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Contents:

• BEE HE WAS GAY MEME GENERATOR
• MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
• MATTHEW SHEPARD FALLY LAID TO RT 20 YEARS AFTER HE WAS KILLED FOR BEG GAY
• IN STIRRG SPEECH, PETE BUTTIGIEG MAK HISTORY AGA FOR LGBTQ AMERINS AS FIRST GAY BET NOMEE
• COLLEGE STUNT MURRED ON BREAK WAS KILLED BY FORMER CLASSMATE BEE HE WAS GAY: PROSECUTORS
• HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY
• IS HE GAY?
• MAN JAILED TURKEY FOR 20 DAYS JT BEE HE ‘LOOKED GAY’
• IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• THE HEARTBREAKG TE STORY OF THE GAY TEEN AND HIS DAD BEHD ‘JOE BELL’
• ED SHEERAN THOUGHT HE WAS GAY BEE HE LIKED BRNEY SPEARS
• ALMOST-EAGLE SUT NIED AWARD BEE HE IS GAY
• RAPPER BLUEFACE ACC HIS 6-YEAR-OLD SON OF BEG GAY BEE HE IGNORED WOMEN DANCG BIKIS

BEE HE WAS GAY MEME GENERATOR

Twenty years ago, Matthew Shepard was a "smart, funny" 21-year-old, no different than any other young man that was an "ordary kid who wanted to make the world a better place, " his parents October 1998, that all changed, when the openly gay llege stunt was abducted, beaten and tied to a fence life end a few days later, and wh me a wispread awarens of the dangers that members of the LGBTQ muny face every day. The homophobic btal killg also served as a talyst for progrs Ameri's laws and the two s that have passed, however, remas batable how far the untry has e sce the shock of that crime. They later nfsed they had "veloped a roe which they'd pretend to be gay to w Matt's nfince, " Marsn said.

(MORE: 'Gay panic' fense still ed vlence s may be banned by new feral bill)McKney h Shepard about 20 tim the head and face wh the end of the pistol, Marsn said, before the two stole Shepard's sho, got their tck and drove back to town.

MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR

Agast the gay muny until after he grew up to bee very terted ternatnal human rights, particularly women's rights the Middle East and Asia, and he studied polil science, said Marsn.

"Everybody he met, he said, 'Jt to let you know ahead of time, I'm gay, '" Dennis Shepard said. "The natn mournsThe shockg homophobic crime the sparsely-populated state garnered natnal sympathy.

A ndlelight vigil is held for Sla gay Wyomg stunt Matthew Shepard, Oct.

MATTHEW SHEPARD FALLY LAID TO RT 20 YEARS AFTER HE WAS KILLED FOR BEG GAY

Members of the Wtboro Baptist Church protted the funeral, picketg wh anti-gay Fred Phelps and his parishners traveled om Kansas to Laramie for the funeral and trial, prottg wh brightly lored signs and spewg hatred. McKney went to trial, and fense attorneys argued his vlent actns were "gay panic" -- a reactn to Shepard makg a sexual advance. "When the fense gets out there and starts talkg out of, the victim's flt, you know, 'gay panic, '...

"The "gay panic" fense is still legal most stat but has been outlawed a few. McKney has cled to speak to ABC News while Henrson did not immediately rpond to a requt for WashgtonShepard's murr shed a light on the spe of feral hate crime laws, which at the time did not clu sexual orientatn or genr gay activists monstrate the streets of North Hollywood to prott agast the ath of Wyomg Universy stunt Mathew Shepard, Oct. 13, Mata/AFP via Getty Imag FILEDemonstrators prott the hate killg of gay stunt Matthew Shepard, Oct.

IN STIRRG SPEECH, PETE BUTTIGIEG MAK HISTORY AGA FOR LGBTQ AMERINS AS FIRST GAY BET NOMEE

Matthew Shepard was tortured and murred 1998 and was targeted for beg gay, acrdg to wns.

"Beyond the feral hate crime law, the years sce Matthew Shepard's ath, among the most substantive legislative ws for the LGBTQ muny were the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell 2010, so gay ary members n serve openly whout fear of beg dismissed, and the legalizatn of same-sex marriage across the untry 2015.

COLLEGE STUNT MURRED ON BREAK WAS KILLED BY FORMER CLASSMATE BEE HE WAS GAY: PROSECUTORS

Michael Loccisano/Getty Imag, FILEFor Judy Shepard, one of the bt signs of cultural progrs is seeg Gay Straight Alliance groups rampg up schools. In Wyomg, where there's a populatn of jt 500, 000, she said there are 19 Gay Straight Allianc. Matthew Shepard was fally laid to rt Friday at the Washgton Natnal Cathedral 20 years after beg killed by two men bee he was gay.

Gene Robson, the first openly gay prit to be nsecrated a bishop the Epispal Church.

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR GUY FRIEND IS GAY

In an exclive terview wh Variety at last month’s Cann Film Ftival, jt hours before the world premiere of his long--the-works bpic “Rocketman, ” John spoke ndidly about the “privilege” of beg a gay entertaer.

I’ve been very privileged bee I’m a bs that kd of accepts gay people.

IS HE GAY?

