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[wind blowing]

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[somber music playing]

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[A student of the
from wyoming

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was riding
your mountain bike

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and falls,

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look up,

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see what you believe
it's a scarecrow

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or a joke,
just for halloween

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around the corner,
which, of course,

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This was at the beginning of October,

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and comes to investigate,

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and of course he was horrified
for what he found.

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[Rosie O'Donnell] I still can
see its description,

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the biker who found him

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and thought it was
a scarecrow...

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of the deer,

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What was he doing to you?
company all night,

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and when it was found,

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The deer got up and fled.

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There is only one...

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a feeling
of divinity around him.

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There is a feeling
of an angelic presence.

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[This is a child...
who was loved and adored,

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and in every way,
more or less, the boy next door.

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This is a sign of rage,
something very personal,

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something very scary
about that.

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How cold it must have been
tied to that fence

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and was not found for 18 hours,

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and stay alive.

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[distant siren hooting]

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[Beck] Then they took him
to Ivinson Memorial Hospital,

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What is the local hospital?
Local Laramie

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to try to see
what they could do.

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[It was a mystery
for the officers,

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Okay, “Who is this person?

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"Who is Matthew Shepard?"

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[somber music playing]

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"Hello, mom,
I am writing to greet you.

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How is everything going?

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I've been fine,
a little nostalgic.

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You have problems
in the rhythm of things,

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but it won't last long,
wait.

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I have been very depressed
and I think it's a disappointment.

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I came back and time
It was horrible,

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and I miss my home.

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I miss you.

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Love, Matt."

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[Eric Marcus]
Matthew Wayne Shepard was born
was born on December 1, 1976.

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And although
He was a little guy,

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He had a great personality.

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Matthew was
a very emotional child,
very empathetic.

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[Judy speaks]

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[man chuckling]

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My name is Jim Osborn,

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and he was a friend
by Matthew Shepard.

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The first thing
What I noticed about Matt

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It's his smile.

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He just had this amazing
radiant smile.

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My name is Romaine Patterson,

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and I was a friend
with Matthew Shepard.

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I loved his laugh.

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I liked his smile better.

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He had a big smile.

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He smiled.

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[Adam Lambert]
He was young.

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It seemed
a sweet and innocent boy.

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He seemed like a good boy.

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[It wasn't
just his mouth.

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His eyes lit up

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and twinkle or shine before you,

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and it was as if
if his whole body smiled at you.

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Wyoming is like
a sleepy little town.

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the entire state
It is a small city of dreams.

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We are the state
town of the Union.

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We are a species of our own
little galaxy here.

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We are geographically
huge.

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We are the tenth state
of the country,

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but we have
the smallest population.

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In 1998, although
we are seeing
Will and Grace,

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we are the most conservative state
conservative of America.

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[Growing
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You couldn't be different.

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It was a kind of place where,

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if you were
a stereotypical cowboy,

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working on an oil rig,
you would fit in

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But it wasn't like growing up
in New York

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or any of the major cities
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Unfortunately,
the word "faggot"

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It was kind of go-to.

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regardless
that had something to do with it

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with your sexuality or not,
that was just a word

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which was used to describe
like a loser

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or you as different.

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[I'm from Nebraska,

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and I graduated
at the institute in 1987.

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Although we were...

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You know, Matthew and I lived
in very different cities

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but it seemed
was a child
that very easily

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I would have been a friend of,
I could have friends.

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looked like someone
that many of us knew.

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He seemed like your friend
at the institute

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who was probably gay.

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[Patterson] It can't be denied

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that Matthew was gay
and he knew it.

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Like, if you looked
to Mateo,

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you saw a gay man.

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There was no...

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There wasn't even an ounce
straight there.

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In 1993,
when matthew was finishing

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his second year
high school,

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his father got a job
in an oil company

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in Saudi Arabia.

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When Matthew's family started
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Matthew settled in a
in Switzerland.

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[So,
in the second semester
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he went with some friends
to Morocco.

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Morocco at that time,
it wasn't maybe

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the tourist destination
what is today

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and it was not known
for being particularly safe.

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[My understanding
of what happened in Morocco

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was that in one
particular night,

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Matthew wanted to go out
and see things.

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He didn't think,
"Oh, I should go out

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with a group of people
in a place that
"I don't know."

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He simply decided,
"I'm going out.

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I'm going to leave the hotel.

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I'm going for a walk.
"I'm going to see the stores."

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Things like that.
That's something
what he would have done.

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And while I was away,
was kidnapped.

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[In Morocco,
a couple of men took Matthew

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to an isolated place
and they raped him.

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Then,
the idea that a young gay

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is raped
by a group of adult men,

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people couldn't even understand
that kind of thing.

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And so, Matthew returned
to the hotel,

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you already know,
He immediately told the people.

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[Their parents
were contacted,

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the police were notified

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but they never found
to the attackers.

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It was a random attack.

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They had no idea who had done it.

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After the attack,
Matthew changed.

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He wasn't himself.

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I think what happened
is that he lost his sense

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of security in the world.

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[Liam Cudmore] Being assaulted
It is a traumatizing experience.

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Traumas have
lasting impacts

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in someone's development,

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their social development,
their emotional development,

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your spiritual development,

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and the people
who suffered trauma

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they run the risk
of having suicidal tendencies,

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have poor mental health
such as depression and anxiety.

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In 1995, Matthew graduated
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returned to the United States,

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and decided
coming out to his mother.

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[I definitely think
that Matt felt comfortable

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on your skin
and he felt comfortable being outside.

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[Marcus] In the early 90s,

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good things are happening
in the cultural world,

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with more representation
with homosexuals.

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How many lawyers did you go to?
before you call me?

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Nine.

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are you trying
get rid of it
because he's gay.

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I had not reached
to accept my sexuality
until 1984, 95.

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And then, yes,

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Ellen DeGeneres is a thing.

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I'm gay.

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At the end of the 90s,
there was a great
kind of boom for gay people.

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There was more representation
on television.

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Ellen was out.

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people fell in love
from Jack in Will and Grace,

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an open character
openly gay.

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a question
sexual orientation?

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The doctor is inside.

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I think middle America
It was getting more comfortable,

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you know, with the idea
that there are gay people

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out there and what are they
normal people.

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And I think that gave Matthew
the feeling of security

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that I was not alone
and that in fact he was safe.

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[Marks] Matthew later
bounced

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to different places.

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Finally ended up back
in Casper, Wyoming,

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his hometown.

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[Patterson] I went
to my first year of university

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at Casper College
in Casper, Wyoming.

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I got to know one
from campus instructors.

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He called me one day
and he told me,

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"Today I received a strange call
from a therapist.

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And he has a client,
and you would like
present to your client

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to other young homosexuals.

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"Can I send it to you?"

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And I said,
"Okay. Sure. Why not?"

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And it's this clumsy
young man named Matthew.

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He's like, "I'm trying to
meet new people

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here in Casper
who are also gay.

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and he was super handsome,
but we take him under our protection

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and we were like, "Listen,
Now you're one of us."

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I think depression
It was a real problem for Matthew.

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I think it was
a manic depressive

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so sometimes it was super
super high

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and things were amazing.

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["February 23, 1998.

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I put the Cherry Creek
to shame tonight.

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I walked in my humble
cute

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It was fun.

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I really have won
a lot of comfort here."

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[And then,
There were times when things

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They were literally the opposite,

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where I couldn't
have been lower for him.

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[Rannells] "It's happened
long time since
I have written a diary,

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but now I understand why.

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"I'm so depressed."

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[I think that
Matthew really
try to address

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personal traumas
that he had suffered.

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He treated them the best
that could,

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where he didn't feel bad
with himself,

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he didn't blame himself
for the things

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that had happened in Morocco.

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And I was always, you know,

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trying to find
that happy balance.

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[Rannells] "I'm going to call
home tonight and say hello
to my mom and dad.

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I miss my family a lot.

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They are very important to me.

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I wish I could see them
more often."

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That spring, Matthew
announced that he was going to

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to move to Laramie, Wyoming,

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and in May he took the step.

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He enrolled
at the University of Wyoming,

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which is where his parents
They had gone to school.

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Mathew was quite happy
in Laramie.

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Inside the red state,
this university town

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It was a kind of liberal enclave,
So while he was there,

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met like-minded people,

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was connecting
with friends,

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and it's also where he met
Jim Osborn.

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I saw it almost
every day

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against the Union,
and there it was,

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usually watching people,

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always with hair like that

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and polished,

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you already know,
always making sure

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that anyone I talked to,
I was very focused on them

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and was very present
in that conversation.

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It always seemed
have a lot of confidence

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and it was definitely
outgoing and pleasant.

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I never doubted
"This boy is going to score
the difference."

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[tense music playing]

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[So, Tuesday night,

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Matt came
to the LGBTA meeting.

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we had been
putting final plans

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about all acts
of Gay Awareness Week.

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And then, as we did
most weeks after the meeting,

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we all agree,
let's go out for,

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you know, dinner
and something to drink afterwards.

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And so we did it.

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And after being there
a while at the Village Inn,

258
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said,
"Okay. Well,
I'm not going home yet. "

259
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And later we found out
that ended

260
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next to the fire

261
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[I can only imagine
that Matthew felt

262
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perfectly safe walking
at the Fireside Lounge.

263
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It's a place
where he had been before.

264
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I knew the waiter.

265
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I had no reason to
looking over your shoulder

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and thinking that someone
I was going to hurt him.

267
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[The Fireside
It wasn't a gay bar,

268
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but without a doubt a bar
where gay people

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I went from time to time

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because we didn't have
a designated gay bar

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in the State.

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Most of us had a bar or two
those we could go out to

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and feel relatively safe.

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He had been to the Fireside.

275
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It wasn't anything special.

276
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Matt says
who saw Matthew Shepard

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leaving the bar with two men.

278
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Although he did not see
their faces when leaving,

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trust
that those two men

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They were the same ones who paid
with coins their jugs,

281
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because he didn't see
to those guys out there after that.

282
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[distant dog barking]

283
00:19:11,284 --> 00:19:14,521
[object whistling]

284
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[Brands] Little
after midnight

285
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in a neighborhood
just north of the city,

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a resident wakes up
and hears a whistle.

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So it comes out
to investigate.

288
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What you find is that
Your tire has been slashed.

289
00:19:29,236 --> 00:19:32,239
[police radio
chattering indistinctly]

290
00:19:35,475 --> 00:19:38,411
Call the police.
That's around 12:40 a.m.,

291
00:19:38,445 --> 00:19:41,147
and lets them know that he believes
that someone has punctured his tire.

292
00:19:58,298 --> 00:20:00,400
At that moment, the officer
It was about four blocks away.

293
00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:02,702
from the house where the tires
were cracked,

294
00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:06,172
see two guys behaving
a little strange

295
00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,841
in this Ford truck
black.

296
00:20:12,979 --> 00:20:15,615
And they're sitting there
and they don't move.

297
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[It's good
after midnight,

298
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there is not much
people out there.

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00:20:19,752 --> 00:20:21,721
is looking for people

300
00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:23,122
that just clicked
someone's tire.

301
00:20:24,791 --> 00:20:27,327
[Beck] And so he shines
a light on them,

302
00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:29,629
He announces that he is the police.

303
00:20:29,662 --> 00:20:31,197
He thought there might be
been the suspects

304
00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:32,865
in tire failure.

305
00:20:59,091 --> 00:21:01,428
[Russell Henderson
was someone

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00:21:01,461 --> 00:21:02,662
who came from a family

307
00:21:02,695 --> 00:21:04,931
that had been
in Laramie a long time.

308
00:21:04,964 --> 00:21:07,534
From what they say,
He was a pretty good boy.

309
00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:09,035
until the end of adolescence.

310
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He was an Eagle Scout.

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00:21:11,671 --> 00:21:13,406
was raised
for his grandmother.

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00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,975
His mother had some problems.

313
00:21:16,008 --> 00:21:17,510
[Brands] While I was alive
with his grandmother,

314
00:21:17,544 --> 00:21:19,612
I was dating a student
from wyoming

315
00:21:19,646 --> 00:21:21,648
named Chastity Paisley.

316
00:21:23,416 --> 00:21:24,917
[Beck] And there's blood
in it.

317
00:21:24,951 --> 00:21:27,520
So the officer
he asks Henderson,

318
00:21:27,554 --> 00:21:29,589
What happened to your left?

319
00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:33,360
He tells the officer
quite a confusing story.

320
00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:36,696
Russell says they were
assaulted by two men

321
00:21:36,729 --> 00:21:39,966
who describes
like a white guy
and a hispanic guy,

322
00:21:39,999 --> 00:21:43,169
and that they had been beaten
Pretty bad for them.

323
00:21:44,270 --> 00:21:46,072
Russell said
than the other two types,

324
00:21:46,105 --> 00:21:48,841
the white
and the Hispanic
They had fled.

325
00:21:48,875 --> 00:21:51,811
So they ask him,
“Okay, who were you with?

326
00:21:51,844 --> 00:21:54,947
Because we think
that you are involved in some
of this vandalism

327
00:21:54,981 --> 00:21:57,517
that we have heard about
in the area."

