Remember
Thirteen years ago tonight, on October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked and left to die, simply because he was gay. He was found almost a full day later tied to a fence, and died in the hospital on October 12. When he was found, the only parts of his face that were not covered in blood were the small streaks where his tears had fallen. Since that day, Matthew has become a symbol for the hate and discrimination against the LGBTQ community. We have come so far in those thirteen years, but we still have a long way to go.
2 comments:
R.I.P.
He is with the Lord.
thank you for this 'rememberance' post, ican't add anything more than to say i'll remember and i'll keep his sweet memory as a young man looking to be loved... the tradgedy of the ending of this man's life sadly will be repeated tomorrow and for many morrows to come such senseless violence will befall those whom are perceived as different and when will people come to know love is what everyone deserves no matter their differences?
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