Matthew Shepard was abducted, beaten and killed 20 years ago bee he was gay.
Contents:
- GAY YOUTH'S DEATH SHAK COLO. CY
- MATTHEW SHEPARD, MURRED GAY STUNT, FALLY LAID TO RT
- SOME OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST NOTOR GAY MURRS REMA UNSOLVED / QUEERTY
- STT JOHNSON: MAN NFS TO 1988 GAY HATE MURR
- THE TTH BEHD AMERI’S MOST FAMO GAY-HATE MURR
- JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
- MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
- MATTHEW SHEPARD, VICTIM OF ANTI-GAY HATE CRIME, DI
GAY YOUTH'S DEATH SHAK COLO. CY
Universy of Wyomg stunt Matthew Shepard, who was openly gay, was btally beaten October 1998 by Aaron McKney and Rsell Henrson. Shepard died several days later. The cint received ternatnal media verage and ntu to spark ntroversy about hate crim. Shepard’s parents, Judy and Dennis, tablished a foundatn Matthew’s name, which ntu s pro-LGBT tnal work today. * gay murder 1998 *
6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old Universy of Wyomg stunt who was openly gay, went alone to the Firi Lounge Laramie after a meetg of the mp LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr) stunt group and a quick stop at the Village Inn.
MATTHEW SHEPARD, MURRED GAY STUNT, FALLY LAID TO RT
A Look At Some Of Hollywood's Most Notor Gay Murrs * gay murder 1998 *
Shortly after midnight, Shepard left the bar wh McKney and Henrson; police and prosecutors would assert that the two men lured Shepard, perhaps unr the pretense of themselv beg gay, but fact wh the tent of robbg him. Ed Andriki, The Associated their 36 hours of preparatn and travel, the story of the attack spread om lol to regnal to natnal media, unrsred by the reports om several of Shepard’s iends that he was gay and their fears that he had fallen victim to an anti-gay hate crime. After his effort to mount a “gay panic fense” was led out by Judge Barton Voight, McKney’s unsel, prosecutor Cal Recha and the Shepards agreed to a siar plea barga for nsecutive life sentenc and McKney’s agreement not to speak to the media about the se, a provisn he would repeatedly vlate later years.
SOME OF HOLLYWOOD’S MOST NOTOR GAY MURRS REMA UNSOLVED / QUEERTY
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen jt me out as gay. * gay murder 1998 *
Wyomg legislators 1999 nsired a state-level hate crime bill that extend to anti-gay and -lbian crimal motivatns, but the measure failed the state Hoe on a 30-30 tie on two nsecutive days and has not sce been serly bated.
STT JOHNSON: MAN NFS TO 1988 GAY HATE MURR
Deadly Asslt on Wyomg College Stunt Stunned People Across the Country, Remdg Many Southland Gays and Lbians of Their Vulnerabily to Attacks * gay murder 1998 *
They pare the killg to the 1998 murr of gay llege stunt Matthew Shepard Wyomg, and say illtrat the need for an expand hate crim law Colorado that would ver bias-motivated attacks on gays.
Wagner, who spent a month Cortez fortg Martez's mother, echoed other activists who pla officials have played down anti-gay bias as a motive bee they fear the adverse publicy that befell Laramie, Wyo., after Shepard's murr. "I thk there was some fear that this was gog to turn to a Matthew Shepard-type cint, and that n't help any muny, " said Larson, who last wter beme the first Republin lawmaker to -sponsor the hate crim bill favored by gay rights activists. Acrdg to the affidav, Clt Sanchez, a iend of Murphy's, told thori that he and Murphy were cisg a r Cortez on the night of June 16 and gave a ri to a young gay man, whom tectiv allege was Martez.
"The police are beg very ut, and I gus I kd of unrstand why they'd want to be nservative, " said John Peters-Campbell, a Cortez rint and board member of the regnal Gay and Lbian Alliance for Diversy. On Friday, the llege stunt who beme a symbol of adly vlence agast gay people followg his 1998 murr, will get a fal rtg place at Washgton Natnal Cathedral — ee om bigots seekg to secrate his memory.
