June 5, 2009
We Won’t Tell You Why We Hate Fresno — We’ll Show You
Our only comment: Sue the bastards!
California lesbian couple allege discrimination at Fresno hospital “As I was laying there all alone, I wondered how many people from the LGBTQ community die by themselves because they are denied a basic right. The thought frightens me.”
That’s what Kristin Orbin, 29, said about her ordeal at Fresno Community Hospital and Medical Center on Saturday, May 30th.
Orbin and her partner of 3½ years, Teresa Rowe, 30, who live in Northern California, were in Fresno for Meet in the Middle 4 Equality, an event protesting the California Supreme Court’s ruling upholding Proposition 8.
After marching 14 miles in Central Valley heat, Orbin (who is epileptic) collapsed and suffered three grand mal seizures. A doctor at a first aid center had difficulty finding her pulse, so he called 911.
Orbin said the discrimination started as soon as the paramedics arrived. …
Hit the link, read the rest, and you’ll be as pissed off — and at as great a loss for words — as we are.
The.
Bastards.
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Filed Under: California, Civil Rights, Health & Wellness, Homophobia, Marriage, Proposition 8