328
00:21:57,550 --> 00:22:00,387
It seems that Russell
he is telling the police officer

329
00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:03,856
that was not involved
in the tire puncture.

330
00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:08,528
He won't say anyone's names,
including type

331
00:22:08,561 --> 00:22:10,597
to whom the officer
just seen flee.

332
00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:13,733
Russell was hesitating
to tell the officer

333
00:22:13,766 --> 00:22:16,068
Who owned the truck?

334
00:22:16,102 --> 00:22:18,971
And finally he says, "Well,
I was with Aaron McKinney."

335
00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:23,943
Aaron McKinney
was a young man

336
00:22:23,976 --> 00:22:26,746
who had grown up in Laramie.

337
00:22:26,779 --> 00:22:29,048
His parents were divorced.

338
00:22:29,081 --> 00:22:31,684
Anderson met Aaron McKinney
at some point

339
00:22:31,718 --> 00:22:33,753
and they were roofers
together.

340
00:22:33,786 --> 00:22:36,423
Aaron McKinney
I was dating someone
named Kristen Price,

341
00:22:36,423 --> 00:22:39,426
and the two had
had a baby together.

342
00:22:39,426 --> 00:22:42,762
Aaron's mother had died
a few years before,

343
00:22:42,795 --> 00:22:45,131
actually due to complications
of a hysterectomy.

344
00:22:45,164 --> 00:22:49,902
And that's actually
led him to inherit
enough money

345
00:22:49,936 --> 00:22:51,704
due to a policy
life,

346
00:22:51,738 --> 00:22:53,806
and unfortunately,

347
00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,476
used a lot of that money
on drugs

348
00:22:56,509 --> 00:22:58,778
and bad behavior.

349
00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:03,516
[In the early 90s,
crystal methamphetamine

350
00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:05,785
came to wyoming
in a big way.

351
00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:07,787
For someone like
Aaron McKinney

352
00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:10,890
who considered himself
like a bad boy to begin with

353
00:23:10,923 --> 00:23:12,759
and he had money in his pocket
to burn,

354
00:23:12,792 --> 00:23:14,494
It's not that surprising
that it would end

355
00:23:14,527 --> 00:23:17,797
becoming one
of the army of people

356
00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:19,599
who became addicted to methamphetamine.

357
00:23:23,470 --> 00:23:25,772
[Beck] So the officer
keep talking

358
00:23:25,805 --> 00:23:28,475
to Russell Henderson
and he says,

359
00:23:28,475 --> 00:23:30,777
Aaron McKinney broke down

360
00:23:30,810 --> 00:23:33,613
with a stick or something
when they were attacked.

361
00:23:33,646 --> 00:23:36,048
And Russell Henderson,

362
00:23:36,082 --> 00:23:37,484
he has a cut on his lip

363
00:23:37,517 --> 00:23:39,285
and there is blood in it.

364
00:23:39,318 --> 00:23:41,287
Therefore, the official
also emits

365
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,490
the descriptions
of the men that Russell

366
00:23:43,523 --> 00:23:45,057
told him, this white guy

367
00:23:45,091 --> 00:23:47,126
and the hispanic guy
who allegedly assaulted them.

368
00:23:48,327 --> 00:23:50,497
Right now everyone thinks
that those two men

369
00:23:50,497 --> 00:23:53,332
could be responsible
just for vandalizing the tire,

370
00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:55,635
but also for attacking
Russell and Aaron,

371
00:23:55,668 --> 00:23:57,837
both of which
They were quite badly injured.

372
00:23:57,870 --> 00:24:01,007
And so when they finished
your conversation,

373
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,909
Henderson goes
in an ambulance

374
00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:05,678
to Ivinson Memorial Hospital.

375
00:24:08,681 --> 00:24:10,950
The officer takes a look
to the truck...

376
00:24:12,519 --> 00:24:17,089
and see many things
out of the truck
that seemed strange.

377
00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:26,365
[Beck] There is a
really bloody weapon.

378
00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:29,268
What is all this?
What has happened here?

379
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:33,139
and they are
absolutely baffled
for what happened here.

380
00:24:33,172 --> 00:24:36,543
Initially, they think
it's just a fight

381
00:24:36,576 --> 00:24:38,978
in a residential area,

382
00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:41,814
but there is something else
and they know it.

383
00:24:53,459 --> 00:24:56,563
So they're processing
out of the truck,

384
00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:58,798
They are doing blood smears.

385
00:24:58,831 --> 00:25:02,101
And of course, this gun
in the bed of the truck
is available to them,

386
00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:03,435
so they take it away,

387
00:25:03,469 --> 00:25:05,104
and it's covered
of blood.

388
00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:11,277
[Trademarks] Under federal law,
there is an exception

389
00:25:11,310 --> 00:25:13,445
to the rule that it is necessary
a search warrant,

390
00:25:13,479 --> 00:25:15,782
which is called
the doctrine of clear sight.

391
00:25:15,815 --> 00:25:18,050
If an agent sees
a possible test

392
00:25:18,084 --> 00:25:20,787
in view of everyone,
they are allowed
take that evidence,

393
00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:21,921
preserve that evidence,

394
00:25:21,954 --> 00:25:24,056
in case there has been
a crime has been committed.

395
00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:27,627
[Beck] And then,
look in the cabin

396
00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:29,962
and see this pair of shoes
nice pair of shoes,

397
00:25:29,996 --> 00:25:30,963
that seem out of place,

398
00:25:30,997 --> 00:25:32,999
because they don't seem
of the type

399
00:25:33,032 --> 00:25:35,067
that these guys would have.

400
00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:55,154
[tense music playing]

401
00:25:57,957 --> 00:26:00,526
[Beck] So what's interesting
is that you have

402
00:26:00,627 --> 00:26:03,062
some people from
Laramie Police Department

403
00:26:03,095 --> 00:26:06,532
listening
the radio call.

404
00:26:06,633 --> 00:26:08,635
When the helper Fluty,
from Albany County

405
00:26:08,635 --> 00:26:11,537
The sheriff's deputy calls
from the fence and said,

406
00:26:11,638 --> 00:26:12,805
"We have the student card

407
00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:15,808
with the name
by Matthew Shepard."

408
00:26:17,043 --> 00:26:19,679
the ears of some
police detectives.

409
00:26:34,727 --> 00:26:36,428
[Just at this time,

410
00:26:36,462 --> 00:26:39,398
the police continue
looking for Aaron McKinney.

411
00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:43,169
They go home...
He's not there.

412
00:26:43,202 --> 00:26:45,504
Finally, Kristen Price,

413
00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:47,807
who was Aaron McKinney's girlfriend
by Aaron McKinney,

414
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:50,810
called the police and said that Aaron
I was very beaten,

415
00:26:50,843 --> 00:26:54,346
and now
He is in the hospital.

416
00:26:54,380 --> 00:26:56,548
[Aaron was injured
pretty bad for the assault

417
00:26:56,582 --> 00:26:57,817
the night before
between the white boy

418
00:26:57,850 --> 00:26:59,686
and the Hispanic boy,

419
00:26:59,686 --> 00:27:01,821
and had to be transferred
from the local hospital

420
00:27:01,854 --> 00:27:04,791
to Poudre Valley so that
his head injury.

421
00:27:04,824 --> 00:27:06,793
[The police were
guests by Kristen Price

422
00:27:06,826 --> 00:27:08,194
to come interview him.

423
00:27:08,227 --> 00:27:10,162
They talk to him briefly

424
00:27:10,196 --> 00:27:13,599
a little and I asked him
about the incident.

425
00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:16,803
So they started asking
McKinney on the truck

426
00:27:16,836 --> 00:27:20,039
and said, "Oh, well,
that they robbed us

427
00:27:20,072 --> 00:27:23,042
when we went out last night."

428
00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:25,712
And he said he had been assaulted
by a couple of people

429
00:27:25,712 --> 00:27:26,946
and they broke it
in the head.

430
00:27:28,881 --> 00:27:31,483
[Marks] While the officers are
interviewing Aaron McKinney

431
00:27:31,517 --> 00:27:33,820
in the hospital,
they received the news

432
00:27:33,853 --> 00:27:36,588
that Matthew has been found
on the outskirts of the city

433
00:27:36,622 --> 00:27:39,058
and is being carried
to the same hospital.

434
00:27:40,727 --> 00:27:44,463
When the doctors there
see it,

435
00:27:44,496 --> 00:27:46,933
they are doing what they can
to try to revive it.

436
00:28:14,593 --> 00:28:16,428
The hospital contacted
with his parents,

437
00:28:16,462 --> 00:28:17,964
that were still
in Saudi Arabia.

438
00:28:17,997 --> 00:28:19,766
They started
the process of returning home

439
00:28:19,766 --> 00:28:20,900
as fast as they could.

440
00:28:22,769 --> 00:28:23,770
[Beck] They realized
immediately,

441
00:28:23,803 --> 00:28:26,005
"We cannot take care
of him here."

442
00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:27,874
So there is a hospital
in Fort Collins

443
00:28:27,907 --> 00:28:29,341
called Poudre Valley Hospital

444
00:28:29,375 --> 00:28:31,277
which deals with head injuries.

445
00:28:31,310 --> 00:28:32,278
So they realized right away,

446
00:28:32,311 --> 00:28:35,281
"We have to take it
to that hospital."

447
00:28:35,314 --> 00:28:38,584
[siren hooting]

448
00:28:38,617 --> 00:28:41,587
[tense music playing]

449
00:28:44,290 --> 00:28:46,859
[The first time
I found out about
what had happened to Matt,

450
00:28:46,893 --> 00:28:49,528
I received an email from
a common friend,

451
00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:51,263
the same friend
that he had presented to us.

452
00:28:51,297 --> 00:28:54,266
and let me know
that Matt had been attacked

453
00:28:54,300 --> 00:28:56,235
and that was
in the hospital.

454
00:28:56,268 --> 00:28:58,437
let me know
that your prognosis

455
00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:00,206
It wasn't good.

456
00:29:00,239 --> 00:29:02,875
[Patterson]
There was a shock,
there was fear.

457
00:29:02,909 --> 00:29:05,845
There was a feeling of anguish
feeling you had

458
00:29:05,878 --> 00:29:07,513
because you knew that
you couldn't do anything.

459
00:29:07,546 --> 00:29:10,549
So
kind of waited out.

460
00:29:11,984 --> 00:29:15,021
[The first hours
They were honestly pretty scary

461
00:29:15,054 --> 00:29:17,456
For me and for most
the members of the group,

462
00:29:17,489 --> 00:29:20,292
because we didn't know
who had done this.

463
00:29:22,728 --> 00:29:24,196
For me, it was unmistakable

464
00:29:24,230 --> 00:29:26,065
that this had to be
about hate.

465
00:29:33,539 --> 00:29:37,176
[So, law enforcement
now start interviewing
persons of interest

466
00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:38,845
about Matthew's attack.

467
00:29:38,845 --> 00:29:41,047
The police bring in Russell,

468
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,483
Chastity Paisley,
who was Russell's girlfriend,

469
00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:48,020
and Kristen at the station

470
00:29:48,054 --> 00:29:50,689
and try
and do interviews with them.

471
00:29:52,224 --> 00:29:55,327
Russell Henderson
He's not talking, so...

472
00:29:55,361 --> 00:29:57,296
"Advocacy"
is the term they use,

473
00:29:57,329 --> 00:29:59,398
will wait
to a lawyer.

474
00:29:59,431 --> 00:30:01,667
Chastity Paisley
explains that,

475
00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:04,436
"Oh, well, I really
"I don't know anything."

476
00:30:04,470 --> 00:30:07,874
Kristen Price
I had a little one at the time.

477
00:30:07,907 --> 00:30:10,877
and had no interest
to be arrested

478
00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:13,112
or something happens to him
her.

479
00:30:34,766 --> 00:30:36,402
And he told him,

480
00:30:36,435 --> 00:30:38,905
"I think that
that I killed someone tonight."

481
00:30:43,242 --> 00:30:46,178
He explained
that he and Russell Henderson

482
00:30:46,212 --> 00:30:48,514
They were at the Fireside bar

483
00:30:48,547 --> 00:30:51,150
where did they see someone
that he was gay

484
00:30:51,183 --> 00:30:52,885
and it seemed
I had money.

485
00:30:52,919 --> 00:30:54,286
Kristen tells him,

486
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,923
they came up with a plan
that they would pretend

487
00:30:56,956 --> 00:30:59,025
who are gay
and they will try

488
00:30:59,058 --> 00:31:00,759
and get him to go with them

489
00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:02,094
and they will rob you.

490
00:31:03,229 --> 00:31:05,731
And in the end,
decided to go with them

491
00:31:05,764 --> 00:31:07,566
and they left
the Fireside bar.

492
00:31:08,734 --> 00:31:10,136
[After Aaron
tell him what happened,

493
00:31:10,169 --> 00:31:13,372
goes to the bathroom
to clean up.

494
00:31:13,405 --> 00:31:16,242
She looks and sees it
washing a bloody purse.

495
00:31:16,275 --> 00:31:19,111
Then Aaron took the wallet,
he put her in a dirty diaper

496
00:31:19,145 --> 00:31:20,179
and threw it in the trash.

