Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked and tortured by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson on October 6th, 1998.  His attackers tied him to a fence, and he died in a hospital a few days later.  His death set off a nationwide debate about hate crimes and homophobia that led to the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (2009).    Website: <a href='https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/'>https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/</a>   RESOURCES:<ul><li><a href='https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/2017/05/31/vigil-for-matthew-shepard-oct-14-1998/'>Vigil for Matthew Shepard – Oct. 14, 1998 | Archives of Women&apos;s Political Communication (iastate.edu)</a></li><li><a href='https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1517/matthew-shepard-and-james-byrd-jr-hate-crimes-prevention-act'>Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act | The First Amendment Encyclopedia (mtsu.edu)</a></li><li><a href='https://www.matthewshepard.org/about-us/our-story/'>Our Story - Matthew Shepard Foundation</a></li><li><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Meaning-Matthew-Murder-Laramie-Transformed/dp/0452296382'>Amazon - The Meaning of Matthew: My Son&apos;s Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed: Shepard, Judy: 9780452296381: Books</a></li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/966652/support">Support the show</a>

Matthew Shepard // 117 // Part 2 // hate crime

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