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  2. Matthew Shepard - Wikipedia

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    The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed, is a 2009 biographical book by Judy Shepard about her son. Judy Shepard speaks about her loss, her family memories of Matthew, and the tragic event that changed the Shepards' lives and America.

  3. Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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    Conceived as a response to the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr., both in 1998, the measure expands the 1968 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.

  4. Matthew Shepard's Murder Was Almost Certainly Not an ... - AOL

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    In other words, Shepard's murder was almost certainly fueled by disagreements over money and drugs rather than gay identity, something that Henderson confirmed in an interview from prison with the ...

  5. Voices: Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder is still a warning to ...

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    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.

  6. Stephen Jimenez - Wikipedia

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    Jimenez first visited Laramie shortly after the murder, planning to write a screenplay and believing that the murder was a straightforward homophobic killing. [20] Jimenez spent 13 years researching the murder, and came to the conclusion that Matthew and one of the men convicted of his murder were involved in the illegal trade in crystal meth .

  7. New Documentary Is A Powerful Tribute To Matthew Shepard, 25 ...

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    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.

  8. Cultural depictions of Matthew Shepard - Wikipedia

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    Cultural depictions of Matthew Shepard include notable films, musical works, novels, plays, and other works inspired by the 1998 Matthew Shepard murder, investigation, and resulting interest the case brought to the topic of hate crime. The best known is the stage play The Laramie Project, which was adapted into an HBO movie of the same name.

  9. Why Matthew Shepard’s Story Was So Important For ... - AOL

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    The two-hour documentary special “The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime” airs Monday, Oct. 9, at 9 p.m. ET on ID (ahead of the 25th anniversary of Shepard’s death on Oct. 12 ...