Matthew Shepard

in a form of words and actions. From reading the documentary theater piece The Laramie Project, I learned the tolerance that people have about homosexuality in the town of Laramie and how that can even relate to today’s society. In the play, Matthew Shepard was murdered because he was…

Hate crimes are crimes that someone commits based on their hatred to a person or a specific group of people. This may include, bias that they have against a person. But it could also be because the person doesn’t like one’s sexual orientation, religious preference, ethnic background, and quite possibly even their religion. Hate crimes are continuously growing at a fast pace according to yearly statistics and we see hate crimes all the way back to past times. Hate crimes go back in history in…

McKinney’s head off” and “how much pain they have brought not just for Matthew but the whole town”. In ways, it proved that she believed they should be punished for what they have done. Although I do believe that it is not a justifiable act for a human being, but I think letting them out from jail and having a second chance for life would not be fair. Not just for Matthew, it’s not fair for everyone that had a personal connection with Matthew, they all had some kind of invisible connection to…

paper will illustrate, how hate crimes has an effect on people who are gay and what is being done to lower these rates of hate crimes. Over the past fifty years hates there have been more and more hate crimes against LGBT people. Some include Matthew Shepard (1998), Rose (2002), the Hampton road killer (1987-1996), and the handcuff man (1991). These are just some of many. (Cite). Crime that have happened again the LGBT community is not only people who are gay, but also people who support and…

Helms by saying that homosexuals were morally wrenched, and believing that homosexuality was a choice. Collectively, we saw the anger in families across the country disowning their children; similarly there was anger in the viscous murder of Matthew Shepard.…

The political views the Act on October 28th 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate crimes prevention act. The act added sexual orientation and gender identity in protected categories only in the federal defined hate crimes, it allows the Justice Department to aid and investigation and prosecuting the hate crimes if local authorities request assistance or if they are unable or unwilling to properly investigate and prosecute, and remove certain situations…

In chapters two and three, Janet R. Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini write about the preconceived notion that homosexuality is a choice, as well as the damaging outcome of tolerance in the United States. Dominant conceptions of “majority rule” determine what is right and what is wrong, ultimately creating a discrimination among those who do not fit the mould of white protestant christian beliefs. Because of their lifestyles, many who live in the minority are ostracized, or worse killed. Freedom is…

Character List • Ponyboy Curtis- The narrator and the main character of the story and is also 14 years old and parents were killed in a car accident. • Sodapop Curtis- Ponyboy’s second oldest brother he is 16 years old works at the gas station and some would consider “movie-star” attractive. • Darrel (Darry) Curtis- Ponyboy’s oldest brother who is 20 years old and Ponyboy and Sodapop’s guardian and would be in college if his life was different. • Dallas (Dally) Winston- A greaser (in…

As the school counselor, it would be necessary to support all students within the school. The counselor would first meet with the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) students in order understand their perspective and hardships that they face in the school community. I would continue to work with them in group sessions and individual sessions as needed to support an open dialogue and increase individual coping skills. In addition, I would support them by advocating for them and…

attack. The acting troupe uses recitation and re-enactments to explain the individuals, allowing the reader insight to what existence is like there. The method also provides a vivid image of the person interviewed. One night at the Fireside Bar, Matthew left for unknown reasons with two other male patrons. Later on in the shadows of that evening, Matt was robbed. Stood upright, and trussed to a split rail cattle fence on the fringes of town. The examination of what transpired is recounted in…