497
00:31:21,413 --> 00:31:24,750
[Kristen says
Chastity and Russell

498
00:31:24,783 --> 00:31:28,287
come and discussed
the events of the night,

499
00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,389
They realized that it was better to get rid
of some of his tests,

500
00:31:30,422 --> 00:31:31,958
better get rid
of his clothes.

501
00:31:51,877 --> 00:31:53,980
[Beck] Clothes
they didn't get rid of

502
00:31:54,013 --> 00:31:55,081
They were Russell's shoes,

503
00:31:55,114 --> 00:31:56,615
that were very expensive

504
00:31:56,648 --> 00:31:58,384
and I had just bought them,

505
00:31:58,417 --> 00:32:02,254
and they hid them in
a shed somewhere else.

506
00:32:04,490 --> 00:32:07,193
law enforcement
go to the place

507
00:32:07,226 --> 00:32:09,095
and after
a little searching

508
00:32:09,128 --> 00:32:12,864
find the shoes
They were covered in blood.

509
00:32:12,898 --> 00:32:15,001
They are going to
McKinney House

510
00:32:15,001 --> 00:32:17,469
where they find their clothes,

511
00:32:17,503 --> 00:32:22,608
they are bloody
and then in the dirty diaper
find the wallet

512
00:32:22,641 --> 00:32:24,010
what has
driving license

513
00:32:24,010 --> 00:32:26,378
of Matthew Shepard in it.

514
00:32:27,313 --> 00:32:29,715
At the end of the afternoon,

515
00:32:29,748 --> 00:32:30,849
all three were arrested

516
00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:33,485
in relation to what
It happened to Matthew Shepard.

517
00:32:37,389 --> 00:32:39,225
At that time,
I was the news director

518
00:32:39,258 --> 00:32:41,093
on Wyoming Public Radio.

519
00:32:41,127 --> 00:32:42,928
I was also teaching
that semester

520
00:32:43,029 --> 00:32:45,431
at the University of Wyoming.

521
00:32:45,464 --> 00:32:49,135
I had a student
who was in my class

522
00:32:49,168 --> 00:32:52,171
and called me
that morning

523
00:32:52,204 --> 00:32:56,642
and he told me he wasn't going
I was going to be able to come
to class that day

524
00:32:56,675 --> 00:32:59,445
because something bad
had happened to him
to a friend of his.

525
00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:01,680
And I'm like,
"Are you kidding me?"

526
00:33:01,713 --> 00:33:02,781
What has happened?

527
00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:04,083
He goes, "Oh, you're going to
hear about this.

528
00:33:04,116 --> 00:33:05,551
This is a really terrible thing.

529
00:33:05,584 --> 00:33:07,253
It's going to be
news for you."

530
00:33:07,286 --> 00:33:08,587
[reporter 1]
Matthew Shepard...

531
00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:09,521
[reporter 2]
Matthew Shepard...

532
00:33:09,555 --> 00:33:10,556
[reporter 3]
Matthew Shepard...

533
00:33:10,589 --> 00:33:11,523
[reporter 4]
Matthew Shepard...

534
00:33:31,110 --> 00:33:32,411
[You already know,
on public radio,

535
00:33:32,444 --> 00:33:36,248
we don't have the scanner
like television networks

536
00:33:36,282 --> 00:33:37,749
or the newspapers.

537
00:33:37,783 --> 00:33:40,719
We don't do much of
those everyday crime things.

538
00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:43,089
but I had someone
That morning he told me,

539
00:33:43,122 --> 00:33:45,624
"Wow, the scanner
It was really going last night. "

540
00:33:45,657 --> 00:33:46,892
Something was happening.

541
00:33:46,925 --> 00:33:49,228
There is something
what happened
on the outskirts of the city.

542
00:33:50,096 --> 00:33:52,398
so i called
to the sheriff's office

543
00:33:52,431 --> 00:33:54,666
and they didn't say
nothing, but they said,

544
00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:56,768
"We are going to have
a press conference at 3:00."

545
00:33:59,571 --> 00:34:00,872
That afternoon,
we were there.

546
00:34:00,906 --> 00:34:02,974
Of course,
there may have been

547
00:34:03,008 --> 00:34:04,710
another radio station there,

548
00:34:04,743 --> 00:34:07,213
and then I remember that some
local televisions

549
00:34:07,246 --> 00:34:09,447
and some television channels
from Denver were there.

550
00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:13,885
[During
the press conference,
Sheriff Gary Puls

551
00:34:13,918 --> 00:34:17,223
commented for the first time
about Matthew's attack.

552
00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:20,259
He also announced the charges
against Russell Henderson,

553
00:34:20,292 --> 00:34:23,129
Kristen Price
and Chastity Paisley.

554
00:34:24,663 --> 00:34:27,299
[Aaron McKinney
had not been charged until now,

555
00:34:27,333 --> 00:34:30,936
but they told us
that we know where it is

556
00:34:30,969 --> 00:34:33,371
and we will be
accusing him shortly.

557
00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:36,242
The sheriff
made it very clear to us

558
00:34:36,275 --> 00:34:38,244
what I thought
that this incident occurred

559
00:34:38,277 --> 00:34:40,246
because Matthew Shepard
He was gay.

560
00:35:00,332 --> 00:35:02,368
In 1998,
the wyoming legislature

561
00:35:02,401 --> 00:35:04,536
They are mostly retired ranchers,

562
00:35:04,570 --> 00:35:06,305
You know, old white men.

563
00:35:06,338 --> 00:35:08,540
we didn't have
hate crime legislation.

564
00:35:08,574 --> 00:35:11,042
Approve any
hate crimes

565
00:35:11,076 --> 00:35:13,979
it would be like putting
a seal of approval

566
00:35:14,012 --> 00:35:15,614
and saying "This is true,

567
00:35:15,647 --> 00:35:17,416
This is who we are."

568
00:35:17,449 --> 00:35:20,819
And it was just an obstacle
that they could not overcome.

569
00:35:20,852 --> 00:35:22,421
[Beck] From that moment on,

570
00:35:22,454 --> 00:35:25,791
never ever
I have never heard a member
of law enforcement

571
00:35:25,824 --> 00:35:26,758
Call it a hate crime.

572
00:35:27,826 --> 00:35:30,496
This was a local crime.

573
00:35:30,529 --> 00:35:32,798
It didn't seem to me
that this was something

574
00:35:32,831 --> 00:35:35,301
the national news
they would be interested.

575
00:35:37,303 --> 00:35:41,240
[dramatic music playing]

576
00:35:41,273 --> 00:35:44,476
[Aaron McKinney
had also been transferred

577
00:35:44,510 --> 00:35:46,945
to Poudre Valley Hospital
in colorado

578
00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:48,814
as well as Matthew Shepard.

579
00:35:48,847 --> 00:35:50,982
The police waited
was released,

580
00:35:51,016 --> 00:35:52,551
and as soon as
as soon as he was released,

581
00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:55,287
agreed to be extradited
back to Wyoming.

582
00:36:06,532 --> 00:36:09,268
[tense music playing]

583
00:36:33,058 --> 00:36:35,093
[Well,
basically said,

584
00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:36,462
"Yes, it happened and...

585
00:36:36,495 --> 00:36:38,430
But this is what happened."

586
00:36:38,464 --> 00:36:42,401
They are going around
and then like that
to go to the Fireside.

587
00:36:43,269 --> 00:36:44,870
And they are really
short of cash.

588
00:36:46,938 --> 00:36:48,607
And they're using quarters,

589
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,277
five and dime coins
to buy a mug of beer,

590
00:36:51,277 --> 00:36:53,479
when you see this
another person approach them.

591
00:37:03,188 --> 00:37:06,792
[Beck] And they plot
this plan where they are gay

592
00:37:06,825 --> 00:37:08,627
and they will try
and they will get
to go with them.

593
00:37:21,307 --> 00:37:23,074
[Brands] They leave the bar
and they get on the truck,

594
00:37:23,108 --> 00:37:25,311
what is
Aaron's father's truck.

595
00:37:25,311 --> 00:37:28,213
Matthew is high
between them in the seat,

596
00:37:28,314 --> 00:37:31,750
interspersed
among them, really,
and Russell's driving.

597
00:37:52,504 --> 00:37:55,574
[Beck] He was holding a gun
then,

598
00:37:55,607 --> 00:37:57,776
because they were,
you know, telling him
that was going to be stolen,

599
00:37:57,809 --> 00:37:59,878
and then aaron
He took his wallet.

600
00:38:01,613 --> 00:38:03,114
[Aaron has his gun.

601
00:38:04,516 --> 00:38:06,585
It just doesn't make sense
that Matthew

602
00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:09,888
would feel emboldened
to insinuate

603
00:38:14,092 --> 00:38:16,362
Aaron McKinney started
to hit him with a weapon.

604
00:38:18,664 --> 00:38:20,031
It hit him in the face.

605
00:38:20,065 --> 00:38:22,434
He just hit him.

606
00:38:26,438 --> 00:38:30,609
He explained
that Russell took them
to the site,

607
00:38:31,877 --> 00:38:35,747
and then Russell tied him up.

608
00:38:38,850 --> 00:38:41,453
And then Aaron
He started hitting him...

609
00:38:42,621 --> 00:38:45,090
And he hit him and hit him.

610
00:38:47,125 --> 00:38:49,227
[I'm sure
I was terrified.

611
00:38:51,229 --> 00:38:53,932
I imagine you would be
confused too

612
00:38:53,965 --> 00:38:56,402
how could a scenario
just leaving the bar

613
00:38:56,402 --> 00:38:59,137
with someone climb
so quick to this.

614
00:39:13,852 --> 00:39:15,654
[Beck] It really happened
of a situation

615
00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:18,624
where it sounded
what they intended
to do was rob the young man,

616
00:39:18,657 --> 00:39:24,129
and just like that,
became something
really catastrophic.

617
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:38,343
Aaron basically
was unleashed on Matthew.

618
00:39:38,444 --> 00:39:41,112
He beat him brutally
and repeatedly.

619
00:39:48,086 --> 00:39:50,522
Aaron admitted that he simply
like he went into anger.

620
00:39:50,556 --> 00:39:53,892
started
to hit him and hit him
and to hit him.

621
00:39:53,925 --> 00:39:56,327
And then Aaron picked up
his shoes.

622
00:39:59,698 --> 00:40:01,967
[Marks] Aaron tells him
to the police after finishing

623
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,803
hitting Matthew,
assumed Matthew was dead.

624
00:40:04,836 --> 00:40:06,605
He and Russell jumped again
to the truck,

625
00:40:06,638 --> 00:40:08,440
drove back to town,

626
00:40:08,474 --> 00:40:10,008
potentially to get rid
of the weapon,

627
00:40:10,041 --> 00:40:12,478
and they fought.

628
00:40:12,511 --> 00:40:15,547
There is something
of ironic parallelism

629
00:40:15,581 --> 00:40:17,315
in the fact that Aaron

630
00:40:17,348 --> 00:40:19,485
it had just ended brutally
hit someone

631
00:40:19,518 --> 00:40:21,119
and came to the city

632
00:40:21,152 --> 00:40:23,154
and then his head opened
open.

633
00:40:25,791 --> 00:40:28,827
What in that interview
that appears

634
00:40:28,860 --> 00:40:30,862
is that it was actually
a little indifferent.

635
00:40:31,497 --> 00:40:32,330
[man speaking]

636
00:40:40,739 --> 00:40:43,241
[And then
the interview was done,

637
00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:47,145
was charged with attempted
first degree murder,

638
00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:50,048
kidnapping,
and aggravated robbery.

639
00:40:50,081 --> 00:40:52,851
[tense music playing]

640
00:41:55,413 --> 00:41:59,317
a student
college student beaten
and abandoned to his fate

641
00:41:59,350 --> 00:42:01,119
clings to life in wyoming
this morning.

642
00:42:02,588 --> 00:42:05,123
[I know that practically
no one in laramie

643
00:42:05,156 --> 00:42:08,326
or in the state of Wyoming
they had no idea

644
00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:11,096
the media storm that was
about to fall on them,

645
00:42:11,129 --> 00:42:13,999
or what sense would it have
would touch on the story of Matthew

646
00:42:14,032 --> 00:42:16,101
then
moment in history.

647
00:42:16,134 --> 00:42:17,468
[speaker 1]
Matthew Shepard.

648
00:42:17,502 --> 00:42:18,670
[speaker 2]
Matthew Shepard.

649
00:42:18,704 --> 00:42:19,705
[speaker 3]
Matthew Shepard.

650
00:42:19,738 --> 00:42:21,506
[speaker 4]
Matthew Shepard.

651
00:42:21,607 --> 00:42:23,775
[In the hours
after Matthew was found,

652
00:42:23,809 --> 00:42:26,778
people learned
the name of Matthew Shepard.

653
00:42:26,812 --> 00:42:30,081
became
national.

654
00:42:30,115 --> 00:42:32,784
[It was a horrifying
discovery on this fence,

655
00:42:32,818 --> 00:42:35,086
a gay man barely
alive tonight

656
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,455
in a coma, with brain damage.

657
00:42:37,488 --> 00:42:39,157
[It was everywhere.

