bash back!

UDPATE: account from anarchoqueer reposted below.

Hundreds of people from across the Midwest and beyond attended the Bash Back! Convergence in Chicago May 28-31. Although reactions to the convergence vary greatly, agreement can be reached on one thing: Saturday night ended in what can only be characterized as an anti-queer police riot. After exiting a dance party at the Belmont el station, the crowd of over 100 soon came under attack from charging police cruisers. No dispersal order was given, but officers soon charged the crowd with batons and fists flailing. When it was over, four people were arrested and several hospitalized. With an international reputation of homophobia and brutality directed at queer and transfolk, the Chicago Police Department may be now be looking at yet another civil suit in the near future.

TCIMC is looking for more accounts from the convergence in Chicago. If you have something to share, please publish it (and we'll post a link here), or contact us. Thanks!

Read Below: Two accounts from Chicago Indymedia, Article from the Windy City Times, and more...

Hello Tranny-fags, boi-dykes, riot grrls, gender fuckers, sluts, and all queers and actual allies!! Hope you all have had a chance to rest and decompress from the DNC and RNC actions. Hope your report backs have gone as well as ours and you have had a chance to continue building your groups and starting new projects. New Bash Back chapters are popping up all over the country! The network of radical queers that has been built out of Anti-DNC and RNC organizing is growing and gaining momentum. Its time for another convergence.