Michigan State offers scholarships to honor Sakia Gunn's memory
Beginning next spring, Michigan State University will award scholarships in the memory of slain lesbian teen Sakia Gunn. The awards will be given to student activists who work with issues relevant to students of color who are also a part of the lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender community. Fifteen-year-old Sakia, of New Jersey, was stabbed to death after telling a man who tried to pick up on her and her friends that she was a lesbian. LaJoya Johnson said the scholarship is a way to draw light to a growing community of people identifying with more than one minority group. "I felt like the media wasn't paying enough attention to Sakia's death because she's African American and a lesbian," said Johnson.
The State News
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