Michelle Abdill and Roxanne Ellis were coworkers when they met in Colorado Springs in 1983 and eventually became a couple. In 1990, they moved to Medford, Oregon to escape anti-LGBT hostility in Colorado Springs. They wouldn't avoid it entirely. In 1995, they were murdered by Robert Acremant, in part because they were lesbians.

Michelle Abdill and Roxanne Ellis were coworkers when they met in Colorado Springs in 1983 and eventually became a couple. In 1990, they moved to Medford, Oregon to escape anti-LGBT hostility in Colorado Springs. They wouldn't avoid it entirely. In 1995, they were murdered by Robert Acremant, in part because they were lesbians.

Michelle Abdill and Roxanne Ellis were coworkers when they met in Colorado Springs in 1983 and eventually became a couple. In 1990, they moved to Medford, Oregon to escape anti-LGBT hostility in Colorado Springs. They wouldn't avoid it entirely. In 1995, they were murdered by Robert Acremant, in part because they were lesbians.
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Episode 1 - Michells Abdill and Roxanne Ellis

A podcast about crimes motivated by prejudice on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or other grounds.The Hate Crime Files is researched, written, produced and hosted by Terrance Heath. Terrance Heath is an black, gay writer and activist, living in Maryland with his two sons.

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