Judy Shepard
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Judy Shepard is the mother of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at University of Wyoming who was murdered for being homosexual. She and her husband are co-founders of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, and an advocate for LGBT-rights.

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Creating Matt's Legacy

384 Comments | Posted October 12, 2011 | 09:39:00 (EST)

October is very hard for me.

It's not that the early autumn in Wyoming isn't beautiful. If you haven't experienced the crisp air as the nights come earlier each day, or the last few cricket chirps of the season that follow the brilliant orange sunsets, you can't really know the...

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Judge Walker's Prop 8 Verdict Moves America Closer to its Ideals

Posted August 4, 2010 | 18:58:44 (EST)

A sweeping federal court verdict invalidating California's ban on same-sex marriages moves America closer to its ideals of respecting individual freedom and treating all citizens equally under the law.

I am the mother of 1998 Wyoming anti-gay hate crime victim Matthew Shepard and I am a member of...

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