658
00:42:39,190 --> 00:42:41,693
It appeared in all the newspapers.
It was on the news.

659
00:42:41,727 --> 00:42:44,730
Everyone is like
looking and listening

660
00:42:44,763 --> 00:42:47,198
and hoping he lived.

661
00:42:47,232 --> 00:42:50,001
Not in my wildest dreams
I would wait

662
00:42:50,035 --> 00:42:52,470
that the New York Times
and Newsweek,

663
00:42:52,503 --> 00:42:55,306
and CBS, ABC, NBC,

664
00:42:55,340 --> 00:42:57,843
CNN, all those people
they would be appearing

665
00:42:57,876 --> 00:43:01,747
in my community
in about 24 hours.

666
00:43:01,780 --> 00:43:03,815
I had never seen it.

667
00:43:03,849 --> 00:43:05,450
[A couple of things
were happening

668
00:43:05,483 --> 00:43:08,920
in the hours
after Matthew was found.

669
00:43:08,954 --> 00:43:13,258
There were many people
who wanted the story
Known Matthew story,

670
00:43:13,291 --> 00:43:16,027
because these murders
had been happening
for a long time.

671
00:43:17,095 --> 00:43:20,231
Matthew's Friends
and activists
they were reaching out

672
00:43:20,265 --> 00:43:23,434
to an existing infrastructure
of gay rights,

673
00:43:23,468 --> 00:43:25,103
national organizations

674
00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:27,505
which could then be amplified
what happened.

675
00:43:27,538 --> 00:43:29,808
[The National Organization of
and Lesbians

676
00:43:29,841 --> 00:43:33,344
descended to Laramie,
in particular,

677
00:43:33,378 --> 00:43:35,781
GLAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance
Anti-Defamation Alliance.

678
00:43:35,814 --> 00:43:37,716
Like, they're literally
a media watchdog group.

679
00:43:37,749 --> 00:43:40,518
This is what they do.
Everything they do at that moment

680
00:43:40,551 --> 00:43:43,855
was watching the media
and contact different
members of the media

681
00:43:43,889 --> 00:43:47,225
about the stories
and the reports
what are they doing.

682
00:43:47,258 --> 00:43:51,596
The only way to change
was going to happen
was also to use the media

683
00:43:51,697 --> 00:43:54,599
to expand the story
of what happened to Matthew.

684
00:43:54,700 --> 00:43:57,035
People are not stupid.
They are sophisticated
about the media.

685
00:43:58,569 --> 00:44:01,306
[People were calling
to the Campus Activities Center

686
00:44:01,339 --> 00:44:02,841
and leaving me messages,

687
00:44:02,874 --> 00:44:05,977
Good Morning America
and Dateline.

688
00:44:06,011 --> 00:44:09,614
Hate and violence
they must cease.

689
00:44:09,715 --> 00:44:12,784
It was a challenge
and only challenge

690
00:44:12,818 --> 00:44:16,054
that suddenly they ask you
be the spokesperson

691
00:44:16,087 --> 00:44:18,890
for all the gays in wyoming

692
00:44:18,924 --> 00:44:20,959
is what I felt
then.

693
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:35,741
My name is Nate Mickelson.

694
00:44:35,774 --> 00:44:37,475
I grew up
in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

695
00:44:38,744 --> 00:44:40,345
It was quite small,

696
00:44:40,378 --> 00:44:42,047
maybe 3,000 people.

697
00:44:43,381 --> 00:44:46,584
You know, I thought
I was the only gay person,

698
00:44:46,617 --> 00:44:49,087
but I was part
of that community

699
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:52,758
and people cared about me
whatever happened.

700
00:44:52,758 --> 00:44:55,761
I was in university.
And when I found out
what happened to Matt,

701
00:44:55,794 --> 00:44:57,362
It really hit me.

702
00:44:57,395 --> 00:45:00,298
You know, I wasn't a type of
Wyoming that I remembered.

703
00:45:00,331 --> 00:45:03,401
You know, he let me know
I wasn't so sure
as I thought I had been.

704
00:45:03,434 --> 00:45:05,003
And I wasn't so sure

705
00:45:05,036 --> 00:45:07,105
growing as I thought
that had been

706
00:45:10,041 --> 00:45:12,844
Welcome my friend,
Ellen DeGeneres.

707
00:45:12,878 --> 00:45:14,179
[O'Donnell] I was in
my television show.

708
00:45:14,212 --> 00:45:17,082
It was a time
turbulent

709
00:45:17,115 --> 00:45:18,583
in my life and in my world.

710
00:45:18,616 --> 00:45:20,886
Memory
the situation of James Byrd,

711
00:45:20,919 --> 00:45:23,889
the same horror and hypocrisy

712
00:45:23,922 --> 00:45:26,792
and evil and systemic racism

713
00:45:26,825 --> 00:45:31,129
that allows a black man
be lynched

714
00:45:31,162 --> 00:45:34,565
and feeling that something
must be done,

715
00:45:34,599 --> 00:45:36,067
without knowing what to do.

716
00:45:36,101 --> 00:45:38,804
and just
on the heels of that,

717
00:45:38,804 --> 00:45:42,440
Matthew Shepard
and feeling that same horror.

718
00:45:44,910 --> 00:45:46,845
The first time I heard about
About Matthew Shepard

719
00:45:46,878 --> 00:45:49,214
In my bedroom in New York,

720
00:45:50,115 --> 00:45:52,450
and there was no
a ton of details.

721
00:45:52,483 --> 00:45:56,354
Although this happened
thousands of kilometers
from where we were,

722
00:45:56,387 --> 00:45:58,824
I think we all recognized

723
00:45:58,824 --> 00:46:01,559
pieces of ourselves
in this story.

724
00:46:05,396 --> 00:46:07,866
In '98, I was
in San Diego, California.

725
00:46:07,899 --> 00:46:08,967
I was in high school.

726
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:10,936
You already know,
It was still in the closet.

727
00:46:12,237 --> 00:46:15,473
And, you know,
hear about this horrible,

728
00:46:15,506 --> 00:46:18,910
brutal crime was terrifying.

729
00:46:20,678 --> 00:46:23,048
It scared me

730
00:46:23,081 --> 00:46:24,883
to take a step towards exiting the closet.

731
00:46:24,916 --> 00:46:26,651
It scared me more

732
00:46:26,684 --> 00:46:29,855
to embrace who he was

733
00:46:29,888 --> 00:46:33,291
because it reminded me
how much I hate
there is out there.

734
00:46:33,324 --> 00:46:35,126
I spent a lot of time
trying to convince

735
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:36,862
my mother in Nebraska

736
00:46:36,862 --> 00:46:38,864
that everything will continue
it's going to be fine

737
00:46:38,864 --> 00:46:40,731
and you could be safe

738
00:46:40,765 --> 00:46:43,534
and I would be safe
when in reality,

739
00:46:43,568 --> 00:46:44,569
I knew that...

740
00:46:46,037 --> 00:46:47,973
that not always
always be like this.

741
00:46:49,174 --> 00:46:50,708
It was terrifying. Was...

742
00:46:50,741 --> 00:46:52,343
It was a terrifying
realization.

743
00:46:53,979 --> 00:46:55,446
[While all this
is happening,

744
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:56,948
Matthew follows
in the hospital.

745
00:46:56,982 --> 00:46:59,417
Your parents are there
and they just wait

746
00:46:59,450 --> 00:47:00,285
that will survive.

747
00:47:01,386 --> 00:47:03,221
We all saw what
was happening with Matthew

748
00:47:03,254 --> 00:47:05,056
in the hospital and those days

749
00:47:05,090 --> 00:47:06,557
while trying to survive

750
00:47:06,591 --> 00:47:08,726
and we knew
the probability of that.

751
00:47:08,759 --> 00:47:12,330
And yet everyone
I expected, right?

752
00:47:17,235 --> 00:47:20,205
[suspense music plays]

753
00:47:38,823 --> 00:47:41,126
[Beck] You know, people were
community criticism.

754
00:47:41,159 --> 00:47:42,961
Well, you know,
the wild west,

755
00:47:42,994 --> 00:47:44,930
you are probably taking
gay street people

756
00:47:44,930 --> 00:47:46,697
left and right
and hitting them,

757
00:47:46,731 --> 00:47:50,768
or this kind of thing probably
happens in Laramie
all the time.

758
00:47:52,403 --> 00:47:54,272
[There was
a real generalization

759
00:47:54,305 --> 00:47:56,574
about where Matthew was from

760
00:47:56,607 --> 00:48:00,411
and that maybe
It wasn't surprising.

761
00:48:00,445 --> 00:48:03,949
than a gay boy
had this...

762
00:48:03,982 --> 00:48:06,317
horrible crime happen to him

763
00:48:06,351 --> 00:48:08,453
in a rural area like that.

764
00:48:08,486 --> 00:48:13,158
May everyone in Wyoming
They were anti-LGBTQ,

765
00:48:13,191 --> 00:48:16,194
that we were all a handful

766
00:48:16,227 --> 00:48:19,664
of uneducated hillbillies who went
out there participating

767
00:48:19,697 --> 00:48:22,767
in gay bashing
or words to that effect.

768
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:25,470
[Sara Burlingame]
I think Wyoming
will always fight

769
00:48:25,503 --> 00:48:28,506
with perception
perception they have of us,

770
00:48:28,539 --> 00:48:30,275
how it was taught
in our schools.

771
00:48:30,308 --> 00:48:33,344
It was preached
from our pulpits,

772
00:48:33,378 --> 00:48:35,880
but it is not exclusive
of Wyoming.

773
00:48:38,984 --> 00:48:41,987
People love to tell you

774
00:48:41,987 --> 00:48:45,223
"It would never happen
in this big blue state
where I live."

775
00:48:45,256 --> 00:48:46,557
And they're full of [bleep].

776
00:48:48,859 --> 00:48:51,829
[dramatic music playing]

777
00:48:56,201 --> 00:48:58,903
It was homecoming weekend.
for the University of Wyoming.

778
00:48:59,004 --> 00:49:02,640
And so normally,
That's festive, right?

779
00:49:19,024 --> 00:49:22,260
[Beck] And they carried
yellow bracelets, you know,

780
00:49:22,293 --> 00:49:24,762
saying that hate
It is not a Laramie value.

781
00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:27,032
And it was comforting
see that.

782
00:49:27,032 --> 00:49:29,767
[Osborn]
And that could be seen
the same message

783
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:33,438
on the front marquee
of family hotels

784
00:49:33,471 --> 00:49:37,075
and Arby's.
national

785
00:49:37,108 --> 00:49:39,577
They were putting up posters
like that, too.

786
00:49:48,286 --> 00:49:51,322
I can't begin to describe

787
00:49:51,356 --> 00:49:53,191
the difference that made

788
00:49:53,224 --> 00:49:57,162
as a queer person
in this city,

789
00:49:57,195 --> 00:49:59,297
knowing that really
there were more people

790
00:49:59,330 --> 00:50:01,599
that covered our backs

791
00:50:02,533 --> 00:50:04,102
and he had Matt's back.

792
00:50:06,271 --> 00:50:08,173
The people supported him.

793
00:50:08,206 --> 00:50:10,908
There were people who were
praying that he would live.

794
00:50:10,941 --> 00:50:14,579
It became this,
"Can this underdog do it?"

795
00:50:20,918 --> 00:50:22,687
[suspense music plays]

796
00:50:27,525 --> 00:50:28,726
-Ready?
-Yeah.

797
00:50:31,196 --> 00:50:32,630
At 12 at night

798
00:50:32,663 --> 00:50:36,601
on October 12, 1998,

799
00:50:36,634 --> 00:50:39,537
The blood pressure of
blood pressure began to drop.

800
00:50:40,905 --> 00:50:44,375
His condition continued
deteriorating.

801
00:50:45,543 --> 00:50:48,579
And at 12:53 a.m.
this morning,

802
00:50:48,613 --> 00:50:49,780
Matthew Shepard died.

803
00:50:54,252 --> 00:50:57,255
Matthew's mother told me,

804
00:50:57,288 --> 00:51:00,125
"Please tell everyone
who is listening to go home.

805
00:51:00,158 --> 00:51:01,759
Hug your children.

806
00:51:07,198 --> 00:51:08,899
And don't let a day go by

807
00:51:08,933 --> 00:51:11,669
without telling them
that you love them."

808
00:51:14,705 --> 00:51:18,976
Although it was something
that for me,

809
00:51:19,009 --> 00:51:22,813
I had kind of knew
what was going to happen,

810
00:51:22,847 --> 00:51:25,283
it still was...

811
00:51:26,484 --> 00:51:28,686
that disappointment, that...

812
00:51:29,954 --> 00:51:32,623
That air that escapes
from your lungs

813
00:51:32,657 --> 00:51:34,292
that you can't control.

814
00:51:35,593 --> 00:51:36,727
That...

815
00:51:38,463 --> 00:51:40,365
That last vain hope

816
00:51:40,398 --> 00:51:43,801
that's good, wow,
maybe he'll wake up he was gone.

817
00:51:43,834 --> 00:51:46,804
[somber music playing]

818
00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:49,374
[I broke down.

819
00:51:49,407 --> 00:51:50,808
I literally broke down.

820
00:51:50,841 --> 00:51:53,077
Suddenly,
all that pain

821
00:51:53,178 --> 00:51:56,847
and anger and sadness
they rushed

822
00:51:56,881 --> 00:51:58,916
and it completely overwhelmed me.

823
00:52:02,287 --> 00:52:05,356
I was very devastated

824
00:52:05,390 --> 00:52:07,592
for the death of Matthew

825
00:52:07,625 --> 00:52:10,795
and I didn't know very well
to do.

826
00:52:10,828 --> 00:52:14,632
my soul ate
of human capacity

827
00:52:14,665 --> 00:52:16,601
be cruel to another.

828
00:52:21,306 --> 00:52:23,208
[Lambert] Hear about
his death and process it

829
00:52:23,208 --> 00:52:25,510
It was even scarier.
because there was no one

830
00:52:25,543 --> 00:52:27,678
to relate to about it.

831
00:52:27,712 --> 00:52:29,214
I had no one
with whom to talk about it.

832
00:52:29,247 --> 00:52:30,815
I just found out
and I thought...

833
00:52:30,848 --> 00:52:32,116
[exhales]

834
00:52:32,217 --> 00:52:34,919
"This is the world
which I'm about to enter

835
00:52:34,952 --> 00:52:37,522
as an adult."
And that scared me.

836
00:52:40,925 --> 00:52:43,127
My boyfriend has two children

837
00:52:43,228 --> 00:52:45,996
and his daughter asked me
What was I going to do today?

838
00:52:46,030 --> 00:52:48,999
And I explained to him that I was going
to make this documentary.

839
00:52:49,033 --> 00:52:51,702
And he asked me what
it was about and I told him,

840
00:52:51,736 --> 00:52:55,640
"Well, it's about a boy named
Matthew Shepard who died."

841
00:52:57,908 --> 00:53:00,245
And she said,
"Why did he die?"

842
00:53:00,278 --> 00:53:02,613
And I said,
"Well, because he was gay."

843
00:53:07,452 --> 00:53:11,856
And that was all I could think of.
say about it

844
00:53:11,889 --> 00:53:13,258
to a 10 year old boy.

845
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:19,129
[dramatic music playing]

846
00:53:29,874 --> 00:53:31,942
[Marcus] After Matthew's death
was announced,

847
00:53:32,877 --> 00:53:34,979
there was such an outpouring

848
00:53:35,012 --> 00:53:37,615
throughout the country
with candlelight vigils

849
00:53:37,648 --> 00:53:40,451
in big cities
and small towns.

850
00:53:40,485 --> 00:53:43,921
I was surprised
by the outpouring of emotion.

851
00:53:44,989 --> 00:53:46,491
[Lambert] Broke
everyone's heart.

852
00:53:46,524 --> 00:53:50,027
And I think finally people
They were starting to feel that,

853
00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:53,931
that it doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter
how you identify yourself,

854
00:53:53,964 --> 00:53:55,866
no matter who you love,

855
00:53:55,900 --> 00:53:57,735
nobody deserves
be treated like this.

856
00:53:57,768 --> 00:53:59,670
[sirens hooting]

857
00:54:01,306 --> 00:54:03,741
[Matt's death
It was a meeting point.

858
00:54:03,774 --> 00:54:05,410
The people were angry,

859
00:54:05,443 --> 00:54:07,645
viscerally angry
for what was happening.

860
00:54:07,678 --> 00:54:11,449
Let's commit
to transform anger

861
00:54:11,482 --> 00:54:14,719
of this march
towards sustained action.

862
00:54:14,752 --> 00:54:16,186
[demonstrator]
Let's move tonight.

863
00:54:16,220 --> 00:54:18,122
Let's move
the country tonight.

864
00:54:18,155 --> 00:54:19,457
[Yeah.

865
00:54:19,490 --> 00:54:22,827
I'm so... pissed off.

866
00:54:23,828 --> 00:54:25,496
[crowd clamoring]

867
00:54:27,932 --> 00:54:29,467
I can't stop crying.

868
00:54:30,935 --> 00:54:33,971
Here is an example.
This young boy
minding your business

869
00:54:34,004 --> 00:54:36,807
is killed by no other
reason he was gay.

870
00:54:36,841 --> 00:54:39,644
It was so sensational.
The story was so strong.

871
00:54:39,677 --> 00:54:41,912
And it was so clear
what had happened

872
00:54:41,946 --> 00:54:45,583
that you couldn't deny it
further.

873
00:54:45,616 --> 00:54:48,853
[Barney Frank]
The determination we have

874
00:54:48,886 --> 00:54:50,688
will not decrease.

875
00:54:50,721 --> 00:54:53,791
[Dick Gephardt]
We still have a long way to go

876
00:54:53,824 --> 00:54:56,260
in our nation to ensure

877
00:54:56,361 --> 00:54:59,497
that hate and intolerance

878
00:54:59,530 --> 00:55:02,066
are banished
of our country.

879
00:55:02,099 --> 00:55:04,502
[It was amazing.

880
00:55:05,570 --> 00:55:07,838
The only time I can remember
before

881
00:55:07,872 --> 00:55:11,376
where was that guy
outpouring of emotion
and the rage

882
00:55:11,409 --> 00:55:14,845
It was when Harvey Milk
He was murdered in 1978.

883
00:55:14,879 --> 00:55:17,915
We must do more

884
00:55:17,948 --> 00:55:21,051
to confront violent intolerance.

885
00:55:22,887 --> 00:55:24,755
Even though Matthew had died

886
00:55:24,789 --> 00:55:26,591
of an anti-gay hate crime,

887
00:55:26,624 --> 00:55:28,393
most of us were pretty naive

888
00:55:28,426 --> 00:55:30,428
about what anti-gay hate
it seemed.

889
00:55:35,900 --> 00:55:38,403
-He is the one who said
that he was queer. I didn't say it.
-Yeah.

890
00:55:38,436 --> 00:55:40,270
[Patterson] When we found out
that this guy,

891
00:55:40,304 --> 00:55:42,507
Fred Phelps
of the Church
Westboro

892
00:55:42,540 --> 00:55:44,675
I was going to come to the funeral,

893
00:55:44,709 --> 00:55:47,244
We found it very strange.

894
00:55:47,277 --> 00:55:50,581
Like, why would anyone come
to protest at a funeral?

895
00:55:50,615 --> 00:55:52,717
I had never heard of
from Fred Phelps before.

896
00:55:53,951 --> 00:55:56,521
Fred Phelps
coined the slogan,

897
00:55:56,554 --> 00:55:58,823
"God hates faggots"
and was known

898
00:55:58,856 --> 00:56:02,126
for some really vulgar
and horrible anti-gay rhetoric.

899
00:56:02,159 --> 00:56:03,861
[indistinct chatter]

900
00:56:03,894 --> 00:56:06,497
[It was like
how much more horrible

901
00:56:06,531 --> 00:56:08,933
could a group
of people?

902
00:56:08,966 --> 00:56:10,435
This seems to be the right time

903
00:56:10,435 --> 00:56:14,138
To address this family,

904
00:56:14,171 --> 00:56:16,441
ruining this event
that should have been

905
00:56:16,474 --> 00:56:20,545
a very gloomy day,
a very respectful day.

906
00:56:20,578 --> 00:56:22,079
It's really shocking.

907
00:56:22,112 --> 00:56:23,881
Have you ever been
to a parade of faggots?

908
00:56:23,914 --> 00:56:25,149
[Fred] We don't force
to a faggot...

909
00:56:25,182 --> 00:56:27,452
[He and his family
They are holding these signs

910
00:56:27,452 --> 00:56:29,053
like "Matt in hell"

911
00:56:29,086 --> 00:56:30,888
and "AIDS kills queers"

912
00:56:30,921 --> 00:56:33,223
and how horrible,
Hateful shit, right?

913
00:56:33,257 --> 00:56:34,792
You will go to hell.

914
00:56:34,825 --> 00:56:36,260
you will go to hell
as Matthew Shepard

915
00:56:36,293 --> 00:56:37,895
for the hell he made
before dying.

916
00:56:37,928 --> 00:56:41,666
[Romaine and I
we knew we had to
respond to that.

917
00:56:41,699 --> 00:56:44,134
We knew it was likely
that Phelps

918
00:56:44,168 --> 00:56:47,337
and his group
They would return at some point.

919
00:56:47,371 --> 00:56:49,139
We thought it was
important to us

920
00:56:49,173 --> 00:56:50,541
send a message

921
00:56:50,575 --> 00:56:52,242
that we do not agree with that.

922
00:56:52,276 --> 00:56:54,712
That kind of thing
They are not welcome here.

923
00:56:54,745 --> 00:56:57,147
we knew
that we had to block them.

924
00:56:57,181 --> 00:56:59,484
we wanted
block Fred Phelps
and all its horrible signs

925
00:56:59,517 --> 00:57:01,218
so that Judy and Dennis
never had

926
00:57:01,251 --> 00:57:02,186
to look at their ugly faces.

927
00:57:04,021 --> 00:57:04,855
I had a plan.

928
00:57:11,662 --> 00:57:13,531
[suspense music plays]

929
00:57:16,534 --> 00:57:18,803
[Patterson] In the
intermediate period

930
00:57:18,836 --> 00:57:20,638
between the service
by Matthew

931
00:57:20,671 --> 00:57:22,540
and then what was supposed
be an audience,

932
00:57:22,573 --> 00:57:24,341
really, by Russell Henderson,

933
00:57:24,374 --> 00:57:26,577
the world was crazy.

934
00:57:26,611 --> 00:57:29,079
Those of us who were actively

935
00:57:29,113 --> 00:57:30,681
still doing interviews,

936
00:57:30,715 --> 00:57:32,883
talk later
with Matthew's parents

937
00:57:32,917 --> 00:57:35,219
and asked what
they wanted us to say

938
00:57:35,252 --> 00:57:37,522
because that was important.
You know, we wanted
to make sure that

939
00:57:37,522 --> 00:57:40,558
that we were doing well,
not just for Matthew,
but for Judy and Dennis.

940
00:57:40,591 --> 00:57:42,760
We never stopped.
It never stopped.

941
00:57:42,793 --> 00:57:45,095
There definitely was,
You know, meaningful work.

942
00:57:45,129 --> 00:57:47,231
with law enforcement

943
00:57:47,264 --> 00:57:50,367
and the court case, you know,
the county attorney's office.

944
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,070
[Many motions
clarified at that time

945
00:57:53,103 --> 00:57:55,540
that this was going to be
to be a death penalty case.

946
00:57:55,573 --> 00:57:57,708
They had to separate
both cases,

947
00:57:57,742 --> 00:57:59,544
so they weren't going to be
judged together.

948
00:58:00,878 --> 00:58:04,048
[dramatic music playing]

949
00:58:07,818 --> 00:58:12,156
[About a week before
from the trial of Russell Henderson,

950
00:58:12,189 --> 00:58:14,191
Jim Osborn calls me
and tells me,

951
00:58:14,224 --> 00:58:16,226
"Fred Phelps is coming
to Laramie for the trials."

952
00:58:16,260 --> 00:58:17,895
And I said, "Cool."

953
00:58:17,928 --> 00:58:19,764
The question
and deliver the country

954
00:58:19,797 --> 00:58:22,332
to these sodomite militants.

955
00:58:22,366 --> 00:58:24,869
[Patterson] All Exterior
of the courthouse

956
00:58:24,902 --> 00:58:26,837
was surrounded
from media people.

957
00:58:26,871 --> 00:58:28,573
there had to be
about ten or fifteen

958
00:58:28,606 --> 00:58:30,775
satellite trucks,
hundreds of reporters.

959
00:58:30,808 --> 00:58:32,943
It was crazy.

960
00:58:32,977 --> 00:58:35,212
And everyone is focused
at Fred Phelps

961
00:58:35,245 --> 00:58:36,847
and its horrible
anti-gay garbage.

962
00:58:36,881 --> 00:58:39,584
In any nation that agrees
that it's okay to be gay

963
00:58:39,584 --> 00:58:42,319
will follow the path
of ancient Sodom.

964
00:58:42,352 --> 00:58:44,021
And then suddenly
this band of angels

965
00:58:44,054 --> 00:58:45,355
comes walking down the street
and they're like,

966
00:58:45,389 --> 00:58:46,857
"What the hell is this?"

967
00:58:46,891 --> 00:58:48,593
And like the separation
of the Red Sea,

968
00:58:48,626 --> 00:58:49,459
everyone makes their way.

969
00:58:51,962 --> 00:58:54,832
-[people chatting
indistinctly]
-Yeah.

970
00:58:54,865 --> 00:58:56,734
[Patterson] And we
We surround Fred Phelps,

971
00:58:56,767 --> 00:58:58,903
we turn our backs
and now we are angels.

972
00:59:00,170 --> 00:59:02,607
[We didn't want to let
that kind of hate

973
00:59:02,607 --> 00:59:05,910
and intolerance enter
in our community.

974
00:59:07,878 --> 00:59:09,614
[Patterson]
And it worked very well.

975
00:59:09,614 --> 00:59:10,848
Fred Phelps can no longer
talk to people.

