Two years ago, George Bush's veto threat stopped the Matthew Shepard Act. And every six hours of every day since then, someone has been violently attacked for being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
We cannot afford to wait two more years to pass this bill.That's why HRC is rolling out an organizing, media, and lobbying campaign.
But we need to raise $120,000 before the week is out to help fund this critical work.
Join HRC before the fiscal deadline TONIGHT, and help pass this landmark legislation.In early December, Jose Sucuzhañay, a real estate broker and father of two, was attacked by a gang of men in Brooklyn. They beat him to death with a baseball bat while yelling anti-Hispanic and anti-gay slurs. He had been walking arm-in-arm with his brother, huddling against the cold.
Just days later, near San Francisco, four men attacked a woman with a rainbow sticker on her car, taunted her for being a lesbian, drove her to an abandoned building and brutally raped her, leaving her naked on the street.
We must give local law enforcement the tools they need to investigate and prosecute these heinous crimes. Help us raise $120,000 to fight for the Matthew Shepard Act.