That Gay Thread

[Rev. Rye]

Remembering Matthew Shepard, whose brutal murder sparked a national reckoning on homophobia
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/10/07/ma...ime-death/

Explain how his murder has anything to do with homophobia if he was a meth dealer and in a sexual relationship with one of his killers?

You'd think that that would have come up as a motive during the trial. Especially from the prosecution angle. Especially in a state where they hasn't voted for a Democrat for president since the Beatles were still touring. Especially in 1999.

Even if your argument were true (and there's a remarkable amount of dissent about that, even from people who actually knew the three men and/or cops who worked on the case) and homosexuality had nothing to do with Shepard's killing, it became about homophobia because the prosecution claimed it was a hate crime and the defense claimed they were motivated by "gay panic." Arguing that it's not about homophobia is like arguing that there was nothing racist about the murder of George Floyd.