University in New York Yawns After Gay Student Violently Threatened

SUNY Oswego campus police didn’t even collect physical evidence of an anti-gay slur and violent threats made against Tyler Ray Johnson

James Finn
Prism & Pen
Published in
8 min readApr 7, 2023

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Tyler Ray Johnson (L) from TikTok. Tyler holding a threatening note slipped under his dorm-room door. Photo by Tyler Ray Johnson, used with permission.

Caution: This story contains an anti-gay slur necessary for clarity and impact. Mental health problems and suicidal thoughts

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James Finn
Prism & Pen

James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.