‘The Matthew Shepard Story: An American Hate Crime’ serves as a “defiant wake-up call” for the right’s continued efforts to demonize the LGBTQ+ community.
In his 1968 speech at the National Cathedral,proclaimed that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” While that may be true, there are peaks and valleys along that path, especially when it comes to tolerance for, and acceptance of, those who don’t fit into traditional roles and paradigms. Consequently, reminders of past injustices, and the need to keep fighting for equality and compassion, remain ever-relevant.
A blonde-haired, blue-eyed kid, Shepard appeared to have a bright future. All that came to an end, however, on October 12, 1998, when at the age of 21, he left an LBGTQ+ organization meeting attended by his friend Jim Osborn and visited Laramie’s Fireside Lounge.
The next morning, a passing cyclist discovered Shepard after initially mistaking his body for a scarecrow. He had been tied to a split rail fence in the middle of a field, left to die from his brutal injuries.Rosie O’Donnell recalls thinking there was an “angelic presence” to the image of Shepard being comforted throughout that fateful night by a lone deer. It was certainly a miracle that, 18 hours after suffering his ghastly beating, he was still alive, if barely.
Through interviews with Henderson, McKinney and their two girlfriends, local law enforcement deduced that the pair had spied Shepard at the Fireside Lounge and hatched a scheme to pretend to be gay and pick him up, all so they could rob him. Once alone, they affixed him to the fence, viciously beat him with the butt of their pistol, and stole his wallet.
When Shepard passed away from his injuries on October 12, 1998, Henderson and McKinney were charged with first-degree murder—their trials mainly revolving around whether they’d receive the death penalty, which they did not—and the innocent victim became a lightning rod for an LGBTQ+ community unwilling to stay quiet.
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