http://www.akawilliam.com/the-laramie-project-epilogue-to-feature-interview-with-shepards-killer/ All Kinds of Gay Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.akawilliam.com/the-laramie-project-epilogue-to-feature-interview-with-shepards-killer/comment-page-1/#comment-15561 Frank Willis Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:14:57 +0000 http://www.akawilliam.com/?p=25768#comment-15561 About the Laramie Project, people have the right to raise questions. Why did Matthew Shepard get in a car with straight guys in the middle of the night? (it’s amazing to me that no one has raised this question). Recently in a Newsweek interview, his mother , Judy Shepard, said that Matthew had a "dark side." Did he seek out dangerous situations with heterosexual males? Since Matthew obviously had "gaydar," he knew he was going out with straight men. An earlier episode in his life seems to show his penchant for seeking this kind of danger. In a March, 1999 interview with Vanity Fair, Judy Shepard discussed that while Matthew was on vacation in Morocco during his senior year in high school, a gang there raped him. Again, it seems that Matthew Shepard put himself in a perilous situation with straight males (I've been to Morocco many times and people don't get dragged off the street and raped). Obviously, Shepard didn't deserve to be murdered, but it is doubtful that he was the saintly martyr he is made out to be. About the Laramie Project, people have the right to raise questions. Why did Matthew Shepard get in a car with straight guys in the middle of the night? (it’s amazing to me that no one has raised this question). Recently in a Newsweek interview, his mother , Judy Shepard, said that Matthew had a “dark side.” Did he seek out dangerous situations with heterosexual males? Since Matthew obviously had “gaydar,” he knew he was going out with straight men.
An earlier episode in his life seems to show his penchant for seeking this kind of danger. In a March, 1999 interview with Vanity Fair, Judy Shepard discussed that while Matthew was on vacation in Morocco during his senior year in high school, a gang there raped him. Again, it seems that Matthew Shepard put himself in a perilous situation with straight males (I’ve been to Morocco many times and people don’t get dragged off the street and raped).
Obviously, Shepard didn’t deserve to be murdered, but it is doubtful that he was the saintly martyr he is made out to be.

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