The 1999 play The Laramie Project explor the te story surroundg the ath of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man who was beaten and left to die Laramie, Wyo., 1998. The se, which beme a landmark symbol for hate crim, still elics varied reactns — which is why on Oct. 12, hundreds of other theaters around the world will perform The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, an Epilogue.
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- THE TTH BEHD AMERI’S MOST FAMO GAY-HATE MURR
- MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
THE TTH BEHD AMERI’S MOST FAMO GAY-HATE MURR
Twenty years ago, the btal killg of a young gay man Laramie, Wyo., drew natnal attentn and led to an expansn of a feral hate-crim law. * shepard gay man *
ET Matthew Shepard, the young gay man btally killed on a chilly night Wyomg 20 years ago this month, was fally laid to rt at Washgton Natnal Cathedral on Friday.
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. * shepard gay man *
A reflective, mic-filled service offered stark ntrast to the anti-gay protts that marred his funeral two s ago. Gene Robson, the first openly gay man elected a bishop the Epispal Church. Prosecutors alleged that Shepard was targeted simply bee he was gay.
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In the years sce, the circumstanc surroundg the se have been disputed, but Shepard's murr has neverthels e to be seen as a classic hate crime, highlightg anti-gay bigotry.