Matthew Shepard

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Senate passes Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill Senate passes Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill
The measure, which would expand the federal law to include crimes based on sexual orientation, now awaits President Bush's approval.
True-life lies 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.
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001
Bad blood 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.?
Letters to the Editor
Will staying unmarried save your relationship? Plus: Camille Paglia sparks new "Sensation" debate; should technology change the way we have children?
Letters to the Editor
What's to become of Microsoft? Plus: Putting McKinney's life in Judy Shepard's hands; who unearthed the L.A. Times controversy?
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.
Letters to the Editor
Tell Cintra an underground culture still exists -- but she won't find it at a Details party! Plus: Amazon.com vs. Amazon; don't obsess over tot's penis grabbing.
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.
A double standard?
Two gays allegedly raped and murdered a young boy. Why didn't it get covered as much as the Matthew Shepard case?
Overruled
The defense scrambles as the judge in the Matthew Shepard trial attacks the so-called "gay panic" defense.
Letters to the Editor
Do Web sites want a community they can't control? Plus: Misplaced sympathy in Matthew Shepard murder; Mr. Blue should recognize teen's privacy.
Feinstein for president! Buchanan for emperor!
Dianne's no flibbertigibbet; Hillary's a galumpher; Rush has tremendous intellectual influence; Anne Heche is a pancake brain and Italian-American women Rock it like they talk it!
"Gay panic"
In an effort to keep their client from the death penalty, defense lawyers in the Matthew Shepard murder trial evoke a strange "gay panic" defense.
"A question of why"
Hate crime? Gay panic? Aaron McKinney's lawyer isn't arguing about who killed Matthew Shepard. But the question of what motivated the crime is a matter of life and death.
Russell, Aaron and me
What no one will admit about the Matthew Shepard killing is that it was about love as well as rage.
The reluctant activist
Judy Shepard talks about her struggles to accept her son Matthew's homosexuality, his brutal murder and the unwanted celebrity she decided to use on behalf of gay rights.
Put the victim on trial?
Lawyers spar over autopsy photos, angels clash with the Rev. Fred Phelps and both sides prepare for a "sex panic" defense as jury selection begins in the Matthew Shepard trial.
America's first gay president
President Clinton mixes with drag queens and Matthew Shepard's mom at a big New York gay pride bash.
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