Matthew Shepard

A disturbing question has surfaced lately in Wyoming due to some unfortunate events in Wyoming that have received national attention, but that question is, "Does Wyoming have a hate crime law?"

Amid a number of disheartening recent events in Wyoming, the Casper Pride organization has published a newsletter, offering ways to get involved in the community and move forward in positive ways.

A bill creating a hate crime law was first introduced in the Wyoming Legislature in 1999, but so far no such proposal has become law in the state.

The perpetrator of a hate crime doesn't target a specific victim, but rather targets the person belonging to a larger community based on race or other factors.

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.