human Rights Watch and Jamaicans for Justice – asked the
Jamaican authorities for a proper investigation and for legal
recognition of LGBT rights on the island.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dwayne_Jones>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
365:
A large earthquake that occurred near Crete and its subsequent
tsunami caused widespread destruction throughout the eastern
Mediterranean region.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/365_Crete_earthquake>
1877:
During the Great Railroad Strike of 1877, much of central
Pittsburgh was burned and looted in the Pittsburgh railway riots.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_railway_riots>
1925:
American high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found
guilty of violating Tennessee's Butler Act by teaching evolution in
class.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial>
1970:
The Aswan High Dam in Egypt was completed after 11 years of
construction.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan_Dam>
2007:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the
popular Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, was released to record
sales of 15 million copies in its first 24 hours, making it the fastest-
selling book in history.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
imbroglio:
A complicated situation; an entanglement.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imbroglio>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
"Peace Train" is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to
breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful
need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again. As a member of
humanity and as a Muslim, this is my contribution to the call for a
peaceful solution.
--Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens>