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Do you remember Matthew Shepard's murder?
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October 6th, 2016
Matthew Shepard stopped at the Fireside Bar in Laramie, Wyoming, 18 years ago today. He left with 2 young men who beat him unconscious and tied him to a fence, leaving him for dead. He was found the next morning by a man out for a bike ride. He died a few days later in the hospital in Denver, Colorado.
Matthew was murdered as an act of hatred because he was gay.
These events impacted me directly. At the time of the murder, I was still in the closet, and I was an active alcoholic. Within 3 months, I was out of the closet, and within 8 months I began recovery from alcoholism.
My life today is so vastly different from what it was before it is unrecognizable. Then, I hated life. Today, I am grateful for my life.
What do you remember about Matthew Shepard’s murder?
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