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Matthew Shepard Online Resources
Pictures From the Washington, DC Vigil

Wednesday, October 14, 1998
Page Five



Matthew's friends Walter and Alex speak
with Ellen Degeneres and Anne Heche.


Joan Garry, Executive Director of GLAAD:
"Anyone who thinks that love needs to be cured
has not experienced enough of it in their own lives."


Kerri Lobel, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Matthew's death "is about a society that devalues us." But his death will "spark a renewal of our spirit and our commitment to work for equality."


Daniel (at right), a 17-year-old gay Latino youth who tells of trying to end his life as a result of being gay-bashed, and Craig Bowman (Executive Director of SMYAL).

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