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Also Today In History: Details Emerge
Ten years ago today, Matthew Shepard’s attackers were arraigned in court. According to reports, Aaron James McKinney and Russel Arthur Henderson, both 21, were arraigned on charges of attempted murder,...
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Today In History: Armbands and Scarecrows
Ten years ago today fell on a Saturday. For four days now, Matthew Shepard has continued to cling to life. He’s comatose, and breathing with the aid of a ventilator. This day was also Homecoming Day...
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Today In History: The Vigil
Ten years ago today, Matthew Shepard lay quietly in the surgical-neuro intensive care unit of Poudre Valley Hospital in Ft. Collins, Colorado, surrounded by his family. This was his fifth day since...
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Today In History: Matthew Wayne Shepard (Dec 1, 1976 – Oct 12, 1998)
Ten years ago today, on October 12, 1998, Poudre Valley Hospital’s CEO Rulon Stacey released this medical update during a hastily called press conference at 4:30 a.m.: At 12 midnight on Monday, October...
View ArticleToday In History: “Something In the Culture”
I hadn’t planned on posting another installment, but I just happened to run across this at the library Sunday. It’s from the Winter 1998/9 edition of the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review. Ten years ago...
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Today In History: Rest In Peace
Ten years ago today, family and friends were gathering in Casper, Wyoming, to say their final good-byes to Matthew Shepard. Earlier that morning, Matthew’s parents, Dennis and Judy Shepard, met with...
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LaBarbera Award: Rep. Virginia Foxx
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) is our latest winner of the LaBarbera Award for her explanation of why she opposed the The Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, otherwise known as the Matthew...
View ArticleMatthew Shepard’s Mother Responds To Rep. Foxx
Judy Shepard isn’t taking this lying down. Click here to view the embedded video. Copyright © Box Turtle Bulletin. All rights reserved. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. Publishing...
View ArticleMatthew Shepard: a gay Everyman?
I have a piece in the American Prospect today that questions whether the gay rights movement should be elevating Matthew Shepard to the status of gay Everyman: Over 1,400 members of the LGBT community...
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Video of Matthew Shepard Surfaces
Matthew Shepard has managed to become something of an icon for anti-LGBT hate crimes in America. and like the old religious icons which become a part of our culture, his image has always been a static...
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