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...panel, held in Sanders Theater, featured relatives of Matthew Shepard, Ricky Byrdsong and Joseph Ileto, all killed in violent acts deemed hate crimes...
...Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student, was beaten to death in 1998. Byrdsong, a black athletic coach at Northwestern University, died in 1999 after being shot in a drive-by shooting. Ileto died in 1999 after being shot by a gunman attempting to shoot Jewish children at a childcare center...
...Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard's mother, said her son's death followed from not educating society about the consequences of hate...
...LARAMIE PROJECT The murder of gay student Matthew Shepard in Wyoming was the impetus for Moises Kaufman's unique stage docudrama, constructed entirely from interviews with the witnesses and participants. A pioneering work of theatrical reportage and a powerful stage event...
...column in which he invited his readers to look at the electoral map on which the Bush states appeared in red: "You see the state where James Byrd was lynch-dragged behind a pickup truck until his body came apart. It's red. You see the state where Mathew Shepard was crucified on a split-rail fence for the crime of being gay. It's red. You see the state where right-wing extremists blew up a federal building and murdered scores of federal employees...