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Perez Hilton is learning, the hard way, that he’s not quite the legend in the real world that he thinks he is in his own mind.

Perez took to his site to issue and apology for using an inappropriate word choice when he didn’t know how to better handle a high pressure situation with Will.i.am in Toronto last week.  The further muckraking of this event involves a lawsuit Perez Hilton (real name Mario Lavendeira) has filed agains Polo Molina – the person accused of punching Perez.

But after stating that he would donate the proceeds of his lawsuit, against Molina, to the Matthew Shephard Foundation, Matthew Sphepherd’s mother posted the following statement on their website.

STATEMENT FROM MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION REGARDING PEREZHILTON.COM

The Matthew Shepard Foundation was surprised to learn this morning via media reports that blogger Perez Hilton (Mario Lavandeira) has announced he plans to donate, to our organization, the proceeds of a lawsuit he is contesting over an altercation which has been widely reported in recent days.

We had no advance notice or contact from Mr. Hilton or his representatives regarding this proposal, nor any communication since he posted this plan to his website.

We do not know the details of the lawsuit, whether it has been filed, the nature of his claims or the likely outcome. But because the lawsuit presumably involves the physical attack prompted by Mr. Hilton’s admitted use of an anti-gay slur, the Foundation will be unable to accept any funds obtained in such a manner.

We very much appreciate the generosity of the offer to support our continuing work to memorialize Matthew through activism in defense of sexual minorities and in favor of understanding, compassion, and acceptance. But because so much of our work involves education to reduce the use of hateful language against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, or those so perceived, it would be inappropriate for us to benefit financially from circumstances in which such a verbal attack was involved.

While we applaud Mr. Hilton’s apology to the LGBT community and their loved ones for his use of such a slur, we also feel compelled to point out that use of epithets can often lead to physical violence, as it appears it may have in this case, and that the Matthew Shepard Foundation has worked for more than 10 years to bring to people’s attention the consequences of hateful or inolerant language.

Judy Shepard

Chair, MSF Governing Board

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