Some LGBTQ students, faculty and alumni now fear for their safety in Oxford, a town known for being more inclusive than most in Mississippi.
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today August 8, 2022 Lindsey Trinh, a senior journalism student at the University of Mississippi, said she won't be going back to school in person this fall after the killing of Jimmie"Jay" Lee. Lindsey Trinh wiped her tearful eyes with the collar of her navy blue Ole Miss T-shirt as she described the fear and anxiety she has experienced in the month since police announced a student had been charged with the murder of Jimmie “Jay” Lee.
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