Matthew Shepard urn
June 21, 2024
The senseless death of Matthew Shepard for simply being himself
Twenty-five years ago, Matthew Shepard lost his life to a brutal act of hate and violence that shocked the world. Matthew was viciously attacked in a horrific anti-gay hate crime and left to die—simply for being himself. I visited Matthew Shepard’s resting place in St. Joseph’s Chapel at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. […]