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Matthew Shepard's Murder Remembered 25 Years Later With a Renewed Call to Fight Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTwenty-five years ago this week, Americans — and possibly much of the world — began thinking about...
Hate crimes laws passed in Washington have been remarkably ineffective in protecting LGBTQ people...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA painted rainbow peels off a wall in Laramie, Wyo., where nearly 26 years ago Matthew Shepard was...
Voices: Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder is still a warning to us all
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI was 11 when they murdered Matthew. The windswept prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming where he was...
On This Day, Oct. 12: Matthew Shepard dies days after brutal beating
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOn Oct. 12, 1998, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay man, died six...
Who Is Rep. Virginia Foxx, the Antigay, Trump-Loving, Mike Johnson Supporter?
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoU.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, who told a reporter to “shut up” during questioning of new House Speaker...
Stages Bloomington presents disquieting 'The Laramie Project' at Waldron Arts Center
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe torture-murder of openly gay college freshman Matthew Shepard in 1998 in Wyoming changed how...
How James Byrd Jr.'s Horrific Murder Led to Greater Hate Crimes Laws
Oxygen via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJames Byrd Jr.'s brutal murder in Texas may seem reminiscent of the racially motivated lynchings and...
Guilty verdict in nation’s first federal gender-identity hate crime trial
The State via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn a landmark case, a federal jury in South Carolina on Friday found Daqua Ritter guilty of killing...
Fury, Condemnation as House Debate Begins on Anti-Trans Sports Bill
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Congressional Equality Caucus and others are condemning an anti-transgender sports bill that the...
This year's debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMembers of the House Freedom Caucus speak to reporters on July 14, 2023, hours before the House...