Many hundreds more gathered in nearby Fort Collins, Colo., and in Casper, Wyo., on Oct. 10 and 11. And the Mexican American people were there. There were older people. There were straight people. It was so cold, but there were young couples holding their babies.
People understand that hate crosses into everything.
In the days following the announcement of Shepard s death, the outpouring of outrage at this barbarously anti-gay killing spilled into streets and campuses from coast to coast in even greater numbers. Thousands converged on the Colorado State Capitol in Denver on Oct. 12. Hundreds marched in West Hollywood, Los Angeles. University of Maryland students rallying against a viciously anti-gay column in the student newspaper linked their struggle to Shepard s death. And other protests were scheduled in cities large and small throughout the United States.