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Posts Tagged ‘Matthew shepard’

Posted on September 4th, 2009 by by Ambassador: Donovan

Judy Shepard: The Meaning of Matthew

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Many people have seen the Laromie Project (play originally by the Denver Theatre Company OR the HBO movie written and directed by Kaufman) or at the very least heard about the terrible hate crime/murder of Matthew Shepard that took place 11 years ago (October 12, 1998 to be exact) in Laramie, Wyoming.
Now, his mother, [...]

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Posted on May 1st, 2009 by by lily

Matthew Shepard’s Mother Responds to Rep. Foxx’s Apology

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Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard’s mother, discussed Rep. Virginia Foxx’s (R-NC) insufficient apology on The Rachel Maddow Show.
After the immense criticism of her statements, Foxx issued the following statement,
“The term ‘hoax’ was a poor choice of words used in the discussion of the hate-crimes bill … Referencing these media accounts may have been a mistake, [...]

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