THE TTH BEHD AMERI’S MOST FAMO GAY-HATE MURR
Shepard’s parents are grateful his ath has paved the way for protectns wh the LGBTQ muny and to know his ternment at the thedral reprents some acceptance of gay people wh the church.
JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
Image source, Steve JohnsonImage ptn, Stt me to Atralia 1986 om the USA man has fally nfsed to the murr of Cambridge Universy graduate Stt Johnson after more than 30 27-year-old's naked body was found at the bottom of North Head cliffs, a well known gay cisg ground Sydney, Atralia, back the time, his ath was led as suici - somethg his fay never Whe was arrted and charged 2020, and this week unexpectedly plead guilty at a pre-trial lawyers attempted to have the admissn whdrawn, argug that Whe, 50, was not mentally on Thursday, a Supreme Court judge rejected that motn, wrg the plea was entered " a loud clear voice, and an emphatic and termed manner".
MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
"It was nceivable to me that Stt went somewhere and jumped off a cliff, " his brother Steve told Rad 1 Newsbeat 2018, when he was sperately mpaigng for the tth behd his brother's 2005 Steve says he beme aware of quts to siar aths of gay men at Bondi Beach Sydney - the moment when he says he "woke up" to what might have happened to his younger lol police showed ltle tert re-openg Stt's se, Steve hired an vtigator who unvered urt rerds of gangs who roamed northern beach Sydney at the time mtg asslts agast gay source, Steve JohnsonImage ptn, Steve (left) has spent more than 30 years tryg to fd out the tth about his brother Stt's athAll the years later, Steve told ABC that he was grateful a trial uld be avoid.
On both ocsns police found nothg to nvce them Stt hadn't taken his own November 2017 a roner led Stt had been murred by a gay hate gang, which led to a new was timated up to 80 gay men were murred by homophobic gangs and around Sydney the late eighti - wh many phed off third qut created a lot of publicy, wh Atralian police eventually renewg their vtigatn and offerg a $1m reward for rmatn, wh Steve reportedly offerg an addnal $ rerds show "a strike force" was assembled, and followg rmatn received om a member of the public, foc turned to Stt was arrted and charged wh murr on 12 May source, Steve JohnsonImage ptn, Steve says he spent summers wh his brother travellg, readg philosophy and dog maths togetherNew South Wal Police Commissner Mick Fuller prevly said Stt's ath was one of the most challengg s he's ever worked on - mostly bee no-one was willg to talk about his murr.
MATTHEW SHEPARD, VICTIM OF ANTI-GAY HATE CRIME, DI
Stt moved om the US to Atralia 1986 bee, at the time, domtic partnership laws (siar to civil partnership) were some of the most clive the homosexualy had only been crimalised New South Wal 1984 and Steve believ police did not take hate crim serly at the time of his brother's source, Steve JohnsonImage ptn, Stt moved to Atralia 1986 to be wh a man he met at Cambridge Universy"The gay muny were send class cizens. The Sixth Commandment9pm, BBC OneTimothy Spall stars this dark drama by Sarah Phelps based on the horrifyg real-life se of Peter Farquhar, an elrly, eply closeted gay amic who was sced, exploed and eventually murred by too-good-to-be-te stunt Ben Field (Éanna Hardwicke).
Image source, Tham Valley PoliceImage ptn, Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Mart were both sgle and vulnerableBoth Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Mart were relig, sgle and whout Farquhar retired as Stowe School's head of English 2004 and was ved to be a gut lecturer at the Universy of Buckgham, where he met stunt the urt se, the jury heard how Mr Farquhar had a wi circle of iends but he was lonely and, as a gay man, he stggled wh his sexualy, regardg as patible wh his Anglin fah. They pistol whipped him wh a gun then tied him to a fence eezg ndns and set fire to him before leavg him to attack beme a e célèbre: precipated a natnal backlash agast hyper-macho culture and tac tolerance of homophobia.