Talk:Matthew Shepard
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Melissa Etheridge Reference

The wording "Lesbian Singer Melissa Etheridge" doesn't sound quite unbiased. While it is relevant that she is a homosexual, it's not the way to start that sentence, and kind of sounds like the "Lesbian Singer" part was added by someone who wanted to make absolutely sure people didn't think a heterosexual had sympathy for Shepard.

re: Melissa

I dont think it is too relavent that she was a lesbian, in reguards to feeling sympathy. So, yeah saying "lesbian singer" does sound rather bias and degrading - does being a lesbian affect how she gives her condolence? One might say "human rights activist and singer" instead.

Santa Monica Blvd memorial

I drive through West Hollywood about once or twice a week, and I noticed that there is a corner, or landscaped snippet of a median at Santa Monica Blvd and Crescent Heights that was dedicated to Shepard. I thought maybe it would be something interesting to add to the article; I saw that someone commented on the lack of info of nation-wide empathy, i.e. candlelight vigils and such.

Apparently, an activist by the name of Morris Kight proposed the idea for this memorial area. a small biography which contains this can be found here. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find out about the memorial. Other than this biography, I haven't been able to find any terribly thorough sources.

20/20

More needs to be said about the issues raised by the 20/20 investigation..-- LKS 5/13/06

Change the phrase "was a gay American student" to something better

Napoleon1805 (talk) 02:49, 22 August 2008 (UTC)Saying Matthew Shepard was gay is equal to saying that a heterosexual person was straight. For instance, a page would not start out with "(Person's Name) was a straight student that was murdered..." Perhaps it would be better to start another sentence explaining his orientation, instead of labeling him as 'gay', when the same would not be done if he happened to be a heterosexual. Sounds slightly insulting in its current sense.

But he is famous FOR being gay, unlike most straight people. Assuming the murder really was homophobically motivated, the sexuality of the victim is of prime importance. almost everything else attched to his name also hinges on his sexuality (the charity, Act, protests).Yobmod (talk) 11:06, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Peer review

Looks good so far - near to GA status in my opinion. It would be more readable with more images to break up the text - no pictures of the protests or vigils or charity logo or trial etc available.?

wtf?

Why did they hate him? I see nothing? Was he gay? Were they black? etc. You need this in the introduction and later. Total crap article as it stands. 67.85.188.249 (talk) 04:23, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Additional background information.

As someone who knew Matt, he lived in Raleigh, NC for a period during 1996 or 1997. He worked at the Jersey Mike's sub shop at the Pleasant Valley Shopping Center. I know of other people in the "community" that knew Matt as well. I do not have the time to research this on my own, but I am certain he lived here for at least a period of months. I wrote about him extensively in my journal at the time. He smoked Marlboro Lights too (not relevent, I know). It's been ten years today and he's been on my mind now more than ever. I cannot watch the movies/plays or read the stories. My therapist led me in this direction. Matt also lived in an apartment close to the shopping center where he worked in Raleigh.

Miss you buddy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cafergot (talk • contribs) 19:43, 7 October 2008 (UTC)