Matthew Shepard was abducted, beaten and killed 20 years ago bee he was gay.
Contents:
- UPDATED: GAY MAN BEATEN & DRAGGED BEHD R FOR BLOCKS
- MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
- ATTACKERS SENTENCED HORRIFYG TORTURE OF GAY TEXAS MAN
- UBER DRIVER ALLEGEDLY HARASS GAY UPLE WH HOMOPHOBIC SLURS, DRAGS ONE MAN BY R ON NEW YORK CY STREET
- RAGE-FILLED NYC UBER DRIVER DRAGGED GAY MAN DOWN BY STREET AFTER HE KISSED BOYIEND INSI CAR: WATCH
- DRAMATIC FOOTAGE SHOWS ARIZONA MAN DRAGGED BY CAR H AND RUN AFTER ALTERTN INVOLVG ALLEGED GAY SLUR: VIDEO
- EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNTWO MEN HURT AND WOMAN DRAGGED BY R HOMOPHOBIC GAY VILLAGE ATTACKBY DAYNA FARRGTONBIRMGHAMCRIMEPUBLISHED: AUG 16, 2021LAST UPDATED: AUG 16, 2021TWO MEN WERE JURED AND A WOMAN WAS DRAGGED ALONG BY A R A HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPTHE CINT HAPPENED OUTSI MISSG BAR. PHOTO: GOOGLETHE MEN, THEIR 30S, WERE OUTSI THE MISSG BAR ON BROMSGROVE STREET JT AFTER 4AM ON SATURDAY, WHEN HOMOPHOBIC ABE WAS SHOUTED AT THEM OM A BLACK SUV – BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RRYG FOUR MEN.ONE VICTIM HAD HIS PHONE TAKEN BY ONE OF THE GROUP OM THE R, AND A IEND OF HIS WAS THEN DRAGGED ALONG BY THE VEHICLE AS SHE TRIED TO REACH TO REVER THE HANDSET.THE GROUP GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN ATTACKED THE MEN WH BOTTL.ONE OF THE VICTIMS RECEIVED LACERATNS TO HIS HEAD AND HANDS, WHILE THE SEND WAS KNOCKED UNNSC AND SUFFERED CUTS TO HIS HEAD AND ARM.THEIR IEND, WHO IS HER 20S, SUFFERED AN JURY TO HER FOOT AFTER BEG DRAGGED BY THE VEHICLE.NOBODY HAS BEEN ARRTED.POLICE SAY THEY ARE NOW URGENTLY TRYG TO TRACK DOWN THE ATTACKERS AND THEIR R, WH TECTIV EXAMG CCTV AND SPEAKG TO THE VICTIMS.INSPECTOR STEVE LLOYD, OM BIRMGHAM POLICE, SAID: “THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTELY APPALLG ATTACK AND ROBBERY ON PEOPLE JT TRYG TO ENJOY A NIGHT OUT THE CY CENTRE.“THEY’VE SUFFERED HOMOPHOBIC ABE BEFORE BEG PHYSILLY JURED, AND WE ARE WORKG CREDIBLY HARD TO FD THOSE RPONSIBLE.“WE WILL BE WORKG CLOSELY WH BS THE AREA, AND THE SOUTHSI BID, TO REASSURE THEM THAT WE ARE TAKG THIS APPALLG HATE CRIME VERY SERLY.”THE MEN THE R WERE SCRIBED AS BEG OF MIDDLE EASTERN OR ASIAN APPEARANCE.ANYONE WH RMATN N LL WT MIDLANDS POLICE ON 101, QUOTG CINT NUMBER 552 OF AUGT 15.CRIMENEWSBIRMGHAMLOL HUBSBY DAYNA FARRGTONSENR REPORTER BASED AT WOLVERHAMPTONDEPUTY CHIEF REPORTER AT THE EXPRS & STAR.MOST READ
- A GAY UPLE MALAYSIA WERE DRAGGED OUT OF THEIR R AND ATTACKED
UPDATED: GAY MAN BEATEN & DRAGGED BEHD R FOR BLOCKS
* gay man dragged by car *
New rmatn reveals that the prev unnamed victim, Demetrick Jon, intified as a gay man who sometim drsed as a woman. A gay man was severely beaten and then tied to the bumper of a mivan and dragged for two blocks behd the movg vehicle.
Hate Crim Preventn Act, honors both the life of Byrd, but also Matthew Shepard, a young gay man who was beaten and tied to a fence to die Wyomg. Tmp’s Ukrae sndal is only gog to emboln Put and his anti-gay thugs.
An actrs who ma anti-gay ments lost a role. 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.
MATTHEW SHEPARD: THE LEGACY OF A GAY LLEGE STUNT 20 YEARS AFTER HIS BTAL MURR
A gay man was dragged down a by NYC street by an Uber driver after a kiss wh his boyiend ed the driver to fly to a rage. * gay man dragged by car *
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.
ATTACKERS SENTENCED HORRIFYG TORTURE OF GAY TEXAS MAN
Days after a gay man was beaten and dragged behd a van, News4Jax is learng more about the victim of what police are llg a “horrendo” attack and others characterized as a hate crime. * gay man dragged by car *
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.
