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University of Wyoming It seems like the briefest of brief moments. In reality, 12 long years since Matthew Shepard was murdered on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming, have passed. It’s reached the point where young gay men might never have heard his name, or if they have heard his name, they lack the context […] Yesterday marked 11 years since the untimely death of Matthew Shepard. I hope you’ll indulge me as I tackle Matthew Shepard more deeply today as I try to explore more about what he, his life, and his death meant and continues to mean to me. As I noted yesterday, I would have more to say […] Society and people are transformed by major events. I identify transformational events by the stories people tell. People tell me when, where, and how they heard the news that something transformational happened and what was different afterwards, even if the changes seem trivial now. These shared experiences help define generations and unite otherwise diverse people. […] The Casper Star Tribune published an article reflecting on the aforementioned New York Times article: One of those interviewed was Laramie Mayor Klaus Hanson, a retired University of Wyoming languages professor who taught Matthew Shepard. Hanson sat for a video-taped, hour-long interview by Kaufman on Saturday. On Wednesday, shortly after the Times article appeared on-line, […] Remember Matthew Shepard 1 December 1976 – 12 October 1998 Last Year Today, October 12, 2004, marks the 6th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s murder. As has become habit with me, I want to take a few minutes to reflect on Matthew Shepard and what he meant to me-somebody who was uncannily like me, and yet so unlike me. I left Laramie, Wyoming, in May 1998, graduating from […] Fuck. Twenty-two years. Time is so fleeting – how the hell have 22 years passed? I write this from my new home, still in Berlin, but some 7 kilometers from my old home. One of the things about moving is that you must sort through all your belongings, even though you’ve forgotten that you own. […] Gosh. It’s hard to believe that another year has passed. It seems like just yesterday I was reflecting on 20 years since Matthew Shepard died; now it is 21. Whenever I sit down to reflect about his beating, his hospitalization, and his death – I am immediately transported back to that horrid day, 21 years […] The Editors of the Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming’s most important newspaper, sought letters, asking, “What does Matthew Shepard’s story mean to you?” I felt that I had to write a letter; I have no idea if it will be published. In case it is not published, I put it here, in full, on this, the 20th […] |
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