Rebecca Farnham
marketing manager | Gayborhood
"No. I’m not saying the media should de-gayize him or pretend he wasn’t gay. But it would have been sufficient to say Vesper Flanagan was gay, and leave it at that. I don’t see the need to go into details of his sexual preferences."
Sheehan Kovall
server | Italian Market area
"No, he didn’t kill the people because he was gay. He obviously was a disturbed person. I don’t see how you could kill two of your former colleagues and not be disturbed. His sexual orientation wasn’t related to the crime. I find the news coverage about his sex life to be slanderous."
Gail Stolp
bartender | South Philadelphia
"No, I don’t think that his sex life is relevant to the story. I just think it’s unfair to point out details of his sexuality, unless the story can’t be told otherwise. The potential for abuse by including that information outweighs its benefits."
Keith Wesson
graphic designer | Cheltenham
"No, it’s not important to know the details of a killer’s lifestyle, unless it motivated the crime. In this case, whether the gentleman had male pin-ups on his wall is completely irrelevant. Including those details in a news story is more salacious than enlightening."
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