Shepard, Judy.

Summary: The mother of Matthew Shepard shares her story about her son's death and the choice she made to become an international gay rights activist. Today, the name Matthew Shepard is synonymous with gay rights, but before his grisly murder in 1998, Matthew was simply her son. It not only captures the historical significance and civil rights issues, but it also chronicles one ordinary woman's struggle...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Street Press 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 SHE

Summary: Revisits the much-publicized case of Matthew Shepard, the young man tortured and killed in 1998 in Laramie, Wyoming for being gay. Family and friends recount Shepard's life and the circumstances surrounding his murder.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MAT

Jimenez, Stephen.

Summary: "Late on the night of October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a twenty-one-year-old gay college student, left a bar in Laramie, Wyoming with two alleged 'strangers,' Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. Eighteen hours later, Matthew was found tied to a log fence on the outskirts of town, unconscious and barely alive. He had been pistol-whipped so severely that the mountain biker who discovered his...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Steerforth Press 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 JIM

Kaufman, Moisš.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.54 KAU