Rhythm Turner speaks about her recent bashing
(video: San Diego Indie Music Fest at YouTube)
I posted this video ten days after Rhythm Turner was bashed in Mission Beach last May. Here’s the copy from that post:
San Diego musician Rhythm Turner, following a performance in San Diego’s Mission Beach on 14 May 2009, became the victim of a brutal crime because she’s a lesbian. As the 25-year-old Turner hugged her partner outside the venue, she was approached by an intoxicated man who confronted the couple using anti-gay slurs and religious references. The man then bashed Turner, leaving her with “two very serious facial fractures and the inability to perform musically.” Her attacker was arrested for felony assault, but has not been charged with a hate crime.
I saw Rhythm and the Method perform in Hillcrest two Sundays ago at HillQuest‘s Hop in the Hood. She is a courageous and brilliant musician with an amazing voice. Please come out and give her your support. Here are the details for the benefit Thursday night:
Dreamstreet Live – Benefit for Rhythm Turner
Enjoy the beat, not the beatings!Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Dreamstreet Live (in Ocean Beach)
Street: 2228 Bacon Street
City: San Diego, CA
Map
Six bucks gets you in and you get to experience:
Jennie Buss
Snakeoil
Grapes of Jade
Sharon Hazel-Township
One last point: Hate crimes against LGBT people have to end. Here’s one way to make that happen.