But 1992, at age 45, he was quoted the same magaze sayg he was “que fortable beg gay. Now 72, John tells Variety that he was 23 when he actually realized he was gay.

Acrdg to “Rocketman, ” she told her son he would never be tly loved bee he was gay. “And I thk I wouldn’t have had the life I’ve had if I hadn’t been gay. “Don’t let anybody torture you for beg gay or for your sexualy.

“There are so many wonrful diverse people the world — straight people, gay people [and] transgenr people. People who should know better plac of rponsibily [and] attack gay people, transgenr people … they claim to be close to God, [but] they uldn’t be further away om God if they tried.

MAN JAILED TURKEY FOR 20 DAYS JT BEE HE ‘LOOKED GAY’

Nearly a year ago D Mo, Pete Buttigieg hugged his hband onstage after his w the Iowa uc ma him the first openly LGBTQ ndidate to earn legat toward a major polil party’s printial, he’s makg history aga as the first openly gay man to be nomated to a Cabet role, wh Print-elect Joe Bin tappg Buttigieg this week as his pick for U. “I n remember watchg the news… (and) seeg a story about an appotee of Print Clton named to be an ambassador attacked and nied a vote the Senate bee he was gay – ultimately able to serve only by a recs appotment, ” he said. “This will be a historic tone for LGBTQ visibily, ” said GLAAD print/CEO Sarah Kate Ellis a statement posted on Twter, notg that should the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor be nfirmed by the Senate, he would bee the first openly gay Cabet secretary U.

IS YOUR MAN GAY, STRAIGHT, OR BISEXUAL?

“If you’re not at the table, you’re probably on the menu, ” Jenngs said an terview, notg that gay Amerins died by the tens of thoands whout high-level reprentatn durg the AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

”Meanwhile, the Log Cab Republins, an anizatn reprentg LGBT nservativ, were quick to note that Buttigieg would not be the first openly gay man to serve a Cabet-level role.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Navy Rerve, me out as gay while servg as South Bend mayor 2015, sayg he had felt for years that he uld be out or polics, but not nomatn as Transportatn secretary, said LGBTQ Victory Instute print Annise Parker, “is a new tone a s-long effort to ensure LGBTQ people are reprented throughout our ernment – and s impact will reverberate well beyond the partment he will lead. Supreme Vedda, print and CEO of the North Texas LGBT Chamber of Commerce, said he hoped Buttigieg is appreciated as much for the skills and perspective he brgs to the Cabet role as for his stat as a gay man, though he acknowledged that Buttigieg’s visibily uld help break down stereotyp.

California prosecutors now believe a gay llege stunt was stabbed to ath while he was home on wter break this year bee of his sexual orientatn, PEOPLE nfirms.

“We will prove that Woodward killed Blaze bee Blaze was gay, ” Tony Rackckas, the D.

THE HEARTBREAKG TE STORY OF THE GAY TEEN AND HIS DAD BEHD ‘JOE BELL’

In a news release obtaed by PEOPLE, Rackckas said the anti-gay allegatn was based on Woodward’s digal activi — evince obtaed om his “cell phone, laptop, and social media” — that “revealed the dark si of [his] thoughts and tentns.

“They uld be scribed as racist, homophobic, anti-Semic, misogynistic and anti-ernment, ” he said. There are lots of reasons why you might want to know if your iend is gay.

ED SHEERAN THOUGHT HE WAS GAY BEE HE LIKED BRNEY SPEARS

You may want to know if your iend is gay, but there may be a good reason why they're stayg closeted.

For example, his fay may be vlently homophobic and by cidg that he's gay, you may out him by accint by treatg him different or implyg somethg whout meang to. If you're tryg to figure out if your iend is gay bee you want to date him (as a woman), 's important to remember that jt bee he might be terted men don't mean he's not terted women. Another important thg to remember is that 's not very important whether or not he's gay.

One of the theori about why some people are gay has to do wh the hormon that they're exposed to before they're born.

ALMOST-EAGLE SUT NIED AWARD BEE HE IS GAY

The hormone exposure levels may manift actual, physil ways which n be a vague ditor that a guy might be gay. Gay men are slightly more likely to have even fgers than straight men. It is possible that your guy iend is not gay but stead falls somewhere else on the Ksey sle of unirns and awomens.

Although some people the gay culture may put on a certa voice or a way of speakg, your iend talkg a siar or "effemate" way is still not a very good way to judge. What a guy enjoys is also not a very good way to judge if he is gay or not.

Everyone n enjoy different thgs; jt like a woman might enjoy watchg football, guys n also enjoy thgs that are more monly associated wh women or the gay muny. The movi he watch and the mic he listens to are also not fair methods to gge if he is straight or gayer than Elton John and Gee Takei put together.

RAPPER BLUEFACE ACC HIS 6-YEAR-OLD SON OF BEG GAY BEE HE IGNORED WOMEN DANCG BIKIS

There's the stereotype that if a guy is a good drser or if he spends a bunch of time on his hair, he's gay.

Sometim you might assume that jt bee a guy only hangs out wh girls or jt bee his bt iend also seems gay, then he might also be gay. Subtly brg up subjects that show him that you're okay wh your iends beg gay and that he don't need to hi his nature around you.

You n talk about another iend that is gay or even jt about someone hypothetilly g out if you don't know someone who's gay.