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How James Byrd Jr.'s Horrific Murder Led to Greater Hate Crimes Laws
Oxygen via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJames Byrd Jr.'s brutal murder in Texas may seem reminiscent of the racially motivated lynchings and...
Matthew Shepard's Murder Remembered 25 Years Later With a Renewed Call to Fight Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 7 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· 1 week agoA painted rainbow peels off a wall in Laramie, Wyo., where nearly 26 years ago Matthew Shepard was...
The Texas town where James Byrd Jr. was dragged to his death in 1998, sparking national outrage and...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMylinda Byrd Washington, 66, right, and Louvon Byrd Harris, 61, hold up photographs of their brother...
On This Day, Oct. 12: Matthew Shepard dies days after brutal beating
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOn Oct. 12, 1998, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay man, died six...
Guilty verdict in nation’s first federal gender-identity hate crime trial
The State via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn a landmark case, a federal jury in South Carolina on Friday found Daqua Ritter guilty of killing...
‘The Matthew Shepard Story’ documentary to premiere 25 years after tragic anti-LGBTQ hate crime
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAhead of the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s tragic death, a new documentary has been...
Judy Shepard, Nancy Pelosi, and queer scientist Jane Rigby among Medal of Freedom honorees
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 week agoNineteen people will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor,...
A Texas High School Canceled A Play About Hate Crime Victim Matthew Shepard
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA Texas high school has canceled its spring production of “The Laramie Project,”a play about the...
Biden honors Matthew Shepard and condemns anti-LGBTQ violence
NBC News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPresident Joe Biden acknowledged the 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death and condemned the...