Fifteen years after Matthew Shepard was tied to a fence and fatally beaten after leavg a bar Wyomg, a new book claims the gay teenager was murred for “reasons far more plited” than beg homosexual.
Contents:
- MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
- MATTHEW SHEPARD NOT MURRED FOR BEG GAY, NEW BOOK CLAIMS
- GAY MAN BEATEN AND LEFT FOR DEAD; 2 ARE CHARGED
- MONTANA MAN SENTENCED FOR HATE CRIME SHOOTG SPREE TO RID TOWN OF GAYS AND LBIANS
MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
Matthew Shepard was abducted, beaten and killed 20 years ago bee he was gay. * gay man killed in montana *
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.
MATTHEW SHEPARD NOT MURRED FOR BEG GAY, NEW BOOK CLAIMS
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(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. 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.
"He said, 'Mom I'm gay. "Everybody he met, he said, 'Jt to let you know ahead of time, I'm gay, '" Dennis Shepard said.
GAY MAN BEATEN AND LEFT FOR DEAD; 2 ARE CHARGED
A Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years prison after his nvictn on feral hate crime and firearm charg related to a “self-scribed missn to rid the town of Bas of s lbian, queer and gay muny,” officials said. * gay man killed in montana *
Agast the gay muny until after he died, " he 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.
MONTANA MAN SENTENCED FOR HATE CRIME SHOOTG SPREE TO RID TOWN OF GAYS AND LBIANS
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.