The Matthew Shepard Foundation Rejects Perez Hilton

Perez Hilton has reduced himself to being a hate monger, a very bitter and heartless hate monger. Within minutes of the news that Michael Jackson had been rushed to the hospital, Perez Hilton  posted a very vile message about how Michael Jackson is faking his illness. What a considerate rocket scientist genius person!

Perez's insensitive, ignorant post was made only TWO DAYS AFTER he said "I leave this traumatic experience as a person with more compassion." You can check out the screen cap of Pig Face Hilton's post which has launched an unfollowperez campaign on Twitter by clicking HERE.

Defamer posted the following letter from the Matthew Shepard Foundation in response to Mario Lavandeira's claims that he will be donating his lawsuit money to the foundation. Ya gotta love it!

The Matthew Shepard Foundation was surprised to learn this morning via media reports that blogger Perez Hilton (Mario Lavandeira) has announced he plans to donate, to our organisation, the proceeds of a lawsuit he is contesting over an altercation which has been widely reported in recent days.

We had no advance notice or contact from Mr. Hilton or his representatives regarding this proposal, nor any communication since he posted this plan to his website.

We do not know the details of the lawsuit, whether it has been filed, the nature of his claims or the likely outcome. But because the lawsuit presumably involves the physical attack prompted by Mr. Hilton’s admitted use of an anti-gay slur, the Foundation will be unable to accept any funds obtained in such a manner.

We very much appreciate the generosity of the offer to support our continuing work to memorialize Matthew through activism in defence of sexual minorities and in favour of understanding, compassion, and acceptance. But because so much of our work involves education to reduce the use of hateful language against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, or those so perceived, it would be inappropriate for us to benefit financially from circumstances in which such a verbal attack was involved.

While we applaud Mr. Hilton’s apology to the LGBT community and their loved ones for his use of such a slur, we also feel compelled to point out that use of epithets can often lead to physical violence, as it appears it may have in this case, and that the Matthew Shepard Foundation has worked for more than 10 years to bring to people’s attention the consequences of hateful or inolerant language.

Judy Shepard
Chair, MSF Governing Board

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