Shane Bitney Crone (born December 19, 1985) is an American filmmaker,
writer, speaker, and advocate for LGBT rights.Crone was born in
Kalispell, Montana. He moved to Los Angeles after high school
graduation.Crone made headlines in May 2012 when he released a video
on YouTube titled "It Could Happen to You," in which he spoke of the
devastation he faced after the unexpected death of his longtime life
partner, Tom Bridegroom (Born: April 22, 1982, Knox, Indiana; Died:
May 7, 2011, Los Angeles, California), a year earlier. Bridegroom was
an actor and songwriter who hosted the TV series The X Effect. While
Crone's own family was loving and accepting of his sexual orientation,
Bridegroom's family was not, and had gone so far as to threaten Tom
with physical violence and to blame Crone for "making" Tom gay. After
Bridegroom accidentally fell to his death while photographing his
friend Alexandra Grossi on the roof of her four-story apartment
building in the Silverlake-Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles,
Crone was threatened with physical violence if he attended
Bridegroom's funeral and was not mentioned in Bridegroom's obituary or
memorial service. Crone had also been denied hospital visitations and
other rights accorded married couples because he was not recognized as
Bridegroom's partner or as family.Crone's emotional plea for rights
for same-sex couples became one of the most widely viewed clips on
YouTube shortly after its release. Crone was stunned and gratified by
the reception to his video, and told RadarOnline.com that he made the
video as a form of therapy to help him deal with his loss and to
further positive change for same-sex couples in the United States.
writer, speaker, and advocate for LGBT rights.Crone was born in
Kalispell, Montana. He moved to Los Angeles after high school
graduation.Crone made headlines in May 2012 when he released a video
on YouTube titled "It Could Happen to You," in which he spoke of the
devastation he faced after the unexpected death of his longtime life
partner, Tom Bridegroom (Born: April 22, 1982, Knox, Indiana; Died:
May 7, 2011, Los Angeles, California), a year earlier. Bridegroom was
an actor and songwriter who hosted the TV series The X Effect. While
Crone's own family was loving and accepting of his sexual orientation,
Bridegroom's family was not, and had gone so far as to threaten Tom
with physical violence and to blame Crone for "making" Tom gay. After
Bridegroom accidentally fell to his death while photographing his
friend Alexandra Grossi on the roof of her four-story apartment
building in the Silverlake-Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles,
Crone was threatened with physical violence if he attended
Bridegroom's funeral and was not mentioned in Bridegroom's obituary or
memorial service. Crone had also been denied hospital visitations and
other rights accorded married couples because he was not recognized as
Bridegroom's partner or as family.Crone's emotional plea for rights
for same-sex couples became one of the most widely viewed clips on
YouTube shortly after its release. Crone was stunned and gratified by
the reception to his video, and told RadarOnline.com that he made the
video as a form of therapy to help him deal with his loss and to
further positive change for same-sex couples in the United States.
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