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Hate crime murder victim. Brandon Teena [note 1] (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American transgender man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen. [2] [3] His life and death were the subject of the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys ...
The Matthew Shepard Story is a 2002 made-for-television film directed by Roger Spottiswoode, based on the true story of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay youth who was murdered in 1998. The film scenario written by John Wierick and Jacob Krueger, it starred Shane Meier as Matthew and Stockard Channing as Judy Shepard and Sam Waterston as ...
Matthew Shepard (1976–1998) Logan Shepard (b. 1981) Dennis Shepard is the father of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at University of Wyoming who was murdered in October 1998 in what became one of the most high-profiled cases highlighting hate crimes against LGBT people. He and his wife, Judy Shepard, are co-founders of the Matthew ...
Spouse. Iris (m. 2009 – present) Romaine Patterson (born March 31, 1978) is an American LGBT rights activist, radio personality, and author. She first received national attention for her activism at the funeral of murdered gay student Matthew Shepard; the two became friends when Shepard moved to Casper, Wyoming to attend college.
The Matthew Shepard Foundation is an LGBT nonprofit organization, headquartered in Casper, Wyoming, which was founded in December 1998 by Dennis and Judy Shepard in memory of their son, Matthew, who was murdered in 1998.
Scene from a 2008 performance depicting the candlelight vigils held for Matthew Shepard Scene from 2005 performance depicting Westboro Baptist Church protesters. The Laramie Project is a 2000 American play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project (specifically, Leigh Fondakowski, writer-director; Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Stephen Wangh, Amanda Gronich ...
In 1999, the documentary Journey to a Hate Free Millennium was created, showcasing three United States hate crimes, including the shootings at Columbine High School; the death of a gay student, Matthew Shepard; and the murder of James Byrd Jr. The same year, the city of Jasper named a local park the "James Byrd Jr. Memorial Park" in his honor.
The couple founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation, an LGBTQ rights nonprofit, in 1998. “We were getting ready to retire in 2015, and then the election of 2016 occurred,” Dennis said.