Sunday, February 25, 2007
Where are they now?
I remember the Matthew Shepard vigil at the US Capitol like it was yesterday. A friend made a killer banner which said "Homphobia=Death" in the style of the old ACT-UP poster, "Silence=Death."I was proud of my community how they stood with Matthew, his family, and friends.
I wonder if I will be as proud of their reactions to the death of Andrew Anthos. Why do I have the horrible feeling that a 72 year old black man won't get the same treatment as Matthew? Why did Tyrone Garner, one of two co-defendants in the most important gay legal victory in history, die penniless, his body sent to the morgue with little care for his memory? Where were the protests at the Capitol when Michael Sandy was brutally killed in New York?
Sometimes I'm ashamed to be white in America today.
By: Michael Rogers
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