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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: Matthew Shepard
True-life lies
NBC's "The Matthew Shepard Story" and HBO's "Con Man" try to capture the tragic lives of two very different college students using tried-and-true TV formulas.
Bad blood
A young, gay black man in West Virginia is murdered. Were his killers motivated by racism and homophobia -- or by a legacy of drugs, alcohol and habitual crime?
Can gays and lesbians go to heaven?
According to one evangelist, when the Rapture comes, some people are going to have hell to pay.
Descent of the divas
Gay men once worshipped some of the most over-the-top female entertainers, but the deification of the flamboyant, the bitchy and the damaged has become an anachronism.
Unto us, a poster child is born
They are the heroes and victims upon which we affix life's tragic lessons and drill them into your head. Plus: Is James Ellroy snubbing L.A.?
Killer: Shepard didn't make advances
A just-unsealed confession demolishes the "gay panic" defense. Too
bad the media wasn't around to hear it.
A dramatic moment of mercy
The Shepard family spares the life of their son's killer.
McKinney guilty in Shepard murder
But legal experts say the jury's refusal to convict him on premeditation charges may save the 22-year-old from the death penalty.
Gay panic lite
The Matthew Shepard murder trial goes to the jury after the defense offers a modified version of its disallowed strategy.
Quiet bombshell in Matthew Shepard trial
Judge Barton Voigt throws out the gay panic defense, gutting the case for a manslaughter conviction in place of murder. Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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