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The case, which asks the appeals court to rule against the sorority’s right to accept transgender members, was already dismissed by a lower court judge.
The judge dismissed a case brought by six other sorority sisters who were opposed to the transgender sister's membership.
The sisters are upset that the sorority has taken an inclusive stance as opposed to engaging in transphobia.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming was booed during a commencement address at the University of Wyoming over the remarks.
Russell Henderson, one of two men convicted of the heinous hate crime, tried to have his double life sentence shortened.
In 1998 in rural Wyoming, Matthew Shepard was tied to a fence by two local men, brutally beaten, and left to die. Ten years after Shepard's murder, the company behind The Laramie Project returned to Laramie to find out, in the words of creator Moises Kaufman, "what had or had not changed" about the town since the hate crime. The result is Laramie: 10 Years Later.
Matthew Shepard died 25 years ago today after an antigay attack. How do we honor his legacy and that of less well-known hate-crime victims?
Ten years after his brutal murder, those who knew him best -- and those who learned of him only at the end -- remember that week in October and reflect on the legacy of Matthew Shepard.
Ten years after his brutal murder, those who knew him best -- and those who learned of him only at the end -- remember that week in October and reflect on the legacy of Matthew Shepard.
The site will offer visitors an opportunity for reflection and provide protection from the desecration Matthew's family feared.
The announcement came on what would have been Matthew Shepard's 47th birthday. He was killed in 1998, having been attacked and tied to a fence to be left for dead.
The former sorority member says the national organization is being exclusionary and transphobic because of the current political climate.
