Shepard Murder Analysis

While reading the Matthew Shepard Murder article, I was not only repulsed by the heartbreaking hate-crime that took place but by the reaction of many people who learned of the murder. The brutality of the murder was devastating, no one can argue with that. The fact that this young man, Matthew Shepard, was lured out of a bar, only to his demise because of his sexual preference is an outrage. It was just another case that proves how close-minded and hateful people can be. Then to make matters worse, students were teaming up and have Anti-Gay movements and basically supporting the acts of Henderson and McKinney (the individuals who killed Shepard).

Media played no help to this situation. The media focused on the fact that this beautiful young GAY man was brutally murdered for being gay by two high school dropout crime seeking straight men. The media also concentrated on how Shepard was a man that would “look after your grandmother,” someone that could be trusted and one of the “acceptable” gays.  In addition, the media highlighted the heinousness of the crime and how evil Henderson and McKinney were. As soon as both men were sent to prison, the media then concentrated how justice was served and that everything was back to normal. This creates a need for no change.  A change is needed. Unfortunately hate-crimes still happen around the world every day and homosexuals still have to deal with the close-mindedness of the world around them. I have several homosexual friends as well as a family member and I support them and with that they never have to be victims to any type of discrimination. Unfortunately, that will never be the case until the world confronts this issue.