Matthew Shepard

Matthew Shepard

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1976 - 1998

Occupation

Activist

Description

Murder brought national and international attention to homophobic hate crime, and ultimately affected hate crime legislation in the United States. His mother founded the Matthew Sheppard Foundation to raise awareness of homophobia and bullying and to fight it.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.matthewshepard.org/
• http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=277685
• http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/matthew_shepard/index.html

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