Warning: This article contains disturbing descriptions of violence.A video of a young boy in Atlanta physically and verbally assaulted by his alleged family, and with the word “gay” shaved into his head, has gone viral.
Now, a local politician has stepped in with a message of hope for LGBTQ kids everywhere.11 Alive News reports the video first appeared on Instagram June 17.
In it, adults slap and beat a 12-year old boy identified only as “Tyler” while also yelling verbal insults at him. The word “gay” also appears shaved into his hair as part of the humiliation.