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Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. [1]
Shepard's murder was, without a doubt, an act of hate and violence. ... of what is seen as the greater good. "25 years after Matthew Shepard's death," the A.P. noted in a piece ... told Wyoming's ...
It has been 25 years since the body of Matthew Shepard was discovered in Laramie, Wyoming. The gay college student had been tied to a fence post, tortured and left to die. The murder drew national ...
The hate that Matthew’s murder spotlighted still exists today. Just last year, five people were killed by a far-right gunman in an anti-LGBTQ attack on a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Judy Shepard (née Peck; born August 15, 1952) is the mother 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-profile cases highlighting hate-crimes against LGBTQ people.
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 ...
Judy and Dennis Shepard reflect on their son Matthew Shepard's legacy and ... Matthew, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, went to an LGBTQ resource group meeting to ...
Published by Steerforth in 2013, the book is an investigation into the murder of Matthew Shepard. Jimenez was the producer of a 2004 20/20 news program about the Shepard's murder. [ 2 ] The book discusses the case and argues that the crime was not a hate crime based on Shepherd's sexual orientation , but that he was a methamphetamine dealer who ...