The Meaning of Matthew: My Son’s Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed

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The mother of Matthew Shepard shares her story about her son’s death and the choice she made to grow to be an international gay rights activist

Today, the name Matthew Shepard is synonymous with gay rights, but before his grisly murder in 1998, Matthew was once simply Judy Shepard’s son. For the first time in book form, Judy Shepard speaks about her loss, sharing memories of Matthew, their life as a typical American circle of relatives, and the pivotal event in the small college town that changed everything.

The Meaning of Matthew follows the Shepard circle of relatives in the days immediately after the crime, when Judy and her husband traveled to see their incapacitated son, kept alive by life toughen machines; how the Shepards learned of the implausible response from strangers all across The us who held candlelit vigils and memorial services and products for their child; and in any case, how they struggled to navigate the legal system as Matthew’s murderers were on trial. Heart-wrenchingly honest, Judy Shepard confides with readers about how she handled the crippling loss of her child, why she became a gay rights activist, and the challenges and rewards of raising a gay child in The us today.

The Meaning of Matthew not only captures the historical significance and complicated civil rights issues surrounding one young man’s life and death, but it also chronicles one atypical woman’s struggle to deal with the unthinkable.


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