UBER DRIVER ALLEGEDLY HARASS GAY UPLE WH HOMOPHOBIC SLURS, DRAGS ONE MAN BY R ON NEW YORK CY STREET
A dramatic altertn outsi a Phoenix rerd store was ught on vio Wednday, wh the victim claimg the suatn lated to a h and n after he was lled a gay slur. 24-year-old Jt Fch n be seen the vio gettg slammed by a r reverse. Fch is then pned between the r and another vehicle before the r speeds off wh Fch clgg onto the tnk. Phoenix's Fox 10 reports: Fch says all started as he was walkg out of the rerd store. He says the group lled him a gay slur which led to a physil fight and he adms he slammed one of the guys to the ground. Eventually, Fch says police stopped the r a half e end up lettg everyone go as no one wanted to prs charg."They said was a mutual thg, but I don't thk was a mutual thg bee I didn't e at them, they me at me," explaed those the other group say Fch isn't the victim."I turned around to walk outsi and he asslted me, he picked me up and I started fendg myself," said 16-year-old Orlando Munoz, who was one of the people si the whe r. He was wh his uncle and his uncle's girliend, who he says was ;s mother, Yvette, who is gay, says her son never ed a gay slur and this was no hate crime."I thk 's foolishns.. both parti should have walked away," she said. The se is now beg forward to the Phoenix un that vtigat hate crim. Fch said he wants the people the r to face charg. Watch the vio and a Fox 10 report on the story, AFTER THE JUMP... * gay man dragged by car *
"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.
RAGE-FILLED NYC UBER DRIVER DRAGGED GAY MAN DOWN BY STREET AFTER HE KISSED BOYIEND INSI CAR: WATCH
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.
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, '...
DRAMATIC FOOTAGE SHOWS ARIZONA MAN DRAGGED BY CAR H AND RUN AFTER ALTERTN INVOLVG ALLEGED GAY SLUR: VIDEO
"The "gay panic" fense is still legal most stat but has been outlawed a few.
EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNTWO MEN HURT AND WOMAN DRAGGED BY R HOMOPHOBIC GAY VILLAGE ATTACKBY DAYNA FARRGTONBIRMGHAMCRIMEPUBLISHED: AUG 16, 2021LAST UPDATED: AUG 16, 2021TWO MEN WERE JURED AND A WOMAN WAS DRAGGED ALONG BY A R A HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPTHE CINT HAPPENED OUTSI MISSG BAR. PHOTO: GOOGLETHE MEN, THEIR 30S, WERE OUTSI THE MISSG BAR ON BROMSGROVE STREET JT AFTER 4AM ON SATURDAY, WHEN HOMOPHOBIC ABE WAS SHOUTED AT THEM OM A BLACK SUV – BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RRYG FOUR MEN.ONE VICTIM HAD HIS PHONE TAKEN BY ONE OF THE GROUP OM THE R, AND A IEND OF HIS WAS THEN DRAGGED ALONG BY THE VEHICLE AS SHE TRIED TO REACH TO REVER THE HANDSET.THE GROUP GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN ATTACKED THE MEN WH BOTTL.ONE OF THE VICTIMS RECEIVED LACERATNS TO HIS HEAD AND HANDS, WHILE THE SEND WAS KNOCKED UNNSC AND SUFFERED CUTS TO HIS HEAD AND ARM.THEIR IEND, WHO IS HER 20S, SUFFERED AN JURY TO HER FOOT AFTER BEG DRAGGED BY THE VEHICLE.NOBODY HAS BEEN ARRTED.POLICE SAY THEY ARE NOW URGENTLY TRYG TO TRACK DOWN THE ATTACKERS AND THEIR R, WH TECTIV EXAMG CCTV AND SPEAKG TO THE VICTIMS.INSPECTOR STEVE LLOYD, OM BIRMGHAM POLICE, SAID: “THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTELY APPALLG ATTACK AND ROBBERY ON PEOPLE JT TRYG TO ENJOY A NIGHT OUT THE CY CENTRE.“THEY’VE SUFFERED HOMOPHOBIC ABE BEFORE BEG PHYSILLY JURED, AND WE ARE WORKG CREDIBLY HARD TO FD THOSE RPONSIBLE.“WE WILL BE WORKG CLOSELY WH BS THE AREA, AND THE SOUTHSI BID, TO REASSURE THEM THAT WE ARE TAKG THIS APPALLG HATE CRIME VERY SERLY.”THE MEN THE R WERE SCRIBED AS BEG OF MIDDLE EASTERN OR ASIAN APPEARANCE.ANYONE WH RMATN N LL WT MIDLANDS POLICE ON 101, QUOTG CINT NUMBER 552 OF AUGT 15.CRIMENEWSBIRMGHAMLOL HUBSBY DAYNA FARRGTONSENR REPORTER BASED AT WOLVERHAMPTONDEPUTY CHIEF REPORTER AT THE EXPRS & STAR.MOST READ
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.
A GAY UPLE MALAYSIA WERE DRAGGED OUT OF THEIR R AND ATTACKED
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.
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. Two men nvicted of a horrific attack on a gay black man Texas have been sentenced to the maximum 15 years behd bars, reports The Washgton Post.