Losing Matt Shepard: Life and Politics in the Aftermath of Anti-Gay Murder

Author/Contributor(s):	Loffreda, Beth
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	09/26/2001
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The infamous murder in October 1998 of a twenty-one-year-old gay University of Wyoming student ignited a media frenzy. The crime resonated deeply with America's bitter history of violence against minorities, and something about Matt Shepard himself struck a chord with people across the nation. Although the details of the tragedy are familiar to most people, the complex and ever-shifting context of the killing is not. Losing Matt Shepard explores why the murder still haunts us-and why it should.