10-year-old bisexual boy was 'beaten, locked up and starved' before dying

A 10-year-old boy has died of abuse just weeks after coming out as bisexual. Anthony Avalos, who suffered head injuries and cigarette burns all over his body, told the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Families before his death that he had been beaten, locked up and left unfed. Also in California, in February, Pearl Sinthia Fernandez pleaded guilty to the murder of her eight-year-old son Gabriel, who she tortured to death because her boyfriend, Isauro Aguirre, thought Gabriel was gay.

source: Article '10-year-old bisexual boy was 'beaten, locked up and starved' before dying' by Josh Jackman; www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/06/27/10-year-old-gay-boy-was-beaten-locked-up-and-starved-before-dying/; PinkNews; 27 June 2018