Judy Shepard called for an end of the hate Tuesday night that led to her son Matthew becoming a victim of a hate crime seven years ago. Her speech in Jesse Hall Auditorium at MU was part of a two-week ...

The mother of Matthew Shepard shares her story about her son's death and the choice she made to become an international gay rights activist. Today, the name Matthew Shepard is synonymous with gay ...

SOMERS - The University of Wisconsin-Parkside welcomes hate crime activist Judy Shepard to campus for a free program at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in Main Place of Wyllie Hall, 900 Wood Road. The mother of ...

Judy Shepard is the mother of Matthew Shepard, a gay student who was murdered in Laramie on Oct. 12, 1998. She and her husband, Dennis, have founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation in his memory, ...

The scene was this: a college play, “The Laramie Project,” at the University of Mississippi, Tuesday night. It’s a play about a town in Wyoming and its reaction to the murder of gay college student ...

Gregory Lewis never met Matthew Shepard. But when Mr. Shepard was murdered in October 1998 in an anti-gay hate crime, his death profoundly changed the course of Mr. Lewis’s life. At the time, Mr.

Elevate North Texas received the “Dennis & Judy Shepard Family Values Award” from the International Court Council of the United States, Canada and Mexico. This recognition was presented to founder and ...

LARAMIE - Judy Shepard and University of Wyoming President Tom Buchanan are scheduled to participate in the dedication of a memorial bench honoring slain student Matthew Shepard. Judy Shepard of ...

Judy Shepard is co-founder of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, which is dedicated to social justice, diversity awareness and education, and equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

DENVER - The mother of slain University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard plans to launch a new campaign this weekend intended to combat hate. Judy Shepard of Casper plans to launch the Campaign to ...