Matthew Shepard

The ceremony's homily was delivered by the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church.

The Shepard family is donating personal school papers, theater scripts, photographs, correspondence and notebooks as well as some personal objects.

Matthew Shepard's ashes will be interred at the Washington National Cathedral later this month.

Henderson tied Shepard to the fence after McKinney told him to do it, he said.

Sara Burlingame said she and other LGBTQ activists had avoided confronting Jimenez until recently "because it felt obscene to have to defend a murdered child."

Stephen Jimenez says Matthew Shepard was killed over his failure to produce six ounces of crystal meth, not because he was gay.

A series of events will be held throughout the month of October to commemorate the life and legacy of Matthew Shepard.

If Dennis Leroy Menefee, Jr., is convicted of raping a person under 13, he could be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Hate crimes traditionally have been defined as acts that send fear to an entire community whose members are similar to those of the victim.

Edmund Burke said, "Those who don't know history, are destined to repeat it." Wyoming is rich in history and we want to look at what events took place on this date in history.