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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. ... with Shepard set to receive a $10,000 shipment of methamphetamine around the time he was killed. Also relevant is that ...
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — When two roofing workers beat a young gay man to death in Wyoming in 1998, the gruesome crime quickly reverberated around the U.S. and turned the sandy-haired college ...
Shepard was a student who was tortured and murdered in 1998 near Laramie, Wyoming. The attack was widely reported due to him being gay , and the trial employed a gay panic defense . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Byrd was an African American man who was tied to a truck by two white supremacists and a third man who had no racist background, dragged behind it, and ...
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.
Judy and Dennis Shepard reflect on their son Matthew Shepard's legacy and LGBTQ rights today. ... Matthew, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, went to an LGBTQ resource ...
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 LGBTQ people. He and his wife, Judy Shepard, are co-founders of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, [1] and advocate for LGBT rights. He ...