976
00:59:10,881 --> 00:59:12,316
can no longer
yell at people.

977
00:59:12,349 --> 00:59:13,618
so they started
to sing hymns.

978
00:59:13,618 --> 00:59:15,219
And now there are angels
with floating wings,

979
00:59:15,252 --> 00:59:17,454
listening, you know,
beautiful hymns

980
00:59:17,487 --> 00:59:21,458
and it was serene
and surreal and just wild.

981
00:59:25,896 --> 00:59:29,433
[Russell Henderson's public defender
Russell Henderson
Wyatt Skaggs

982
00:59:29,466 --> 00:59:31,802
had a number
death penalty cases

983
00:59:31,836 --> 00:59:34,639
and I really didn't want to
that nothing went to trial.

984
00:59:34,672 --> 00:59:37,207
And he saw the evidence.
I knew what they had.

985
00:59:37,241 --> 00:59:40,044
He really worked tirelessly
since this case started

986
00:59:40,077 --> 00:59:42,379
with a goal in mind.

987
00:59:42,412 --> 00:59:44,248
and that was
to save Russell's life.

988
01:00:16,113 --> 01:00:19,483
Judge Donnell just said
that this was a horrible murder.

989
01:00:19,516 --> 01:00:21,318
When examined
all the facts of the case,

990
01:00:21,351 --> 01:00:23,420
there is simply no way
should be in public.

991
01:00:23,453 --> 01:00:26,256
And he gave him, you know,
consecutive sentences.

992
01:00:26,290 --> 01:00:27,792
And that's how it is for life.

993
01:00:29,193 --> 01:00:32,262
Chasity Pasley,
who was Russell's girlfriend,

994
01:00:32,296 --> 01:00:36,801
was sentenced to about
year and a half in prison.

995
01:00:36,834 --> 01:00:38,903
Aaron McKinney's girlfriend
Kristen Price

996
01:00:38,936 --> 01:00:41,538
never ended
serving no sentence,

997
01:00:41,571 --> 01:00:44,742
apart from his initial arrest
arrest time he had

998
01:00:44,775 --> 01:00:47,077
and kept going
with his life.

999
01:00:53,784 --> 01:00:57,454
With those three
out of the way,
It became the trial.

1000
01:00:57,487 --> 01:01:00,624
Aaron McKinney, faced
to the death penalty.

1001
01:01:00,657 --> 01:01:02,459
And that was the main event

1002
01:01:02,492 --> 01:01:04,061
that everyone
I had been waiting.

1003
01:01:20,745 --> 01:01:22,813
There were a couple of things
still in play

1004
01:01:22,847 --> 01:01:25,382
that this was just
a robbery gone wrong

1005
01:01:25,415 --> 01:01:28,853
and this had nothing to do
with hate crimes.

1006
01:01:28,886 --> 01:01:32,089
But this was a hate crime,
without any doubt.

1007
01:01:33,423 --> 01:01:36,160
But one of the things
what the defense did

1008
01:01:36,193 --> 01:01:38,562
is that they used
gay panic defense

1009
01:01:38,595 --> 01:01:40,397
that nothing of
this would have happened

1010
01:01:40,430 --> 01:01:42,767
Yes Matthew Shepard
It didn't reach his groin.

1011
01:01:42,767 --> 01:01:46,436
and touch it there,
and that made him explode.

1012
01:01:46,470 --> 01:01:49,239
The defense of gay panic
it means

1013
01:01:49,273 --> 01:01:53,510
that someone is gay
or queer or trans identity

1014
01:01:53,543 --> 01:01:56,513
It's reason enough to hurt them,

1015
01:01:56,546 --> 01:01:59,616
that is something violent
and threatening

1016
01:01:59,649 --> 01:02:02,820
and it is legally admissible

1017
01:02:02,853 --> 01:02:04,789
to take violent action
towards them.

1018
01:02:05,856 --> 01:02:07,657
[It was not
the first time.

1019
01:02:07,691 --> 01:02:10,527
There have been several
occasions in the past

1020
01:02:10,560 --> 01:02:13,798
and about 30% of cases
in which this defense was used,

1021
01:02:13,798 --> 01:02:15,399
people got a reduced sentence.

1022
01:02:16,834 --> 01:02:20,337
[suspense music plays]

1023
01:02:20,370 --> 01:02:23,373
[And one of the things
which the defense also did

1024
01:02:23,407 --> 01:02:25,709
is that they used the fact
that Aaron McKinney

1025
01:02:25,810 --> 01:02:29,814
was a victim
of sexual abuse as a child.

1026
01:02:29,814 --> 01:02:32,016
They need to explain
which has some

1027
01:02:32,049 --> 01:02:34,584
very raw emotions about this,

1028
01:02:34,618 --> 01:02:37,354
and if someone is doing
a movement on him,

1029
01:02:37,387 --> 01:02:39,389
what will trigger
some things

1030
01:02:39,423 --> 01:02:42,993
and lead to this beating,
lead to this attack.

1031
01:02:43,027 --> 01:02:44,862
[Marcus] There was a lot
people who believed

1032
01:02:44,895 --> 01:02:47,832
that Matthew Shepard
as a gay man

1033
01:02:47,865 --> 01:02:49,333
He received what he deserved.

1034
01:02:49,366 --> 01:02:52,269
I really believe
that the people of McKinney

1035
01:02:52,302 --> 01:02:54,138
thought that would work,

1036
01:02:54,171 --> 01:02:55,973
and I was preparing for it.

1037
01:03:01,545 --> 01:03:04,214
[suspense music plays]

1038
01:03:04,248 --> 01:03:07,251
As soon as the gay panic
the defense arose,

1039
01:03:07,284 --> 01:03:08,685
the prosecutor objected.

1040
01:03:08,718 --> 01:03:10,287
well i think
what is a defense

1041
01:03:10,320 --> 01:03:12,957
that's atrocious
which should not be used

1042
01:03:12,990 --> 01:03:16,593
in any situation,

1043
01:03:16,626 --> 01:03:18,362
in any court
in these United States.

1044
01:03:18,395 --> 01:03:20,898
It gives people the excuse

1045
01:03:20,931 --> 01:03:22,532
hurt or kill
to another person.

1046
01:03:49,626 --> 01:03:51,195
[news reporter]
The sentence is a relief

1047
01:03:51,228 --> 01:03:53,097
to those who support
to Shepard's family

1048
01:03:53,130 --> 01:03:55,365
and those who support
gay themes.

1049
01:03:55,399 --> 01:03:59,003
Even if Matthew went too far
to Aaron McKinney,

1050
01:03:59,036 --> 01:04:02,472
all he had to say was,
"No, thanks,"

1051
01:04:02,506 --> 01:04:05,809
what is it that women have
what to say over and over again

1052
01:04:05,910 --> 01:04:07,644
because men do
unwanted passes.

1053
01:04:07,677 --> 01:04:09,113
He didn't have to
to beat him to death

1054
01:04:09,146 --> 01:04:10,280
with the butt of a gun.

1055
01:04:10,314 --> 01:04:11,916
It's a pathetic defense.

1056
01:04:11,916 --> 01:04:13,650
[Burlingame]
The defense of gay panic

1057
01:04:13,683 --> 01:04:16,020
It's the perfect joint.

1058
01:04:16,053 --> 01:04:19,723
how deeply
we blame the victims

1059
01:04:19,756 --> 01:04:23,227
of homophobic crimes
and transphobia.

1060
01:04:27,731 --> 01:04:29,666
[The jury found
Aaron McKinney guilty

1061
01:04:29,699 --> 01:04:31,268
two counts of murder

1062
01:04:31,301 --> 01:04:33,971
in addition to aggravated robbery
and kidnapping.

1063
01:04:34,004 --> 01:04:37,041
The verdicts came
after only 10 hours
of deliberation.

1064
01:04:37,074 --> 01:04:40,577
And then we were
preparing for what
we expected it to be

1065
01:04:40,610 --> 01:04:43,713
a very good one
discussion about the death penalty.

1066
01:04:43,747 --> 01:04:45,615
And then, out of nowhere,
it was announced that

1067
01:04:45,649 --> 01:04:47,484
that's not
what was going to happen.

1068
01:04:47,517 --> 01:04:49,987
[news reporter]
After being approached
by defense lawyers,

1069
01:04:50,020 --> 01:04:53,057
the Shepards recommended that
McKinney was given life

1070
01:04:53,090 --> 01:04:56,860
instead of death in memory
of his son.

1071
01:04:56,961 --> 01:04:58,963
In an emotional speech
to the court,

1072
01:04:58,963 --> 01:05:00,797
Dennis Shepard told McKinney,

1073
01:05:00,830 --> 01:05:03,600
"You stole from me
something very valuable.

1074
01:05:03,633 --> 01:05:06,636
Mr. McKinney, I give you my life

1075
01:05:06,670 --> 01:05:09,974
in memory
of someone who no longer lives.

1076
01:05:09,974 --> 01:05:11,976
May you have a long life

1077
01:05:12,009 --> 01:05:15,412
and thank Mateo
every day for it."

1078
01:05:17,081 --> 01:05:20,384
I was so moved by his words.
and his compassion

1079
01:05:20,417 --> 01:05:22,352
and your ability to forgive.

1080
01:05:22,386 --> 01:05:25,589
And I thought, this is it
the dawn of something new.

1081
01:05:28,725 --> 01:05:32,362
[Frame]
After Matthew's death,
there was so much organization

1082
01:05:32,396 --> 01:05:34,331
and so much forward momentum

1083
01:05:34,364 --> 01:05:39,003
and so many public demands
of legislation

1084
01:05:39,603 --> 01:05:41,271
for hate crimes.

1085
01:05:42,406 --> 01:05:46,276
Quickly, the President
made this cause his own.

1086
01:05:46,310 --> 01:05:49,313
And I think that in part
that's because the country

1087
01:05:49,346 --> 01:05:51,648
was willing to have
the conversation.

1088
01:05:51,681 --> 01:05:53,783
Hate crime laws
they had proposed

1089
01:05:53,817 --> 01:05:57,087
in Congress on multiple occasions
and failed on multiple occasions.

1090
01:05:57,121 --> 01:06:01,158
This was not something
that had never been
discussed before.

1091
01:06:01,191 --> 01:06:03,860
The Hate Crimes Prevention Law
it would be important

1092
01:06:04,028 --> 01:06:06,930
substantively and symbolically

1093
01:06:07,031 --> 01:06:10,300
to send a message to ourselves
and to the world

1094
01:06:10,334 --> 01:06:13,170
let's go
to the 21st century

1095
01:06:13,203 --> 01:06:17,674
determined to preach
and to practice what is right.

1096
01:06:17,707 --> 01:06:20,210
I wasn't surprised either
that in the end

1097
01:06:20,244 --> 01:06:22,446
that the legislation died
in commission

1098
01:06:22,479 --> 01:06:24,181
because they weren't that fast

1099
01:06:24,214 --> 01:06:25,949
to pick up the ball
and run with it.

1100
01:06:40,397 --> 01:06:42,766
[Patterson] I think the
Matthew Shepard Foundation

1101
01:06:42,799 --> 01:06:46,370
it's one of the things
important

1102
01:06:46,403 --> 01:06:48,205
to go out
of Matthew's death.

1103
01:07:09,293 --> 01:07:11,528
There is no excuse
for what happened to Matthew

1104
01:07:11,561 --> 01:07:13,997
and it is necessary
what to do to stop

1105
01:07:14,098 --> 01:07:17,101
this hatred that seems
permeate society.

1106
01:07:17,101 --> 01:07:20,404
Which ultimately becomes
this incredible mission

1107
01:07:20,437 --> 01:07:24,108
to erase hate
through legislation.

1108
01:07:24,108 --> 01:07:25,275
[Let's move on
and start.

1109
01:07:31,448 --> 01:07:33,150
[news reporter]
On this dirt road,

1110
01:07:33,183 --> 01:07:35,352
Byrd was murdered
early Sunday morning.

1111
01:07:35,385 --> 01:07:37,621
The murderers left
a trail of blood

1112
01:07:37,654 --> 01:07:40,757
and the trail of evidence
as they were driving down this road.

1113
01:07:40,790 --> 01:07:43,893
[The combination
of horrible racism

1114
01:07:43,927 --> 01:07:46,930
of the death of James Byrd
and homophobia

1115
01:07:46,963 --> 01:07:50,567
in Matthew's,
I think they are united forever.

1116
01:07:50,600 --> 01:07:53,803
They are united forever
emotionally and morally.

1117
01:07:53,837 --> 01:07:58,408
They are evils of...
From the same pile,

1118
01:07:58,442 --> 01:08:02,412
you know, and they are
united like all of us,

1119
01:08:02,446 --> 01:08:05,582
you know, move forward
for equality in this country.

1120
01:08:05,615 --> 01:08:07,784
This is a topic
that we couldn't let go.

1121
01:08:07,817 --> 01:08:09,619
I have a window
of opportunity here

1122
01:08:09,653 --> 01:08:11,155
what do I want
leverage.

1123
01:08:29,973 --> 01:08:31,608
[Suddenly,

1124
01:08:31,640 --> 01:08:34,178
this tremendous responsibility
fell on her.

