Thirteen years ago today, Matthew Shepard died because he was gay. Matthew was taken from this world by Aaron McKinney and Russel Henderson who had offered to give him a ride home from Fireside Lounge in Laramie,
Thirteen years ago today, Matthew Shepard died because he was gay. Matthew was taken from this world by Aaron McKinney and Russel Henderson who had offered to give him a ride home from Fireside Lounge in Laramie,
The bicyclist was the first person to find the beaten body of...Read Full Story
By CHRIS SILK Patricia Clopton, Gabriela Elvir, Lucy Harris, and Lori Moreau portray media people listening to Jack Weld, as Rulon Stacy, gives an update on Matthew Shepard. "The Laramie Project," which runs through Oct. 22 at the Laboratory Theater of
In what has been described as a galvanizing moment for America's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, 21-year-old college student Matthe.
The Matthew Shepard Foundation is among only 25 US charities chosen to compete for...Read Full Story
It has been almost 13 years since Matthew Shepard was beaten and tied to a fence in cowboy country. Since it happened in Wyoming, so close to home for Montanans, it felt like we were somehow an accessory to Shepard's murder. Attitudes toward gays among
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Matthew Shepard's earthy journey ended tragically 13 years ago on October 12, 1998. At 21, he was the victim of a famously brutal beating. As Melissa Etheridge so eloquently sings, we may...Read Full Story
Matthew Shepard's earthy journey ended tragically 13 years ago on October 12, 1998. At 21, he was the victim of a famously brutal beating. As Melissa Etheridge so eloquently sings, we may forgive the homophobic hatred and the horrific murder of a
By CHRIS SILK Patricia Clopton, Gabriela Elvir, Lucy Harris, and Lori Moreau portray media people listening to Jack Weld, as Rulon Stacy, gives an update on Matthew Shepard. "The Laramie Project," which runs through Oct. 22 at the Laboratory...Read Full Story
The bicyclist was the first person to find the beaten body of Matthew Shepard. And that infamous 1998 discovery changed everything in the small town of Laramie, Wyo. The bicyclist – played by actor Lucy Harris in Lab Theater's powerful new play,
On the anniversary of Matthew Shepard's untimely death, its a breath of fresh air that today marks a major step forward in the fight against bullying. be a STAR (beastaralliance.org) is an anti-bullying alliance co-founded by The Creative Coalition...Read Full Story
I want you to think for a second of the story of Matthew Shepard ... It seems clear that this was an all too common gay bashing ruse where homophobic men set out to find their prey, they come on to a gay man in some fashion by promising ...
The whole point of such hate crimes is to de-humanize the victim and his class ... So, we can see a set up here: the angels are strangers in Sodom, Lot (the good guy) leads him back to their home to offer them accommodations because this ...
Linda Gilmore, Emma LaPlace, Kaite Laurie, Gabriel Morrow, Joanne Pelkey, Catherine Pelkey, Jeff Porper, Kitty Robertson, Johnny Shea, the Rev. Sara Smith, Dan Travers and Peter Wood. The play’s director is Eli Newsom, the assistant director is Chad ...
The father of Matthew Shepard, the gay University of Wyoming student who was tortured and murdered in 1998, came to Nashville today to denounce anti-gay…
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Dennis Shepard, the father of Matthew Shepard, said legislators are encouraging the bullying of gay, lesbian and transgendered people with bills aimed at them. These bills have contributed to the suicides of two Tennessee high school students in ...
The father of slain gay student Matthew Shepard has joined the chorus of dissenting voices urging Tennessee voters to resist proposed anti-LGBT legislation including the controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill. As The Tennessean is reporting, Dennis ...
He referenced the suicides of two Tennessee teens in his speech -- Phillip Parker and Jacob Rogers-- who were reported ... which we're most used to -- which is what happened basically to Matt. Beaten to death. There's the verbal bullying -- "He's so ...
Matthew Shepard was murdered for being gay 14 years ago, but the tragically curtailed life of the University of Wyoming student has resonated with theater audiences ever since "The Laramie Project" debuted on stage in 2000. Moises Kaufman and actor members ...
The Alfred State College Drama Club will present a staged reading of The Laramie ... The play is based on an incident that took place In 1998 when Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay student registered at the University of Wyoming, was tied to a cattle ...
and Matthew Shepard's father. Lowe, McCarthy and Parrish are joined by the equally superb Tiffany Berg, Gregory Cesena, Theodore Lance, Jill Cary Martin and Jessica Runde. Like their Tectonic counterparts, these eight cast members are fiercely ...
Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming in 1998.
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Six years ago, on a cold October night on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyo., 21-year-old gay college student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten, tied to a fence and left for dead. He ...