![]() Scott White told police that he was himself gay and frightened that his homophobic brother would find out. She told the court on Monday that her husband had told her Johnson had run off the cliff. White’s former wife Helen White told police in 2019 that her then-husband had bragged about beating gay men and had said the only good gay man was a dead gay man. White was 18 and homeless when he met 27-year-old Los Angeles-born Johnson at a bar in suburban Manly in December 1988 and went with him to a nearby cliff top at North Head. He must serve at least eight years and three months in prison before he can be considered for parole. ![]() She also said she applied more lenient sentencing patterns in place in New South Wales state in the late 1980s. Justice Helen Wilson said she did not find beyond reasonable doubt that the murder was a gay hate crime, an aggravating factor that would have led to a longer sentence. ![]() Scott White, 51, pleaded guilty in January and could have been sentenced to up to life in prison. A coroner in 2017 found a number of assaults, some fatal, where the victims had been targeted because they were thought to be gay. The death of mathematician Scott Johnson was initially called a suicide, but his family pressed for further investigation. An Australian man was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison Tuesday for the 1988 murder of an American who fell off a Sydney cliff that was known as a gay meeting place.
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While waiting in line, a friend yelled at me from across the street. The doorman wasn't letting people in because the place was at capacity. First, the line for Lumber Yard was out the door. I had this thought when I first visited Lumber Yard Bar during its opening in January 2018, but it became even more clear this weekend. But the painting leads to my second surprising revelation: White Center is becoming a very gay destination.Īfter successfully gentrifying Capitol Hill and turning it into a bedroom community for Amazon elites, the gays have set their sights on White Center. Is the painting a commentary on FOSTA-SESTA? Or the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board's militant attack on dicks in gay bars? Is it a fine example of " post-analog" painting? Obviously, the answer to all of these questions is Yes. It's found in the bottom floor bathroom at Lumber Yard Bar, one of the now MANY (as in TWO and, by the end of this year, THREE) gay bars on the 16th Ave strip in White Center. It's screwed to the wall, probably to deter thieves like me. |
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