The 10th Anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s Lynching

The 10th Anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s Lynching

Many LGBTs were lynched both before and after the murder of Wyoming gay college student Matthew Shepard in 1998. 

Several gay riots happened before the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion.  What made both events different from many other similar ones was that protests and other street organizing that came in their wake.

Among the many organizations and initiatives that came out of the organizing that followed Matthew Shepard’s lynching was what became the Gay Liberation Network (formerly known as the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network).  In this episode of the Gay Liberation Network on Chicago Access Network TV, long time GLN member Brent Holman-Gomez discusses the enduring social and political implications of Shepard’s murder with GLN co-founder Andy Thayer.

Originally broadcast September 12, 2008

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