In the television show The Sopranos, the character of "Big P*ssy" was based on a New York or New Jersey mobster targeted because of his sexual antics, but in Italy, there was a similar situation involving a highly respected hitman who stepped out of line by loving and wanting to make a life with the man he loved.

Anthony “Bubbles” Torres was a character, a creation. He tended to amuse and sometimes irritate people. On the night he was killed, witnesses saw the beginnings of a confrontation and Torres's murder. Years later, police struggle to solve the case.

In my research into the history of indecent proposals and indecent advances and the role of the homosexual panic used in court to explain murder, I've learned something new. In the later 1960s and all of the 1970s, there was a rash of robberies targeting gay men. It became so excessive that both Democratic and Republican politicians sought to cool the temperature when it came to some of the laws and rhetoric around homosexuality. Those efforts were shot down, of course, but the awareness on the part of defense lawyers that their clients might just be seen as a thief attempting to exploit a gay man made the homosexual panic defense even more urgently needed.

The cases based on people meeting up on apps are an ever-evolving story. Is it any more dangerous than meeting someone at a bar at 3 am? When imagining an open relationship, neither Scott nor his husband couldn't possibly imagine how it would end.

Filippo Gangitano - Gay in the mob

Anthony “Bubbles” Torres -Murdered on a San Francisco street

Harold St. John - AWOL, Kidnapping, and Homosexual panic

Bobby Scott - Murdered on a Date

While researching a story for the next episode I found a 1960 article examinign the growth of homophobic attacks on mostly gey men for financial gain. Rolling a Queer crimes grow to such a degree that lawmakers across the country sought to minimize legal prohibitons agaisnt LGBTQ folks as a partial remedy. Most of these efforts failed contributing to the mid-sixties appearance of homosexual panic as a legal defense.

The fisrt two stories in this episode involve murders that resulted from attempts to rob a gay man.

1. Charles James Mourey
2. Chelie Todd

Steve Marose story is one of murder but of the lingering effects of the governments pink scare that started in the 1950s when President Eisenhower signed on over ridding the governnment and the military of lesbians and gay men.

Marose was thrown out of the military in the 1990s after spending eight months in a military priison for the crime of being gay. Fulfilling a promise, President Biden issued a pardon for many of these men and women but the process is anything but easy and Marose remains without his pension and without having his name cleared.

If you know anyone in the same position pass along these links that might set them on the path to having their rights restored.

The Murder of Patricia Malone

Patricia Malone was a lesbian women working the London streets as a sex worker when she met and was killed by a police officier. The officier came in for a beating in the press but so did Ms. Malone whom they dobbed, "Pasty Butch Malone." Her treatment in the press and the twist to the story give you a glimpse into the times in which her murder took place.

The Murders of Page Cegelski and Paula O'Connor

The two women were discovered in a Green Bay, Wisconsin duplex. The killer would confess to the murders with an evolving story. Peter Sotka's long history of intimate partner violence and his contradictory statements make his confession suspect. There is no record of either woman's state of undress and there is no evidence from family and friends that the women who were best friends were having an intimate relationship. Using a version of gay panic as the setting for a double murder is worth noting.

Resources:

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APPLICATION-FOR-PARDON

Legal Services and Information

https://ptsdlawyers.com/lgbtq-military-pardon-va-benefits/

Molotov Cocktail of Hate

Pamela Cobbas, Mercedes Roxana Figueroa, Andrea Amarante, Sofía Castro Riglos

Intimate Partner Violence

The Murder of Chen Chen Fei

The Murder of Quanesha Shantel

The Murder of William Nicholas Abraham

Disappearance

The Murder of Levi Davis?

Ex Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries Charged: Human Trafficking and Assault

The Shocking Murder Of Eduardo Xol

Ex-Partners, a Mysterious Friend, and Two Bodies Found in Suitcases on Bristol's Clifton Bridge

Kasim Omar: Escaped to America Seeking Safety, Only to Face a Horrific Tragedy

The Murder of Paul Taylor

The Murder of Howard Bresendine

Mental Health Resources

SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

LGBTQ & Gay-Friendly Rehabs: Statistics, Risk Factors & Treatment

(888) 402-1504

https://www.addicted.org/

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

National Domestic Violence Hotline

1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

Online live chat: thehotline.org

If you or someone you know is in danger call 9-1-1 immediately.

Thanks to MysticMag for the global resource guide. One of the first to be compiled.

https://www.mysticmag.com/psychic-reading/domestic-violence-resource-guide/