On the evening of Friday October 8th, 1999, the Chicago Anti-Bashing Network (CABN) sponsored a march to commemorate ‘GLBT murder victims’ throughout the U.S., and specifically to mark the one-year anniversary of the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard. Though it was not the only march honouring Matthew Shepard that week in Chicago (“Symbol of Violence”), it was significant in its explicit focus on violence against the broader 2SLGBTQ+ community, specifically violence against trans women (“Violence march Friday”).
Outlines — a prominent LGBT newspaper in Chicago in the late 1980s and through the 1990s — published the following article written by Tracy Baims, the founder of Outlines, about the march (article courtesy of the Arquives):
