People must acknowledge their role in a culture where violence against LGBT people exists

THE difficulty with writing a column with a longer lead time than I’m used to (with this column, it’s ten days) is that I’m often wary of writing about a particular event or incident.

I’m worried that by the time my column is published, all of the think pieces will be written, everyone will have moved on and my article will seem dated and, well, boring.

It’s the nature of the modern news cycle — we are outraged by something and then quickly forget about it as soon as the next atrocity occurs.