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October mourning

a song for Matthew Shepard
Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die.

The Laramie Project

and The Laramie Project, ten years later / Mois?s Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris, and Stephen Belber
"On October 7, 1988, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in a shocking act of hate. Matthew Shepard's death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of the town, the event was deeply personal. In the aftermath, Mois?s Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie and conducted more than 200 interviews with its people"--Provided by publisher.

The meaning of Matthew

my son's murder in Laramie, and a world transformed
Judy Shepard shares personal stories about her son Matthew's life and death, focusing on how she and her husband chose to honor their son's legacy after he was murdered in a brutal hate crime by becoming international gay rights activists.
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The Laramie project

A play by Moises Kaufman which chronicles life in the town of Laramie, Wyoming, in the year following the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, who was killed because he was homosexual.

The Laramie Project, and, The Laramie Project

ten years later
The story of Matthew Shepard, a gay man from Laramie, Wyoming who was murdered for being gay, is constructed using transcripts from interviews with local citizens from the time of the crime and ten years later.

The Laramie Project

and The Laramie Project, ten years later / Mois?s Kaufman, Leigh Fondakowski, Greg Pierotti, Andy Paris, and Stephen Belber
2014
"On October 7, 1988, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in a shocking act of hate. Matthew Shepard's death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of the town, the event was deeply personal. In the aftermath, Mois?s Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie and conducted more than 200 interviews with its people"--Provided by publisher.

Losing Matt Shepard

life and politics in the aftermath of anti-gay murder
2000
Explores why the murder of twenty-one-year-old gay University of Wyoming student Matt Shepard ignited a media frenzy and struck a cord with American society.

Skin deep

tattoos, the disappearing West, very bad men, and my deep love for them all
2003
The author describes her life in Laramie, Wyoming as a tattoo artist with a habit of falling for dangerous men, one of whom beat her up when she was pregnant with his child.

The Meaning of Matthew

my son's murder in Laramie, and a world transformed
2010
Matthew Shepard was murdered because he was gay. His mother shares the story behind the headlines, interweaving her memories of Matthew and the challenges she faced, with her family, confronting his death. She also gives an account of how she and her husband helped prosecutors convict Matthew's murderers.

The Laramie project

2001
A play by Moises Kaufman which chronicles life in the town of Laramie, Wyoming, in the year following the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, who was killed because he was gay.

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