Murdered gay student to be interred in Washington 20 years on
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the enactment of an anti-hate law named for gay student Matthew Shepard, who was tortured and murdered in 1998 (AFP Photo/WIN MCNAMEE)/ Washington (AFP) - The remains of a gay US college student whose murder became a symbol of homophobic violence will be interred at Washington National Cathedral 20 years after his death, the church has confirmed. Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, robbed and beaten in 1998, then left to die strapped to a ranch fence in Laramie, Wyoming. The 21-year-old hung on the ...
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