GAY LIBERATION NETWORK holds an annual march in Boystown for Matthew Shepard. The annual Shepard March memorializes the 1998 lynching of the gay Wyoming student, who came to symbolize the vicious hatred and violence that many Americans still harbor against LGBT people.

Each year since our founding that same year, the Gay Liberation Network has sought to use the march to highlight not only anti-LGBT violence, but the hatred and violations of civil rights which fuel it. Each year we choose a contemporary theme which illustrates this. Our theme this year is demanding that the justice system in Chicago adequately deal with police officers who violate the civil rights of LGBT people.

In particular, we are demanding that the City take action against Officer Richard Fiorito -- the subject of 20 federal lawsuits charging him with framing, and sometimes beating LGBT motorists in the heart of the Boyst entertainment district. We demand that the police department put him on desk duty until the internal and external charges against him are adjudicated. Furthermore, given the extensive evidence showing probable cause of criminal wrongdoing, we demand that the Cook County States Attorneys Office press criminal charges such as Obstruction of Justice and Aggravated Battery

More details about this year's Matthew Shepard March will be forthcoming soon.
Until then, please hold the date -- Saturday, October 17th.!!
Halsted & Roscoe 7 - 11pm         3407 N Halsted

If you're looking to get involved, please attend!



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