Matthew Shepard

An example of this is the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act that came into effect after the case of James Byrd Jr. James was murdered for the simple fact that he was an African American while Matthew Shepard was tortured and murdered because he was gay. To prevent crimes of this nature, if more acts like this would have been implemented tragedies like James Byrd and Shepard could have been prevented due to the severity of the punishments…

As a state being described as a big-buckled outdoor ethic and intolerance of alternative lifestyles, as said by a New York Times reporter John M. Glionna, an older man named Sissy Goodwin defies these descriptions just be simply getting dressed each day. 67 year old male Sissy Goodwin is a cross-dressing cowboy from the state of Wyoming who likes to wear women's clothes, Sissy is one of many that defy what other people think about Wyoming. In the minds of people that don’t live in Wyoming, they…

gay individuals including lesbian bisexual and any sexuality that seems out of the norm but over the years different events and movements have change the outlets in there it is on in for homosexuals In 1998 21-year-old Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten up because he was gay Matthew ended up dying a couple of days after…

the murder of transgender Latina youth Gwen Amber Rose is compared to the murder of Matthew Shepard. Heidenreich observes that there was very little attention paid to Gwen’s murder, while the murder of Matthew Shepard received a public outcry. Heidenreich explains that this is due to the dehumanization of Gwen, as she fell outside the familiar and accepted image of a queer person. In contrast, Matthew Shepard appeared to fill the boy-next-door role of the white male queer.…

The Laramie Project covers the story of the murder of Matthew Shepard, however, Shepard makes no appearance in the film. The only information about him comes from the people of Laramie, reminiscent of Citizen Kane. The director made this choice to make viewers form their own opinions on Shepard by giving conflicting opinions of him and make the film more focused on the town of Laramie rather than solely on Shepard. Throughout the film Shepard is never shown in any way. No actor portrays him…

project. The principal had taken initiatives and calculated steps to ensure that he dealt with bullying that was slowly becoming the institution’s last name with each passing day. The student who happened to have found life slipped out of him was Matthew Shepard. Given the…

the date the crime was committed. F. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 Unfortunately, not all laws our leaders pass is perfect. Fortunately for us living in America, we can amend laws to better serve the American people. On October 28, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. In retrospect to the people that this Act was named after, Matthew Shepard was the victim of a hate crime…

progression of experience through time. In this production, the inciting incident is when Matthew Shepard is murdered for being murdered for being gay. There were quite a lot of major incidents of conflict in this performance because the entire play is comprised of conflicts to whether or not Matthew was killed due to his sexuality or if his killers felt any remorse. The climactic incident in this the moment in which Matthew Shepard's father appeared in the courtroom and begged the court not to…

people where they are because they hate people who are gay. When I was at church the very last time they were talking about Matthew Shepard and his sin and what a tragedy it was, and I wanted to stand up and say ‘You are the problem, you are the reason Matthew Shepard got murdered” (Erzen, 2006, pg. 66). Although members of New Hope may not have condoned the murder of Matthew Shepard, by staying silent in circumstances such as these, they are exercising a form of complacency (Erzen, 2006). I had…

types of hate crime murders. The two prominent crimes that motivated the legislature to change the law involved the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Matthew Shepard was killed in 1998 by Aaron Mckinney and Russell Henderson who targeted him because of his sexual orientation. The two took him to a remote location where they tied him to a split-rail fence then Matthew was beaten and left to die. His case could not be brought to justice due to it being motivated by sexual orientational…