A two-year-old boy was called a ‘faggot’ and assaulted for wearing
a pink hairband.
Dexter Vyktoriah was with his 31-year-old mom Katie and
five-month-old sibling out shopping in Wallmart in Polk County, Florida.
Mother Vyktoriah was shocked when an unknown man, who she describes
as being ‘overly large with a bushy beard and camouflage shirt’ approached the
family.
‘He had tattered shorts and lace-up work boots with no laces. I
could smell the fug of cigarette smoke surrounding him, and there was a
definite pong of beer on him.’
The man walked up to little Dexter, tore the headband off his head,
and slapped the child on the back of the head.
‘You’ll thank me later, little man!’ he shouted.
Vyktoriah, furious, told him to not touch her child. ‘Your son is a
fucking faggot,’ he told her, before walking away and adding: ‘He’ll get shot
for it one day.’
The US mom said she encourages her son to dress and act the way he
chooses, saying he loves pink, Dora the Explorer and occasionally plays dress
up with her skirts.
‘He rocked that headband,’ she said.
Vyktoriah now says men like him makes her terrified for the future
of her children regardless of their sexuality.
Writing on Huffington Post, she said: ‘While we may
accept and support whoever our kids turn out to be, I am scared beyond words at
what it would mean for them if they ARE gay.
‘Why should anyone have to live in fear because they fall in love
with someone that you or someone else doesn’t agree with? Why should mothers
and fathers of gay kids have to have an extra layer of terror at night because
they know that the world at large is against their child?’
‘If one or both of my kids grow up to realize they are any of these
things, it will not change a thing about how I feel toward them,’ she added.
Vyktoriah has said she is being advised to not discuss the
situation after filing a report with the police.
There seems to be a question as to the veracity of this story as well as the mother's mental stability. Could it have happened? Absolutely, and it does happen every day.
ReplyDeleteWe cannot realistically expect that "freedom of expression" can or will be legislated to the extent that we or our children will be protected 100% of the time from mental or physical harm.
Within this context, I might think twice about taking my little boy to a WalMart wearing a pink headband and thus potentially subjecting him to Life's harsh reality at such a tender age. BTW, I wouldn't wear a pink headband there either.
sad that self expression has to be curtailed
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