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    Out Rep Mark Takano knows anti-Asian bias attacks show “the long reach of Trumpism”

    Congressman Mark Takano of California’s 41st DistrictPhoto: Official Congressional Portrait When Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) decided to visit the sites of the anti-Asian shootings in…

    Kurt 04/01/2021
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    Matthew Shepard will be honored with a plaque at the National Cathedral

    Matthew Shepard, in a family photo carried in his father’s wallet.Photo: Courtesy the Matthew Shepard Foundation Twenty years after his death, Matthew Shepard, the young…

    Kurt 11/25/2019
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    One of Trump’s bigoted, anti-LGBTQ employees will now sit on the federal bench

    Federal judge nominee Steven MenashiPhoto: Screenshot via Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s YouTube page Just when you think the Trump administration has scraped the bottom of the…

    Kurt 11/16/2019
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    Matthew Shepard’s parents slammed the Trump administration at Department of Justice ceremony

    Judy and Dennis ShepardPhoto: Andy Carpenean, Laramie Daily Boomerang (AP) Matthew Shepard’s parents called out the Trump administration for acting like they care about their…

    Kurt 10/17/2019
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    I never met Matthew Shepard in life, but I know him in death

    Six years ago, when I was teaching a university Queer Studies course, I opened a unit on the topic of violence directed against members of…

    Kurt 10/12/2018
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    20 years after he died, Matthew Shepard’s ashes will be interred at the National Cathedral

    Matthew Shepard, in a family photo carried in his father’s wallet.Photo: Courtesy the Matthew Shepard Foundation Twenty years after his murder, hate crime victim Matthew…

    Kurt 10/11/2018
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    19 years later: A memorial tribute to Matthew Shepard

    For LGBT History Month and on the anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death, I wanted to share this memorial I gave on October 15, 1998,  in Amherst,…

    Kurt 10/12/2017
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    Should LGBT people try to restrict the speech of neo-Nazis & other deplorables?

    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the…

    Kurt 08/31/2017
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    Staying high in the days of going low: Lessons from Michelle Obama

    Michelle Obama speaks to the 2016 Democratic National Convention.Photo: screenshot When we see hate speech and injustice, we must hold tight to Michelle Obama’s words.…

    Kurt 07/30/2016
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    Matthew Shepard’s parents head to Russia on advocacy mission

    Judy and Dennis ShepardPhoto: Andy Carpenean, Laramie Daily Boomerang (AP) Judy and Dennis Shepard Andy Carpenean, Laramie Daily Boomerang (AP) NEW YORK — The parents…

    Kurt 11/20/2014
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