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  2. Dennis Shepard - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Matthew Shepard - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Judy Shepard - Wikipedia

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    In 2009, she published a memoir, The Meaning of Matthew [6] [7] about how her family dealt with his murder, the subsequent court cases, the media coverage, and their work to advance civil rights over the last decade. [2] In May 2009, Shepard met with President Barack Obama, where he promised her he would help pass the Matthew Shepard Act. [8]

  5. 25 years after Matthew Shepard's death, LGBTQ+ ... - AOL

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    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.

  6. Matthew Shepard's mom calls anti-LGBTQ bills a 'vicious ... - AOL

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    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.

  7. 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 ...

  8. The Meaning of Matthew - Wikipedia

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    The Meaning of Matthew: My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed is a 2009 memoir about the life of Matthew Shepard, written by his mother, Judy Shepard.The book was published by Hudson Street Press on September 3, 2009, and was featured as a New York Times best-seller for the week of September 27, 2009.

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

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    "Twenty-five years ago today, Matthew Shepard lost his life to a brutal act of hate and violence that shocked our nation and the world," he said this morning. "The week prior, Matthew had been ...