It was 2011 and I was working on a production of The Laramie Project at Curtin University when I was first introduced to the murder of Matthew Shepard: a young gay man who was robbed of his wallet, keys and shoes, pistol whipped at least 18 times in the head, burnt, beaten and left unconscious […]
Today marks the 17th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man who was murdered in his home town of Laramie, Wyoming. The gruesome nature of Shepard’s case garnered international attention and raised awareness of hate crimes against the LGBT community, spurring action to fight for legal protections for queer and gender […]
Yesterday OUTinPerth reported the Westboro Baptist Church’s intentions to preach their messages of hatred in response to WA’s Margaret River Senior High School production the play ‘The Laramie Project’. (Read the story here) Today the Church, who are well known for picketing funerals, protests against Jewish institutions and their anti-gay stances have attacked OUTinPerth on […]
The Westbro Baptist Church has threatened to preach their message of gay hatred at WA’s Margaret River Senior High School. The school is performing the play ‘The Laramie Project’ which is based on reactions of the residents of the town of Laramie, Wyoming where gay teenager Matthew Shepard was bashed to death in October, 1998. […]
