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Wednesday, May 2
“Chile’s Matthew Shepard"
On April 4, 2012, Chile’s Congress passed an anti-discrimination law in the wake of the brutal beating and torture death of a young man a month earlier. He was 24-year-old Daniel Zamudio, who was targeted by four men because he was gay.
The hate crime sparked outrage from Chile’s LGBT community and drew attention worldwide, even prompting the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights to urge Chile to pass such a law. The law was first introduced seven years earlier, but was opposed by the Catholic Church.
Daniel’s death was reminiscent of that of Matthew Shepard in 1998. It was 11 years later that the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was passed here in the U.S.
More about Daniel tomorrow.
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