Matthew Wayne Shepard
(December 1, 1976 - October 12, 1998) U.S.A.
Bashers' victim
College student from Laramie, Wyoming. Matthew died after being attacked by two young men because he was gay. His brutal murder provoked an America-wide outcry over anti-gay violence and led to support for hate crimes legislation around the nation. In 2001 the film Anatomy of a hate crime was released, which tells the story about the murder on Matthew.
Website: http://www.mattshepard.org/
See also our Memorial
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