And Matthew Shepard is this icon, is this story, is the change that has come about because of this horrible incident. So, as a friend, I’ve learned to separate those two things. But I also ...

“Today, 25 years after Byrd’s death, the incident has faded to the background ... or national origin. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 1592 ...

In the fall of 1998, a man named Matthew Shepard was savagely beaten, strung out on a fence like a scarecrow, and left to die as the Wyoming night temperatures plunged. Over the last two and a ...

Jeremiah Russell plays Aaron McKinney, one of Matthew Shepard's murderers ... using direct quotes from people in Laramie after the incident. The voices aren’t those of made up characters ...

On the month of the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard's brutal beating and death in Laramie, Wyoming, lawyers, prosecutors and theatre groups across the nation are aiming to minimize hate ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – On the evening of Oct. 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard took himself to the Laramie, WY. bar, the Fireside Lounge. He would be found the following morning tied to a fence on a ...

It’s been 25 years since Matthew Shepard was discovered brutally beaten and left for dead near a wooden fence outside Laramie, Wyo. He’d been there for 18 hours. Within days he’d become a ...

A Wyoming parole board has denied an application for a commuted sentence for one of the killers of Matthew Shepard. The board of parole denied the petition filed by Russell Henderson ...

The two-hour documentary special “The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime” airs Monday, Oct. 9, at 9 p.m. ET on ID (ahead of the 25th anniversary of Shepard’s death on Oct. 12).

A controversial new book concludes the murder of Matthew Shepard was a result of a methamphetamine-fueled drug war and not anti-gay rage. Written by gay investigative journalist Stephen Jimenez ...

They began the Matthew Shepard Foundation two months after his murder and pushed doggedly for change; the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act was signed into law by Pres ...