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Rep. Virginia Foxx Dishonors Memory of Slain Hate Crime Victim Matthew Shepard »
Posted by: metavirus 7 months ago in Political News
Speaking in front of Congress today, Rep. Virginia Fox (R-NC) dishonored the memory of slain hate crime victim Matthew Shepard by calling the motive behind ...
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Karl Frisch: 10 years after Matthew Shepard and media still can't get it right »
Posted by: david_nwpa 6 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Ten years ago, a gay University of Wyoming student was picked up at a bar by two young men, driven out to the middle of ...
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Matthew Shepard's Mom Rejects Rep. Foxx's Apology - Video »
Posted by: TimALoftis 7 months ago in Family
NEW YORK CITY - Judy Shepard doesn't think Rep. Virginia Fox (R-N.C.) was sincere when she apologized for calling the 1998 murder of Shepard ...
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Not guilty verdict in gay slaying | News Story on 365gay.com »
Posted by: david_nwpa 9 months, 1 week ago in News
(Liverpool, England) The family of an 18-year-old gay Liverpool man, who was brutally beaten and dumped on a street to die, rain from a courtroom ...
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Judy Shepard Wants To 'Erase Hate' »
Posted by: TimALoftis 6 months, 2 weeks ago in Family
The Imperial Court of San Francisco presented a special event where Judy Shepard, mother of her brutally murdered son, Matthew, spoke to “Erase Hate.” The ...
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Matthew Shepard Bill Reception Proves Emotional - Advocate.com »
Posted by: TimALoftis 3 weeks, 3 days ago in Political News
At a White House reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, President Barack Obama told about ...
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11 Years After Shepard's Death, Mom Pushes For Hate-Crime Law »
Posted by: TimALoftis 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Family
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Judy Shepard steps to the ballroom lectern, dangles her reading glasses and waves a folding fan. Necessities, she explains, for "a woman of ...
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The Meaning of Matthew: Judy Shepard on Her New Memoir, Her Son's Lasting Legacy, and Moving Forward While Looking Back »
Posted by: TimALoftis 2 months, 4 weeks ago in Family
What is the meaning of Matthew? At a time when the gay community is struggling to secure the right to marry, Matthew Shepard, the Wyoming ...
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No Thin Line Between Murder and Hate »
Posted by: SonOfTheMask 3 months, 4 weeks ago in Political Opinion
If hate-crime laws prevent hate crimes, shouldn't hate crimes be shrinking, not growing?
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Virginia Foxx: Not Smart Like a Fox »
Posted by: omnipotentpoobah-56 7 months ago in Political News
People say stupid things all the time. We all make the occasional slip of the tongue or speak in error. But at the end of ...
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Gay & Lesbian Issues Examiner: U.S. House debates Matthew Shepard Act (video) »
Posted by: klynchsf 7 months, 1 week ago in News
The US House Judiciary Committee is holding a markup today on the Matthew Shepard Act, a federal hate crimes bill. The HRC is twittering live ...
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Attorney Gen pick praised by gay rights org | 365 Gay News »
Posted by: david_nwpa 12 months ago in Political News
(Washington) President-Elect Barack Obama’s choice of Eric Holder as Attorney General of the United States has won praise from the nation's largest LGBT ...
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