3:35pm ET - Noah Michelson, Executive Editor at The Huffington Post's Gay Voices, returns to The Signorile Show today to help us close out the week with the stories making headlines in the LGBT blog-o-sphere. You can also follow Noah on facebook and twitter.
4:35pm ET - Fifteen years ago, on
the night of October 6, 1998, two men lured Matthew Shepard, a gay freshman at
the University of Wyoming, from a bar in Laramie, WY. He was kidnapped and
driven to a field where he was tortured and tethered to a fence and left to
die. Never regaining consciousness, Matthew succumbed to the severe injuries
from the attack and died on October 12, 1998.
His tragic story brought the reality of inequality and vicious,
irrational hate into the public consciousness and set the stage for the
landmark Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which
President Barack Obama signed into law in 2009.
Joining us today in studio to talk about Matthew and his life are Judy and Dennis Shepard, Matthew’s
parents and Michele Josue a close
friend of Matt's and the director off the powerful new documentary film titled Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine
about the beautiful life and devastating loss of Matthew Shepard.
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