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more about #judyshepard Lono285: I am a Wyoming native, and live here still. I do not know a single person who was not disgusted and horrified by what happened to Matthew Shepard. It ... more » foodbaby: It's so great to see this post. I work at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, and along with 100 other theatres around the country, we are presenting a ... more » boxspelunker: I really appreciate her comment that she wants people to remember Matthew how he really was: he wasn't an angel or perfect, and it's important to be a... more » tiredfairy: Fully, fully support this. Along with homosexuals, transgender people are targeted for violence at a higher rate, for much the same reasons. They are ... more » bluesbelle: Shortly after this, a group of four grown men drive into the Castro district of SF looking for a gay man to beat up. They saw my friend, who weighed 1... more » MalinaMango: I remember when this happened because it was my twelfth birthday. I had never met a gay person and had only ever been in tiny Catholic schools, and I'... more » MizJenkins: WOW. I didn't realize that teh gays were not a protected class under the hate crime bill. That blows my mind.... That really does need to change imme... more » curiousgeorgiana: I remember listening to all of the details of this awful murder come out during the trial. I vividly remember the interview of the police officer who... more » gertymac: I went to college in Foxx's district and once had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting her. She is evil. Seriously, evil. I was a camp counselor and we... more » Jack_Burton: Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in The World" - Rep. Virginia Foxx last night... more » Lirael: Yeah NOBODY is buying it. How much of a homophobic asshole to do you have to be to be so insensitive to his death and his family? I love how she calle... more » samethingwedoeverynightpinky: I don't even understand what she was alleging, and Carrie Prejean already made my head want to explode, so sorry Ms. Foxx, I'm just not going to try t... more » Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: She is from my district. I hate her. I didn't vote for her this year, and she replaced Richard Burr. I wish we still had that dickhead because she is ... more » chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish: So, it would seem there's a new picture in the dictionary right above the definition of "heartless." more » southernbelle: You know what else is a hoax? Compassionate conservatives. And the New South. more » sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): A HOAX? I do not fucking understand people sometimes. This woman gets a place in the Insensitive Assweasel Hall of Fame. more » Mary McCarthyite: Sure, his death was a hoax. So was the Holocaust. And Santa's real. Gosh, I want to live in a world based on unreality, don't you? more » hello.kitty: Obviously Congresswoman Foxx is (not) reading the same materials as Governor Palin. more » Hamsterpants: I saw the clip of her on Rachel's show last night, and Matt's mom. I will leave you to guess which one wasn't cowsuit crazypants. And North Carolina, ... more » wtfox?!: Oh god, the "apology" is really just an insult on top of an insult, isn't it? Can someone please cross-check her into something hard and unyielding? (... more » -
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Can Matthew Shepard's Memory Prevent Future Hate Crimes?
Eleven years after Matthew Shepard was fatally beaten for being gay, his mother Judy is releasing a memoir about his life and death. An excerpt and interview in Newsweek reveal her efforts to spare others from her son's fate. More » -
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Crazy Like A Foxx
You know Virginia Foxx, the North Carolina congresswoman who called the murder of Matthew Shepard a "hoax"? She's apologizing. Thing is, Matthew's mom isn't buying. [Politico, MSNBC]
