Coping With News of a Hateful Attack

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 1, 2019

Earlier this week the actor Jussie Smollett was attacked in Chicago, and says the attackers used racist and homophobic slurs, plus put a rope around his neck. In the aftermath, Jason Walker, HIV/AIDS campaigns coordinator at VOCAL New York, talks about how gay men of color — and the broader LGBTQ community.

   

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