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Matthew Shepard was a gay American student who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. His murder sparked national and international attention to hate crime legislation and LGBT rights activism.
It's been 25 years since Matthew Shepard, a gay 21-year-old University of Wyoming student, died six days after he was savagely beaten by two young men and tied to a remote fence to meet his fate.
But the myth has continued to persist, as they sometimes do when in service of what is seen as the greater good. "25 years after Matthew Shepard's death," the A.P. noted in a piece this morning ...
Due out in October, the Investigation Discovery special takes an in-depth look at the 21-year-old's tragic death and its impact on the LGBTQ rights movement.
Blood & Tears: Poems for Matthew Shepard edited by Scott Gibson and published by Painted Leaf Press in 1999, is a collection of poems by seventy-five different poets. Some of the poems were written in direct response to Shepard's death while others are offered in his memory.
The act expands the federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. It is named after Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr., who were murdered in 1998 for their sexual orientation and race, respectively.
October 12 will mark the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death. In the ensuing quarter-century, the LGBTQ community has made remarkable progress, even as we continue the struggle for ...
Yet "Considering Matthew Shepard," based on the life and death of a gay Wyoming student, has worked miraculously in small towns with community and college choirs as well. Some perform a shortened ...