Posted on 06/07/2019 9:49:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
Dante Austin was a deputy with the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office and was an LGBTQ activist. Austin was found dead at his desk on June 7. He was 27 years old.
The tragic news of Austin’s passing was broken by fellow LGBTQ activist and Pennsylvania State Rep, Brian Sims. Sims tweeted on the morning of June 7, “Philadelphia’s LGBTQ community lost one of our best & brightest last night! Dante Austin was one of the strongest & kindest champions for equality I’ve ever met. He lifted up everyone he touched. He supported everyone who needed him. He cared deeply & loved loudly.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer, citing police sources, said that Austin’s death appeared to be a suicide. Austin was found in the sheriff’s office, located at 11 South Broad Street. The Inquirer report said that Austin’s body was found at around 6:45 a.m.
Rest In Peace, Dante Austin.
This is was very unexpected and devastating. But I hope community will remember you for your compassion and dedication.
Gone too soon, I will remember when you first came to the scene a few years ago.https://t.co/aego6p1CsO
— Ernest Owens (@MrErnestOwens) June 7, 2019
According to his LinkedIn account, Austin joined the sheriff’s office in November 2013 and in the summer of 2016, he was promoted to the department’s LGBT Liaison. Prior to his time in the sheriff’s office, Austin served six years in the U.S. Army as a military intelligence systems maintainer and integrator. In addition, Austin was also an instructor in cultural diversity at the Penn State Justice and Safety Institute between August 2014 and July 2016.
Austin had studied electronic technology at Cochise College, justice administration at Rosemount College and was in the process of studying for a qualification in public administration at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
Speaking to the Inquirer, the executive director of the William Way LGBT Community Center, Chris Bartlett, said of Austin, “Dante was a big-hearted, community-oriented, dedicated leader who was a pioneer in bringing LGBT sensitivity to the Sheriff’s Office. He’s part of a generation of young LGBT leaders of color who are taking the reins from my generation. He’s an irreplaceable loss. We’ll aim to have a Pride Weekend that is worthy of his legacy, but it will be difficult.” Bartlett also mentioned that a memorial to Austin will be held at 3 p.m. on June 7.
So it wasn’t too soon then?
:-)
Best,
L
My guess is that he got dumped by the guy he was in a relationship with and couldn’t deal with it.
He should have gotten treatment for his Psychosis.
We used to care for and help mentally ill people in this country, now we hold them up as some kind of hero.
Somehow the media will make it so.
You sound heartless. But then again one less activist faggot to tell us what to do.
Never heard of him, but any suicide is a tragedy.
Brian Sims is the state rep who made an ass of himself trying to doxx teenage girls praying outside of a Philadelphia abortion clinic.
Amen.
Yep, my first thought...................
Quasi Modo... Quasi Modo... why does that ring a bell...?
Highly elevated rates of suicide is one of the many pathologies found in practicing homosexuals, particularly males.
One less crazy running around with a gun
Seriously:
Yes, he is the guy who attacked and doxxed teenaged girls
You are correct. Everything bad today is Trump’s fault, including global warming. Many thousands of years ago the Red River Valley in North Dakota was covered with ice, sometime 100 feet thick. What I cannot figure out is how that ice melted-Trump was not yet born and there were few if any coal fired power plants.
Well, he was mentally ill AND in a position of public trust.
Philly LGBTQ Activist Dies in Suicide
The news to me is that the Philadelphia Sherriff’s Office has a c*cksucker liaison:
“What do you do at the Sherriff’s office?”
“I work homicide.”
“I work burglary.”
“I’m a liaison to butt pirates.”
IMO, it’s significant that he committed suicide at the office. That tells me his trigger was work-related and he wanted to be found there. The vast majority of suicides are done away from the office because it’s not about the stress of the job.
so we know this guy?
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