Posts Tagged ‘ matthew shephard ’

October’s Queer Activism

Oct 11th, 2008 | By Sinclair | Category: poetry, theory

On October 6th, 1998, Matthew Shepard was tied to a fence in Laramie, Wyoming, beaten, and left for dead - because he was gay. He was taken to a nearby trauma hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, and died on October 12th.
I lived in Fort Collins at the time. I was not out, I was living [...]