The Matthew Shepard MySpace Memorial
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Matthew Shepard MySpace Memorial
- Wyoming, US
- Last Login: 1/7/2010
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The victims of GLTBQ-based hate crimes: Ryan Skipper, Michael Neice, Sean William Kennedy, Gwen Araujo, James Primus, Joseph Charles Holleran, Duane Linsley, Robert Haines, Michael Despain, Thomas Frazee , Chris Miller, Ronnie Hugh Smith, John Garfield, Cameron(Tina) Tanner, Mauricio Bassa, Keith Michael Ogden, John Duncan O'Friel, Father Ronald Maupin, James Graves, Tony Ray, Tommy Wenger, Therman Brown, Jon Simmons, James Holman, David Stewart, Benjamin Zesch, Robert Ferrell, Anthony Carr, Randy Gonzales, Steven R. Heyman, Bruce Hutchinson , Poul Anderson , James Maile, Sanford "Sam" Swift, Jack Cowles , Kenneth Love, Ana Maria Rosales , Alan Haskell, Ricky Godbolt , Rogers Donahue, Eric Moore, Charles Logan, Paul McClure, Frank W. White, David A. Jarman, Andrew Rowe, Marvin Greenwel, Stuart Jerome Moses, Shelton Thigpen , James Flaherty, Michael Cooper, Craig Duncan, Albert, Alcie Morris, Walter Jammell Hinton, John Hardy Roberts, Elizabeth Kelle Davidson, Milton Bradley, Robert Harris, Dennis Johnson, William Lemke, Leta Dains, Pamela Agee, Jack Gilman, Joe Balogg , Joey H. Jordan, Marvin Johnson, Thomas Carey , Susan Pittman, Christine Puckett , Bruce Andrews, Jeffrey Dansby, David Converse, Gary Rocus, Howard Liebhaber, Terry Oliver , Duane Swalve , Craig Green, Johnnie Williams, Steven Fox , Robert Walters, Joseph Shoemake , Stanley King, William Childs, Craig Johnson, Brandon Teena, William Metz, Anton Walker, James Septimphelter, Harold Draper, Thomas Mulcahey, Julio Prado , Jesus Santiago, Bernie Walsh , Marsha P. Johnson (Malcom Michaels, Jr.) , Victor Bones , Vanathan Pleasant, III , Brian Burke, David Schwartz , Salvatore Caggiano, Stephan "Stephanie" Chapman, Lawrence Andrews, George "Joe" Ortiz, Roosevelt "Terry" Lewis, Charles Lee, Anthony Marrero, Milton Setzer, Eric Price , Dwight Greene, James Seward, Michael Sakara, Jimmy Hawkins, Mervin Wallace, Jeannie Fenmore, Pauline Campbell, Bernard Friedman, John Stella, Javier Munsuri, Richard Whitesell, Martin Parian, Nelson Rawlins, Benjamin Rosario, Robert Kase, Carlos Stoner, Gerald Taylor, James Buchanan, Jerry Lee Dowdy, George S, Eric Farrow (a.k.a. Ashley-Ann Summers), Hattie Mae Cohens, Brian Mock, Robert Hagan, Paul Steekman, Robert Harris, Roger Oliver, Andre Jones, Jose Rubio, Leopoldo "Paul" Quintanilla, Nicholas West, Larry Leggett, Joe Trevino, Michael Benishek, Tommy Musick, John Anthony Burwell, Michael Burzinski, Larry David Allen, Doug Koehler, Gary Watts, Henry Weatherford Jr., Garland LeRoy Taylor, Harold Coon, Bradley Wantdler, Roger Melner, Allen R. Schindler, Barry Winchell.
If you know of an anti-gay hate crime victim who is not listed here, please send a message to this Memorial with the victim's name and we will add them to this list.
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** This profile has been created and updated by friends of Matthew Shepard and the Matthew Shepard Foundation. This Memorial is not affiliated with any local or national organizations, but run by a supporter of Equality and fair rights **This profile is in memory of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered by two men for no true reason. Here is his story:
Matthew Shepard was born on December 1, 1976. He grew up in a small town called Casper, Wyoming. He attended Crest Hill Elementary School, Dean Morgan Junior High, and the first two years of high school at Natrona County High School, and was also a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. He spent my junior and senior years of high school at The American School in Switzerland and graduated in 1995. He later attended Catawba College and Casper College before moving to Denver. Later, he became a first-year political science major at the University of Wyoming in Laramie. His parents lived in Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where his father worked for the Aramco oil company. Unfortunately, his blood was tested and was discovered that to be HIV-positive.
Shortly after midnight on October 7, 1998, Matthew met Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson at a bar in Laramie, Wyoming. When he asked for a ride home, he tied to a fence, robbed, severely beaten, left to die by the two men. His body was discovered by a bicyclist 18 hours later, still alive but unconscious. The only sign of life was two spots on his bloody face where he had been crying.
Matthew suffered a fracture from the back of his head to the front of his right ear. Ha also had severe brain stem damage, which affected his body's ability to regulate heart rate, body temperature and other vitals. There were also about a dozen small lacerations around his head, face and neck. The injuries were deemed too severe for doctors to operate. He never regained consciousness and remained on full life support. Tragically, he was pronounced dead at 12:53 a.m. on October 12 at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado.
This Memorial serves as a place for people to mourn and remember Matthew's life and death, and a place for open conversation about anti-gay hate crimes to occur.
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Jan 7 2010 9:19 PM
Jan 7 2010 9:18 PM
Love & Peace, always. -Kent
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Jan 7 2010 9:18 PM
Happy New Year.
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Jan 7 2010 9:18 PM
Hugz~JH
Jan 7 2010 9:17 PM
crazy. Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Matthew
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ALWAYS ALWAYS
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First Lady Michelle Obama visits Children's National Medial Center in Washington D.C. to read "The Night Before Christmas". Joined by daughters Malia and Sasha, along with dog Bo, the First Lady continues this tradition of visiting with patients which dates back to Bess Truman. December 22, 2009.
Hugs & Kisses!!! -Kent
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Dec 19 2009 6:46 AM
Those with negative attitudes can't see past the horizons but those with positive attitudes continue to fight, believing in the possibilities life holds. I believe that our outlook in life determines just how far we will get. We always have a choice in life whether we want to just give up or if we want to keep fighting. No one ever said life would be easy; it does have its share of hard times.
But those hard times help make us stronger and prepare us for the life waiting ahead. In order though to discover what lies beyond the horizon, we must continue to believe in ourselves and not back down even when we face the storms in life. Because if we make excuses as to why life won't ever get better for us and for why we can't heal or how surviving is just too tough, then we will never know where our lives can take us or how much better things can be since we've all ready admitted defeat in our minds. It's like the saying goes,
"Tough times don't last, but tough people do!"
We are tough and we can make it through anything since we've all ready been through hell and back in our own lives.
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