usforalifetime5:sbrown82:Matthew Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) On O
usforalifetime5:sbrown82:Matthew Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) On October 6, 1998, a 21-year old student, Matthew Shepard was taken from a bar, robbed, beaten, tortured, and tied to a wooden fence near Laramie, Wyoming. He was discovered alive in near-freezing temperatures by a cyclist who initially mistook him for a scarecrow, after 18 hours in a coma still tied to the fence after the attack. Shepard’s face was completely covered in blood, except for two streams of tears down his face. He died 6 days later from severe head injuries. Shepard’s horrific murder brought national and international attention to LGBT rights and hate crime legislation at the state and federal levels.His killers left him to die without remorse or conscience because he was gay. This should have NEVER happened period. Wake up society. Dam it, get you heads out of your ass. When I knew I was gay, and Spencer did the same, we looked up and studied the history. We found much shocking, disgusting and heartbreaking History. Coming out for us was not filled with hard times. We come from loving and caring families. Many gay teen boys and others before us did not. Our hearts,thoughts and souls are with you. Hey Society can you say that. Spencer and I were originally shunned,name called, etc at our church. Until the pastor of our Church, played a movie during the Morning service. “ Prayers for Bobby ” Many things changed for the better after that. Wake up people, Wake up. Alan -- source link