I am devastated by the suffering and death of Matthew Shepard. It is said that any death diminishes us all, but a death as brutal and as senseless as Matthew's must bring more than just our tears. It must rally the gay and lesbian community. Let us give his life meaning beyond what he already stood for -- tenderness, caring, a gentle human being, to quote those who knew him well.

I offer my condolence to the family and friends of Matthew Shepard.

Matthew died Monday, October 12, 1998, from critical injuries sustained during a vicious beating five days eariler. He was found unconscious on a Wyoming ranch where he had been tied to a fence for 18 hours in frigid temperatures and left for dead.

Matthew was savagely beaten because he was gay.

Funeral services were held Friday, October 16, 1:30pm, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Casper, Wyoming.

"The opportunity to be threatened, humiliated and to live in fear of being beaten to death is the only 'special right' our culture bestows on homosexuals." - Diane Carman, Denver Post

The Matthew Shepard Online Resource

Bellow There Is A Site For The People Who Care About Matthew.
A compilation of letters from other kids like Matthew. You can email me your thoughts and I will post them here.

MATTHEW SHEPARD'S FRIENDS

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DEDICATION TO ROBBIE KIRKLAND

1982 - 1997

"I may be gone, but I hope I'm not forgotten. Remember me"
by Robbie Kirkland.

A light flickers and goes out

Some children are born too sensitive for the cruelty and hatred that many too important people spread in this world. Robbie knew he was gay at ten. He carried the hatred people inflicted with him in his heart. He heard people saying it was okay to hate him, a boy, a child, a life yet lived. At 14 he decided it was time to go.

We have been robbed of a beautiful voice. Robbie was a writer, as is made obvious by his poems in the link bellow. Here he says more about his pain than I could ever tell you. My words pale in comparison to the words of this child grown too old and too tired before his time. No hatred goes unfelt but will it go unanswered as we enter the 3rd millennium of this Christian era?

Poems Written By Robbie

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