1125
01:08:34,178 --> 01:08:35,779
He doesn't like crowds,

1126
01:08:35,812 --> 01:08:37,546
he doesn't like to be
in front of people,

1127
01:08:37,581 --> 01:08:39,383
and yet, despite all that,

1128
01:08:40,716 --> 01:08:43,187
kept doing it
day after day.

1129
01:08:44,254 --> 01:08:46,055
[Patterson] When I think about

1130
01:08:46,089 --> 01:08:48,358
how he responded to it,

1131
01:08:48,392 --> 01:08:50,560
if you don't have respect
for that woman,

1132
01:08:50,594 --> 01:08:53,062
you don't even know
the meaning of the work.

1133
01:08:53,095 --> 01:08:56,200
Today's audience
it is very important

1134
01:08:56,200 --> 01:08:59,736
and focuses on the serious
problem of hate crimes.

1135
01:08:59,769 --> 01:09:02,971
Think about the incidence
of recent violent crimes

1136
01:09:03,006 --> 01:09:05,209
who are motivated
for hate and intolerance

1137
01:09:05,242 --> 01:09:08,077
and how they have cauterized
the conscience
of this country.

1138
01:09:08,111 --> 01:09:10,880
And then people said,
"Let's talk about this.

1139
01:09:10,913 --> 01:09:14,082
Let's talk about it right now,
because if we don't,

1140
01:09:14,117 --> 01:09:17,654
this will continue
and we can't
allow it."

1141
01:09:17,687 --> 01:09:21,291
It took society, I think,
a time to understand

1142
01:09:21,325 --> 01:09:24,961
what it is to protect
to minorities in this country

1143
01:09:24,993 --> 01:09:28,398
who do not usually have a voice
social or political,

1144
01:09:28,432 --> 01:09:32,868
and they are demonized
and treated as inferiors.

1145
01:09:35,671 --> 01:09:39,676
The fact that
this legislation exists

1146
01:09:39,709 --> 01:09:42,246
highlights these crimes

1147
01:09:42,246 --> 01:09:45,014
like something
something more than a murder.

1148
01:09:45,048 --> 01:09:47,082
These commit
specifically

1149
01:09:47,116 --> 01:09:49,786
because the individual
who commits the crime

1150
01:09:49,819 --> 01:09:51,621
hate that person

1151
01:09:51,654 --> 01:09:54,258
for what they are,
fundamentally.

1152
01:09:54,258 --> 01:09:57,026
we only asked
that they would not murder us.

1153
01:09:57,060 --> 01:09:59,363
It is the most modest
of the requests.

1154
01:10:00,397 --> 01:10:03,667
Hate crimes have no place
in America.

1155
01:10:04,268 --> 01:10:06,670
[hammer hitting]

1156
01:10:08,305 --> 01:10:11,007
In 2007, a version
by Matthew Shepard

1157
01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:13,877
Hate Crimes Law
reintroduced in the Senate.

1158
01:10:13,910 --> 01:10:15,345
It was approved in the chamber...

1159
01:10:15,379 --> 01:10:19,015
In this bill,
the yeses are 237.

1160
01:10:19,048 --> 01:10:20,917
The nos are 180.

1161
01:10:20,950 --> 01:10:22,151
The law is approved.

1162
01:10:22,185 --> 01:10:24,421
[people cheering]

1163
01:10:24,454 --> 01:10:27,924
It was attached to the Law of
of Defense.

1164
01:10:27,957 --> 01:10:30,059
President Bush
he said he would veto

1165
01:10:30,093 --> 01:10:32,161
the law of
Defense Authorization Act,

1166
01:10:32,195 --> 01:10:35,031
Yes, this Hate Crimes Law
was united to her.

1167
01:10:35,064 --> 01:10:36,466
So it was finally removed

1168
01:10:36,500 --> 01:10:38,167
of the Law of
Authorization Law

1169
01:10:38,201 --> 01:10:39,536
and died on the ground.

1170
01:10:42,472 --> 01:10:44,107
[If you trace
the trajectory

1171
01:10:44,140 --> 01:10:46,910
of hate crimes
that are being introduced,

1172
01:10:46,943 --> 01:10:48,378
there is something
really instructive

1173
01:10:48,412 --> 01:10:50,747
about what
our movement, right?

1174
01:10:50,780 --> 01:10:53,182
How to advocate for full

1175
01:10:53,216 --> 01:10:55,952
dignity and health
of LGBTQ people,

1176
01:10:55,985 --> 01:10:58,355
what we learned
in the process,

1177
01:10:58,388 --> 01:11:02,058
once we came together
around like love

1178
01:11:02,091 --> 01:11:06,330
it is a message of love
that helped us progress.

1179
01:11:17,674 --> 01:11:20,877
And it haunts me to this day,

1180
01:11:22,446 --> 01:11:25,081
think how many times

1181
01:11:25,114 --> 01:11:28,151
has bared his soul
and your pain

1182
01:11:28,985 --> 01:11:30,920
for the benefit of others.

1183
01:11:33,122 --> 01:11:36,360
how many hearts
has changed.

1184
01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:38,895
how many minds
has expanded.

1185
01:11:43,933 --> 01:11:47,904
Thank you very much and welcome
to the White House.

1186
01:11:55,111 --> 01:11:57,381
You know, as a nation,
we have come far

1187
01:11:57,381 --> 01:12:00,149
on the way to
a more perfect union,

1188
01:12:00,183 --> 01:12:02,386
and today we have given
another step forward.

1189
01:12:02,386 --> 01:12:04,388
This afternoon
I have signed the law

1190
01:12:04,388 --> 01:12:06,956
Matthew Shepard
and James Byrd Jr.

1191
01:12:06,990 --> 01:12:10,394
-Hate Crimes Prevention Law.
-[applause]

1192
01:12:10,394 --> 01:12:12,429
[11 years passed
since Matthew's murder

1193
01:12:12,462 --> 01:12:15,131
to be signed
of hate,

1194
01:12:15,164 --> 01:12:19,403
which seemed fast to me
for legislation

1195
01:12:19,436 --> 01:12:22,939
cover something that is
so potentially controversial

1196
01:12:22,972 --> 01:12:27,243
how to protect gays
and others

1197
01:12:27,276 --> 01:12:29,479
of hate crimes.

1198
01:12:57,340 --> 01:13:00,309
[everyone applauding]

1199
01:13:01,945 --> 01:13:03,346
[Marcus] I was surprised

1200
01:13:03,447 --> 01:13:05,449
and...

1201
01:13:08,952 --> 01:13:12,088
And moved to tears
then and again now.

1202
01:13:12,121 --> 01:13:14,724
There is something that

1203
01:13:14,758 --> 01:13:16,460
so important to know

1204
01:13:16,460 --> 01:13:20,797
that your government,
my government cares about me.

1205
01:13:22,499 --> 01:13:24,501
[What started
to create awareness

1206
01:13:24,534 --> 01:13:26,703
for equal rights legislation.

1207
01:13:26,736 --> 01:13:29,272
And something started.

1208
01:13:29,305 --> 01:13:33,142
The country began
to take this seriously

1209
01:13:33,176 --> 01:13:36,546
and trying to protect us
as members of the country.

1210
01:13:38,381 --> 01:13:40,183
[Marcus] What happened
to Matthew Shepard

1211
01:13:40,216 --> 01:13:42,018
It was a key turning point.

1212
01:13:42,051 --> 01:13:43,853
The legislation that
approved

1213
01:13:43,887 --> 01:13:46,022
for his murder
it is very important

1214
01:13:46,055 --> 01:13:47,991
for our community.

1215
01:13:48,024 --> 01:13:50,960
I think many of us think
that it was over,

1216
01:13:50,994 --> 01:13:53,563
that we didn't have
to fight more,

1217
01:13:53,597 --> 01:13:55,264
that we were accepted.

1218
01:13:55,298 --> 01:13:59,235
we were so wrong
on so many levels.

1219
01:14:03,740 --> 01:14:07,043
The following years
the signing of the legislation
hate crimes

1220
01:14:07,076 --> 01:14:09,245
it seemed
an almost golden age.

1221
01:14:11,314 --> 01:14:15,184
We were starting to feel like
we are really going to live

1222
01:14:15,218 --> 01:14:17,153
in a country that welcomes us.

1223
01:14:17,186 --> 01:14:19,823
We were in a great place.

1224
01:14:19,856 --> 01:14:22,058
There wasn't really
a concern

1225
01:14:22,091 --> 01:14:24,360
when we wake up
in the morning about,
you already know,

1226
01:14:24,393 --> 01:14:27,063
having to put on extra armor
or the shield, right?

1227
01:14:27,096 --> 01:14:29,533
We felt freer.

1228
01:14:29,566 --> 01:14:31,535
[It was created
this feeling of impulse

1229
01:14:31,535 --> 01:14:33,603
and this feeling of how,
we finally realized

1230
01:14:33,637 --> 01:14:35,805
as a country how to like,

1231
01:14:35,839 --> 01:14:37,874
make people feel included

1232
01:14:37,907 --> 01:14:40,209
and like
celebrate the difference.

1233
01:14:42,612 --> 01:14:45,815
[people cheering]

1234
01:14:45,849 --> 01:14:47,717
This morning, I'm proud

1235
01:14:48,818 --> 01:14:51,354
to sign a law
that will end

1236
01:14:51,387 --> 01:14:52,989
to Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

1237
01:14:53,022 --> 01:14:55,992
[cheers and applause]

1238
01:15:01,898 --> 01:15:04,133
And in 2015
when the Supreme Court

1239
01:15:04,167 --> 01:15:05,702
spoke out on marriage equality,

1240
01:15:05,735 --> 01:15:08,171
and then same-sex marriage

1241
01:15:08,204 --> 01:15:10,039
It was legal throughout the country.

1242
01:15:12,008 --> 01:15:15,378
[The ban
of gay adoption was,
you know, abandoned.

1243
01:15:15,411 --> 01:15:17,947
And so, suddenly,
our entire family structure,

1244
01:15:17,981 --> 01:15:21,117
that had been illegal
in this country

1245
01:15:21,150 --> 01:15:24,220
and in this state,
It was already a thing of the past.

1246
01:15:24,253 --> 01:15:26,122
So we got legally married
in the state of Florida.

1247
01:15:26,155 --> 01:15:28,191
Now we can legally
adopt children

1248
01:15:28,224 --> 01:15:30,426
in the state of Florida.

1249
01:15:30,459 --> 01:15:33,029
This wonderful radiance of being,
You know, new parents.

1250
01:15:33,062 --> 01:15:34,831
-I loved every minute.
-Yeah. Was...

1251
01:15:35,464 --> 01:15:37,300
It was incredible.

1252
01:15:37,333 --> 01:15:39,202
It was incredible.

1253
01:15:40,670 --> 01:15:42,105
It was a step
in the right direction.

1254
01:15:42,138 --> 01:15:43,607
It was a step towards acceptance.

1255
01:15:45,074 --> 01:15:46,910
And I let my guard down
thinking that

1256
01:15:46,943 --> 01:15:48,712
things just
They are going to improve.

1257
01:15:48,745 --> 01:15:50,479
and I have lived
enough to see

1258
01:15:50,513 --> 01:15:54,117
multiple... waves

1259
01:15:54,150 --> 01:15:57,186
of progress and regression.

1260
01:15:57,220 --> 01:15:59,155
I should have seen it coming,
and I didn't do it.

1261
01:15:59,188 --> 01:16:02,158
[cheers]

1262
01:16:04,427 --> 01:16:06,462
[Election night,

1263
01:16:06,495 --> 01:16:10,199
on election night 2016,

1264
01:16:10,233 --> 01:16:12,401
I'm devastated
because I don't know

1265
01:16:12,435 --> 01:16:14,303
what this means to my family.

1266
01:16:14,337 --> 01:16:17,974
I remember people
who supported

1267
01:16:18,007 --> 01:16:20,276
of the then president,

1268
01:16:20,309 --> 01:16:22,979
"Oh, they're not...
"Nothing is going to change."

1269
01:16:23,012 --> 01:16:24,047
-Mmm-hmm.
-They are not going to...

1270
01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:25,114
They are not going to touch

1271
01:16:25,148 --> 01:16:26,750
any LGBTQ rights.

1272
01:16:26,783 --> 01:16:29,552
And I: "You're naive."

1273
01:16:29,653 --> 01:16:33,657
I, Donald John Trump,
I solemnly swear.

1274
01:16:33,657 --> 01:16:37,426
I knew this was potentially
a very dark time ahead.

1275
01:16:37,460 --> 01:16:39,362
The furies had been unleashed.

1276
01:16:39,395 --> 01:16:41,831
[Trump! Trump! Trump!

1277
01:16:41,865 --> 01:16:43,700
[Marcus] With a counterattack

1278
01:16:43,733 --> 01:16:45,735
that I couldn't
have imagined.

1279
01:16:45,769 --> 01:16:48,071
They are worthy of death.

1280
01:16:48,104 --> 01:16:51,307
These people must be
sentenced to death.

1281
01:16:51,340 --> 01:16:54,343
[Cudmore] 2016 started with
the bathroom law

1282
01:16:54,377 --> 01:16:57,146
which was North Carolina
legislation

1283
01:16:57,180 --> 01:17:00,083
to prevent trans students
use the bathroom

1284
01:17:00,116 --> 01:17:01,951
that fit
with their gender identity.

