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It’s hard to believe that it’s been 15 years since I left the University of Wyoming for points east – and ultimately Germany. Two months after moving to Bloomington, Laramie was in the news. From the luxury of my home in Berlin, I can still think back to how I felt those 1998 October days […] Yesterday evening, while I was busy working on a project, two friends let me know that an NBA player had come out as gay. Jason Collins, a 34-year-old, free agent, basketball player took the leap out of the closet in the pages of Sports Illustrated. It’s cool and I would have let it float past […] Today marks 14 years since the passing of Matthew Shepard. What strikes me now is how vivid my memories are of that week 14 years ago leading up to today, 14 years ago. I was living on Braeside Drive, in Bloomington, in an apartment complex that I’ve done my best to forget—rarely pausing to recall […] As is with tradition, today is the day that I pause to reflect upon Matthew Shepard, the University of Wyoming student who was savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. Trying to avoid too much repetition this year (see 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, or any of the many times […] 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 […] Matthew Wayne Shepard December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998 thoughts tomorrow after I see the new epilogue to The Laramie Project
Pause for reflection, College of Arts & Sciences, U. Wyoming. […] After spending two nights in Pinedale, I woke up this morning to a weather forecast that was anxiety raising: Cooler with the potential for snow over parts of the state. I ended up doing the morning ablutions rapidly, before heading out on the road. I stopped in Boulder (Wyoming) to eat breakfast before continuing my […] |
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