GAY BASH: BENEFIT TO RAISE MONEY FOR BARIE SHORTELL

I've been reading about the horrendous gay bashing incident that took place on Feb 22nd in Williamsburg to local resident Barie Shortell...and the whole thing makes me wanna fucking puke.

From Queerty:

"At left is what Williamsburg resident Barie Shortell usually looks like. At right is what he looked like after his Feb. 22 neighborhood gay bashing, which left him with a broken nose, jaw, eye sockets, and facial bones -- and 9.5 hours of corrective surgery. Shortell, writes a friend, was "attacked and on the way home one evening. He was not robbed, but the people attacking him did mock him with anti-gay taunts before they attacked him…breaking his nose, jaw and eye socket. The attack has been deemed a hate crime."

Sadly, Shortell does not have any health insurance, and needless to say, he now has a gigantic friggin hospital bill to deal with. So, some friends of his have organized a benefit to help raise money to pay for his health care and his legal bills, and they're cleverly calling it The Gay Bash.

This shit goes down on Wednesday, March 23 at the Blackout Bar, and admission is $35.

I'm bummed that I can't make it, but I just made a donation here. And yep: It would be totally rad if you could do the same. There's also a Facebook page that's been set up here. And here's more info about the event here.

Thanks to Miss Heather from NY Shitty for sending this our way.