‘matthew shepard’

Matthew Shepard Awareness Day

Posted by on October 1, 2020

Content Warning (LGBTQ+ hate crimes)On October 7, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming, was brutally attacked and tied to a fence in a field outside of Laramie, Wyoming and left to die. On October 12, Matt succumbed to his wounds in a hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado. Join us this […]

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Event to honor Matthew Shepard, help stop hate Oct. 12

Posted by on October 4, 2012

Honor the memory of Matthew Shepard and other lost loved ones and learn how to stop hate in the world at an event scheduled from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at the Puck. Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming who was murdered because of his sexual orientation and was the subject […]

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