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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Matthew Shepard"”.
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Navigating Hate: The Public Deliberation of Matthew Shepard and Hate Crime Legislation
<p>Since Matthew Shepard’s murder in 1998, his narrative has been recirculated to justify a federal hate crime statute and Shepard has been used as a symbol for the demand for hate crime legislation. This study seeks to evaluate how Shepard is used in public deliberation, the role of private …
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Public sexuality: a contemporary history of gay images and identity
… Southern Decadence in New Orleans, the murder of Matthew Shepard, and the decriminalization of sodomy. At each site, I examine the event, the various identities presented, and the tensions and erasures that result from the specific identity performances. In conclusion, I envision a political …
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Martyrdom and American Gay History: Secular Advocacy, Christian Ideas, and Gay Assimilation
… memorials, and media depictions of Harvey Milk, Matthew Shepard, Tyler Clementi, and AIDS. The project's primary focus is to investigate the role of religious rhetoric in facilitating American gay assimilation. Discourses of gay martyrdom reveal that secular gay advocates habitually employed …
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The Influence of Diversity Experiences on Undergraduate Students' Universal Diverse Orientation (UDO)
… following the hate crime against UW student, Matthew Shepard, in December, 1998.