#laura carleton

⚠️❗️ Please read the description! ❗️⚠️ [may be disturbing to some]

Laura Ann Carleton, or "Lauri" as she was ofthen refeared to, on the 18th of August was murdered by a man, most likely because she had hung a pride flag by the entrance of her shop. (This information is backed up by the fact that her murderer was caught ripping the pride flag off of her shop before the attack, and he also had an anti lgbtq+ history.)

Lauri was NOT, I repeat, she WAS NOT a part of the Lgbtqai+ community. She was a straight, cis woman.

She was the victim of a hate crime against a group she wasn't even a part of.

Homophobia and transphobia hurt not only people who fall under the lgbtqai+ umbrella but many others as well.

Just a few months before Laura's death, underage cis girls were sexually assaulted after being accused of being trans.

I don't want their sacrifices to be forgotten. They suffered at the hands of people who pretend to protect people like them.

Please read more about these crimes (if you can take it, of course; I can't take everything either) and tell people about them.

Violent hate will affect everyone, not just the ones it's "supposed to be" directed at.

Rest in peace, Laura Ann Carleton. I hope one day I can have a chance to draw you in person, on the other side.

A business owner was fatally shot on Friday after someone allegedly took issue with a Pride flag she had displayed at her clothing store in Lake Arrowhead, California.

Deputies responded to the Mag Pi clothing store at 5:00 p.m., where owner Laura Ann Carleton was pronounced dead at the scene, the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department said in a press release. The suspect, who was not identified, fled the scene on foot.

“Through further investigation, detectives learned the suspect made several disparaging remarks about a rainbow flag that stood outside the store before shooting Carleton,” the press release said.

The suspect was armed when confronted by deputies and was killed in "a lethal force encounter," the sheriff’s department said. An investigation is ongoing.