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The Whole World Was Watching: Living in the Light of Matthew Shepard. New Hampshire: Advocate Books. ISBN 1-55583-901-0. Jimenez, Stephen (2013). The Book of Matt: hidden truths about the murder of Matthew Shepard. Steerforth Press. ISBN 978-1-58642-226-4. Loffreda, Beth (2000). Losing Matt Shepard: life and politics in the aftermath of anti ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
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.
The brutal 1998 murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard sparked an outcry that paved the way for broader LGBT+ rights and hate crime legislation across the US. But as the 25th ...
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.
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