1285
01:17:01,985 --> 01:17:04,253
My name is Erin Reed.
I use the pronouns she/him.

1286
01:17:04,287 --> 01:17:06,255
I am a researcher
queer

1287
01:17:06,289 --> 01:17:08,091
and activist,
and content creator.

1288
01:17:08,124 --> 01:17:10,426
Those of us who are active
in the LGBTQ community

1289
01:17:10,459 --> 01:17:12,461
and on LGBTQ rights

1290
01:17:12,495 --> 01:17:15,398
I was very afraid that
our rights were curtailed.

1291
01:17:15,431 --> 01:17:18,567
And those fears
they came true
relatively fast.

1292
01:17:22,706 --> 01:17:24,808
The goal
of our school system

1293
01:17:24,841 --> 01:17:27,410
is to educate children,
not indoctrinate our children.

1294
01:17:27,443 --> 01:17:28,878
[Correct!

1295
01:17:28,912 --> 01:17:30,613
My name is Zander Moricz.

1296
01:17:30,714 --> 01:17:32,415
I knew about Matthew Shepard,

1297
01:17:32,448 --> 01:17:36,152
but i don't know
If that narrative is so widespread

1298
01:17:36,185 --> 01:17:37,787
recognized as me
how I would like

1299
01:17:37,821 --> 01:17:40,023
because these stories
are essential

1300
01:17:40,056 --> 01:17:42,425
to share and reflect.

1301
01:17:42,458 --> 01:17:44,493
I grew up
in Sarasota, Florida,

1302
01:17:44,527 --> 01:17:47,430
what is a community
polarized,

1303
01:17:47,463 --> 01:17:50,934
and found refuge
in my school community.

1304
01:17:52,769 --> 01:17:54,838
I went out to
a civics teacher
at Pine View,

1305
01:17:54,871 --> 01:17:56,572
what was it then
my physical education teacher actually.

1306
01:17:56,605 --> 01:17:58,742
It was a safe space.
It was exactly

1307
01:17:58,742 --> 01:17:59,876
what a school should be.

1308
01:17:59,909 --> 01:18:01,644
It is a place to learn

1309
01:18:01,745 --> 01:18:04,748
and discover not only things
on topics but yourself.

1310
01:18:05,982 --> 01:18:07,751
That environment

1311
01:18:07,784 --> 01:18:09,452
that is so accepting,
that is so affirmative,

1312
01:18:09,485 --> 01:18:11,454
it's a threat
for politicians

1313
01:18:11,487 --> 01:18:13,622
and they need a solution
for that.

1314
01:18:13,656 --> 01:18:15,558
And the solution is,
"Okay, everything is happening

1315
01:18:15,591 --> 01:18:17,660
in these safe spaces.
"We will take them away."

1316
01:18:17,761 --> 01:18:20,029
And the Don't Say Gay law
was an example of this.

1317
01:18:20,063 --> 01:18:22,231
No sexual instruction

1318
01:18:22,265 --> 01:18:24,968
from preschool to third.

1319
01:18:25,001 --> 01:18:26,836
And how many parents

1320
01:18:26,870 --> 01:18:29,806
they want their daycare children
have transsexuality

1321
01:18:29,839 --> 01:18:33,476
or something injected
in teaching?

1322
01:18:33,509 --> 01:18:35,544
When it was presented
as a bill,

1323
01:18:35,578 --> 01:18:37,781
Our children were in first grade.

1324
01:18:37,814 --> 01:18:40,516
The bill is supposed to
affect kindergarten children
up to third grade.

1325
01:18:40,549 --> 01:18:43,119
So this was bring home
directly to us.

1326
01:18:43,152 --> 01:18:45,789
The Don't Say Gay Bill
It's already law.

1327
01:18:45,822 --> 01:18:48,391
Governor Ron DeSantis Monday
signed the measure

1328
01:18:48,424 --> 01:18:50,927
prohibit certain instruction
about sexual orientation

1329
01:18:50,960 --> 01:18:54,363
and gender identity
in the classroom.

1330
01:18:54,397 --> 01:18:56,800
One of the things that does
this legislation

1331
01:18:56,800 --> 01:18:58,868
so horrible is the shape
in which it is applied.

1332
01:18:58,902 --> 01:19:01,104
The application mechanism
is that any father

1333
01:19:01,137 --> 01:19:03,940
-they can sue a school district.
-[activists singing]

1334
01:19:03,973 --> 01:19:06,910
[The opposition
the bill became stronger
in the last few days.

1335
01:19:06,943 --> 01:19:09,378
[Lambert] For a public school teacher
in Florida

1336
01:19:09,412 --> 01:19:12,348
get into trouble
to maybe have a photo

1337
01:19:12,381 --> 01:19:14,483
of your spouse at your desk.

1338
01:19:14,517 --> 01:19:17,453
we can't even
a risk. Imagine what
would be the consequences.

1339
01:19:17,486 --> 01:19:20,824
What is happening?
We're kind of going
completely backwards.

1340
01:19:20,824 --> 01:19:23,192
Although Ron DeSantis
said that it was intended

1341
01:19:23,226 --> 01:19:26,896
to protect only the
children of,

1342
01:19:26,930 --> 01:19:30,033
you know, being indoctrinated
in homosexuality,

1343
01:19:30,066 --> 01:19:33,736
the law has been expanded
to apply it to children

1344
01:19:33,837 --> 01:19:36,439
in grades K through 12.

1345
01:19:36,472 --> 01:19:39,208
-The amount of silence...
-Mmm-hmm.

1346
01:19:39,242 --> 01:19:41,044
...it was deafening.

1347
01:19:41,077 --> 01:19:43,179
we continue watching
hate attacks

1348
01:19:43,212 --> 01:19:46,349
like the attack on Matthew
and what that means for us

1349
01:19:46,382 --> 01:19:47,851
It's not that there isn't
no progress,

1350
01:19:47,884 --> 01:19:49,418
but that hate
still exists.

1351
01:19:49,452 --> 01:19:51,988
And that's like
the enemy of equality.

1352
01:19:57,560 --> 01:20:00,729
In Texas, the governor
I had a directive

1353
01:20:00,763 --> 01:20:03,967
to prevent trans youth

1354
01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:07,570
access to medical care
transgender.

1355
01:20:07,603 --> 01:20:09,338
[The governor's directive
directive was to investigate

1356
01:20:09,372 --> 01:20:11,908
some parents from texas
of transsexual children

1357
01:20:11,941 --> 01:20:13,742
for possible abuse of minors,

1358
01:20:13,776 --> 01:20:15,544
specifically parents
that provided gender

1359
01:20:15,578 --> 01:20:17,680
affirmative care
that stops puberty.

1360
01:20:18,514 --> 01:20:20,183
[Burlingame]
Those bills do harm.

1361
01:20:20,216 --> 01:20:23,052
They create harassment
to young transsexuals.

1362
01:20:23,086 --> 01:20:26,355
Young transsexuals deserve
be protected and safe.

1363
01:20:26,389 --> 01:20:29,258
can't be heard
nothing like that
Governor Abbott, right?

1364
01:20:29,292 --> 01:20:30,593
As if you heard the opposite.

1365
01:20:30,626 --> 01:20:32,929
You hear this dehumanization

1366
01:20:32,962 --> 01:20:36,165
of Governor Abbott's children.

1367
01:20:36,199 --> 01:20:39,903
And somehow from 2016 to now

1368
01:20:39,936 --> 01:20:41,504
that has been normalized.

1369
01:20:41,537 --> 01:20:43,106
All this is going to do

1370
01:20:43,139 --> 01:20:45,441
is forcing many of us
to hide again.

1371
01:20:46,509 --> 01:20:48,644
What can they do?
They can hide.

1372
01:20:48,677 --> 01:20:50,013
That is
all that remains.

1373
01:20:50,046 --> 01:20:51,847
Or they can fight.

1374
01:20:51,881 --> 01:20:54,250
and none
of those options feels good,

1375
01:20:55,218 --> 01:20:57,220
but that's what remains.

1376
01:20:57,253 --> 01:20:59,989
I mean, hide or fight,
You know?

1377
01:21:00,023 --> 01:21:02,525
The death of Matthew Shepard
It was horrible,

1378
01:21:02,558 --> 01:21:05,328
but it is also this violence
It is usual.

1379
01:21:06,429 --> 01:21:08,331
We are very grateful
that you are here with us

1380
01:21:08,364 --> 01:21:12,168
while we cover a shooting
shooting with victims

1381
01:21:12,201 --> 01:21:15,038
in downtown Orlando.

1382
01:21:15,071 --> 01:21:17,840
[Cudmore] Physical violence
like the massacre

1383
01:21:17,941 --> 01:21:21,244
at the Pulse nightclub
in Florida,

1384
01:21:21,277 --> 01:21:25,448
or the mass shooting at Club Q
in Colorado Springs,

1385
01:21:25,481 --> 01:21:27,516
that teaches our queer youth

1386
01:21:27,550 --> 01:21:30,586
and queer people in general
they are terrified,

1387
01:21:30,619 --> 01:21:35,358
that based
your identity
They can be slaughtered.

1388
01:21:35,391 --> 01:21:37,560
[Marcus] The sad reality
is that people
will always hate.

1389
01:21:37,593 --> 01:21:39,362
And no matter what we do,

1390
01:21:39,395 --> 01:21:42,098
we keep coming back
to the same horrible places.

1391
01:21:43,366 --> 01:21:45,468
But we can't not fight.

1392
01:21:45,501 --> 01:21:47,236
We have to keep fighting.

1393
01:21:47,270 --> 01:21:49,973
and that means
be visible when you can

1394
01:21:50,006 --> 01:21:52,976
to your family,
to your friends,
to your community.

1395
01:21:53,977 --> 01:21:56,445
[The people
that are part of that,

1396
01:21:56,479 --> 01:21:59,548
you know, the mobile center,
Who are your neighbors?

1397
01:21:59,582 --> 01:22:03,352
they just need to hear
a different message,

1398
01:22:03,386 --> 01:22:05,554
invite them in,
have that conversation.

1399
01:22:05,588 --> 01:22:09,225
On the other hand,
like the conservatives,

1400
01:22:09,258 --> 01:22:11,995
you are going to have
find your moral courage.

1401
01:22:12,028 --> 01:22:14,463
As if the story
will look back

1402
01:22:14,497 --> 01:22:18,001
about what you did
and you didn't do
during this time.

1403
01:22:18,001 --> 01:22:21,037
And I think they are going to
judge you harshly

1404
01:22:21,070 --> 01:22:24,540
because of how fast
You capitulated your values.

1405
01:22:30,113 --> 01:22:31,280
[activist singing]

1406
01:22:31,314 --> 01:22:33,482
Matthew's story
it's really important

1407
01:22:33,516 --> 01:22:36,152
because it was
one of the reasons why

1408
01:22:36,185 --> 01:22:40,523
we have been able to move forward
in the last 25 years.

1409
01:22:40,556 --> 01:22:44,027
[Marco] But the need
at the moment
when it's hard

1410
01:22:44,027 --> 01:22:47,130
to motivate yourself to fight
again,

1411
01:22:47,163 --> 01:22:49,498
remember
Who was this young man?

1412
01:22:49,532 --> 01:22:52,801
who was brutally murdered
because he was gay.

1413
01:22:52,835 --> 01:22:54,570
-Move!
-You are an intolerant
and you a coward!

1414
01:22:56,339 --> 01:22:58,207
And that's why
why the story of matthew

1415
01:22:58,241 --> 01:22:59,842
continues to count.

1416
01:23:02,178 --> 01:23:06,282
And we have to continue
sharing Matthew's story.

1417
01:23:06,315 --> 01:23:08,617
We have to teach gay history.

1418
01:23:10,053 --> 01:23:11,954
It is very important

1419
01:23:12,055 --> 01:23:14,157
let us continue
focusing on young people.

1420
01:23:14,190 --> 01:23:16,492
Young people are the future.

1421
01:23:16,525 --> 01:23:20,763
We have a lot of brave people
teenagers like Zander
doing the things he does,

1422
01:23:20,796 --> 01:23:22,531
and it's encouraging.

1423
01:23:22,565 --> 01:23:23,832
[Moricz] What happened
to Matthew Shepard

1424
01:23:23,866 --> 01:23:26,502
It's undeniably evil.

1425
01:23:26,535 --> 01:23:28,704
and disgusting
and full of hate

1426
01:23:28,737 --> 01:23:30,706
that repeats
every day.

1427
01:23:31,740 --> 01:23:33,809
But there is nothing
let it stop us

1428
01:23:33,842 --> 01:23:36,079
to revolutionize
our society

1429
01:23:36,079 --> 01:23:38,181
in a generation.
We could do it.

1430
01:23:38,214 --> 01:23:39,982
We just have to
start right now.

1431
01:23:40,083 --> 01:23:41,550
[Now!

1432
01:23:41,584 --> 01:23:44,487
[suspense music plays]

1433
01:23:44,520 --> 01:23:47,090
[activist chant continues]