Paul Broussard | |
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| File:PaulBroussard.jpg Paul Broussard | |
| Born | December 1, 1964 |
| Died | July 4, 1991 |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Parent | Nancy Rodriguez |
Paul Broussard (1964–1991), a 27 year-old Houston-area banker and Texas A&M alumnus, was beaten and stabbed to death in a gay-bashing outside a Houston nightclub on July 4, 1991 by ten teenaged boys. The youths had driven from the northern Houston suburb of The Woodlands to the heavily gay area of Montrose solely to "beat up some queers" in the words of one of the convicted teens[1].
Background
editBuice said that the day before the killing, he and his co-defendant, Paul Dillon, 23, began consuming one-and-a-half cases of beer. Buice also took one-half hit of LSD that day.
By the time the group had assembled in a McDonald's parking lot, they were "amped up," Buice indicated. They made a unanimous decision to drive south to Montrose and "go beat up some queers." Some of them even filled their pockets with "queer rocks," which were ordinary stones meant to be thrown at men in the area known for its gay nightspots.[1]
The attack
editThe trial
editPublic reaction and the aftermath
editSee also
edit- Violence against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgendered
- Catherine Chriss, Eric Hanson (1991-07-06). "Fatal bashing has city gays alarmed/They fear `these people could strike again'". Houston Chronicle. p. A25. Retrieved 2006-09-24. - Initial article in the Houston Chronicle about the Murder
- Eric Hanson, Geoff Davidian and Catherine Chriss (1991-07-13). "5 Woodlands teens held, 5 sought in `gay-bashing' case". Houston Chronicle. p. A1. Retrieved 2006-09-24.
- R.A. Dyer (1992-07-04). "Minding their P's and Q's/Broussard's death led gay community to patrol, protect". Houston Chronicle. p. A29. Retrieved 2006-09-24.
- R.A. Dyer (1994-01-11). "10th Broussard attacker sentenced/Last defendant receives 20-year term in gay-bashing death". Houston Chronicle. p. A16. Retrieved 2006-09-24.
- Anatomy of A Gay Murder - Article about Jon Christopher Buice, convicted of killing Paul Broussard
References
edit- ^ a b John Makeig (1993-01-12). "3 youths plead guilty to murder of banker". Houston Chronicle. p. A9. Retrieved 2006-09-24.
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