(TIME-warp) When Matthew Shepard became a Poster child of Hate, 21 Years ago this week!

Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.A., in October 1998. He was attacked on the night of October 6–7, and died at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 12 from severe head injuries.

During a pre-trial hearing, a Laramie police officer testified that the violence against Shepard was due to how the attacker "[felt] about gays," per an interview of the attacker's girlfriend who said she received that explanation. Shepard's murder brought national and international attention to the contention of hate crime legislation at the state and federal levels.

(POP NEWS) De-Ranged; Target; The End; Ding Dong; Over-Stayed; Automated; WTF; Bats; Dissed; Bullied; Diva; Stunt!

• DERANGED: GLSEN Debunks Wingnut Linda Harvey's Lies About LGBTQ Youth!

• TARGET: Brother and Gay Partner Involved in Kansas City Hospital Arrest Discuss Incident!

• THE END: West Hollywood’s Brett Shaad is removed from life support and has died – his family issues statement!

• DING DONG: Anti-Thatcher 'Witch Is Dead' Song a Big Hit!

• OVER-STAYED: Adventists Pretty Sad About Their 150th Anniversary!

• AUTOMATED; Google Really Is Trying to Be the Star Trek Computer!

• WTF: Most Kids Curse Before They Learn the Alphabet!

• BATS: 42 Knocks Scary Movie 5 Out of the Park!

(POP NEWS) Reality; Le Chic; Outed; Offended; Over-Turn; Dinkie; Arm-Up; Perfect; Bust; Judged; Phony; Re-mix!

• REALITY: Gay Man Arrested at Hospital for Refusing to Leave Sick Partner's Bedside WHILE Differing Accounts Emerge!

• LE CHIC: French Senate Gives Final Approval to Gay Marriage and Adoption!

• OUTED: Warren's Son Shot Self With 'Unregistered Gun'!

• OFFENDED: Newtown Upset by Glee School Shooting Episode!

• OVER-TURN: Support Up for Gay Marriage, Down for Abortion!

• DINKIE: Winklevoss Twins Behind One of Biggest Bitcoin Hauls!

• ARM-UP: NFL Trains Security Team in Case a Gay Player Comes Out!

• PER-FECT: Cristiano Ronaldo Meets His Turkish Impersonator and #1 Fan!

(POP NEWS) Pay Up; Stripped; Derecho; Falk-Land; Ill-Timed; Beaver; Boobs; DOA; Racy; Trans-Form!

• PAY UP: Homophobic Washington Florist Barronelle Stuzman Faces Second Lawsuit Threat!

• STRIPPED: California Senate Panel Advances Bill That Could Strip the Boy Scouts of Tax Exempt Status Over Gay Ban!

• DERECHO:  Uruguay Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage!

• FALK-LAND: UK Snubs Argentina at Thatcher Funeral!

• ILL-TIMED: Hopkins Doc Ditches Grad Speech in Gay Marriage Storm!

• BEAVERED: Man Tries to Take Photo of Beaver; It Kills Him!

• BOOB-TOWN: Eatery Trademarks 'Breastaurant'!

• MODELED: Swedish Shop Made Staffers Wear Bra Sizes!

• BOOTED: Miranda Kerr Out at Victoria's Secret?

(POP NEWS) See Ya; Protest; Pioneer; Fantasy; Targeted; Not Yet; Evolved; Sugar; Jeer-ney; Loopy; 2some; Details; Losing It!

• SEE YA: Annette Funicello Dead at 70!

• PROTEST: Rubio Joins Brouhaha Over Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba Trip!

• PIONEER: The Life and Death of a Feminist Fighter!

• FANTASY: Amazingly Elaborate Hoax Targets Megachurch Pastor, Joel Osteen!

• TARGETED: Gay Former Swedish MP Attacked on Greek Vacation!

• NOT YET: Immigration Reform Bill Will Not Include LGBT Families!

• EVOLVED; Drag Queen Sings Amazing Protest Anthem Against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Amsterdam, AND Putin Says Russia Does Not Discriminate Against Gays!

(POP NEWS) Class Act; Gagging' Denial; Protest; Manscape; Losing; Condiments; Targeted; More Drama; Profiled; Excuses; Get it Out; Mis-Quoted; Running to Altar; No Way; Over; Noxeema!

• CLASS ACT: Margaret Thatcher Dead at 87! 

• GAGGING: Westboro Baptist to Picket 'Fag Enabler' Roger Ebert's Funeral!

• DENIAL: After Son's Suicide, Rick Warren 'Overwhelmed' by Support! 

• PROTEST: More Than 3,000 Signed Up for Gay Protest of Putin in Amsterdam as Rainbow Flags Fly at Half Mast! 

• MANSCAPE: Hamas Cops Grabbing Young Men, Shaving Their Head! 

• LOSING: Opponents of Marriage Equality Lose Challenge to Ballot Initiative Language in Oregon! 

• NO REGRETS: Brendon Ayanbadejo Talks About Leaving the Ravens and Reports of Gay NFL Players Coming Out:!

(POP NEWS) Bombshell; Punk'd; Going Lez; Trans-Form; Bi-Prom; Payout; Doped; Greyish; Married; Diva; Blemish; Thumbs UP!

• BOMBSHELL: Brendon Ayanbadejo Cut By The Baltimore Ravens AND Says Up to four players to Come OUT at Once!  

• PUNK'D: Gay Reporter Fired from Minneapolis Station After 'HOMO Dads' Joke Makes It to Print! 

• GOING LEZ: Cindy McCain to Appear in Phoenix Production of Dustin Lance Black's Play About the Prop. 8 Trial! 

• TRANS-FORM: Texas High School Reverses Decision, Allows Transgender Student to Wear Dress to Prom! 

• BI-PROM: Georgia Teens Look to Dump Segregated Proms!  

• PAYOUT: Fired Rutgers Coach Still Gets His $100K Bonus! 

(POP NEWS) Karma; Warped; Penal; Ally; On Fire; Memorial; Sheltered; Subtle; Shocked; Sheer; Jubilee; Monkey; Finally; Bling!

• KARMA: Rutgers Coach Fired After Film Shows Player Abuse! 

• WARPED: Jeremy Irons Worries That Giving Gays Marriage Might....! 

• PENAL: Straight LGBT ally Brendon Ayanbadejo has been CUT from Team! 

• ALLY: Magic Johnson talks about his gay son going public! 

• ON FIRE: GLAAD to honor Bill Clinton at LA awards show! 

• MEMORIAL: PFLAG Founder Jeanne Manford Honored in Plaque on NYC Church Where Organization Was Born!  

• SHELTERED: Piers Morgan Asks Michael Reagan About Anti-Gay Remarks! 

• SUBTLE: Ronald Reagan’s Daughter On The Time Her Dad Outed Rock Hudson! 

(POP NEWS) Brutal; Tolerant; Bias; Banished; Brewer's Wrath; Culture Shock; Minority Report; Terminal; Dory; Loss!

• BRUTAL: Rutgers Basketball Coach Mike Rice Uses Physical Abuse, Gay Slurs Against Players! 

• TOLERANT: KOBE BRYANT On MAGIC JOHNSON'S Gay Son! 

• BIAS: Seattle Seahawks Refuse to Denounce Player's Anti-Gay Remarks! 

• BANISHED: Homophobic Attacks Drive Gay Canadian Restaurant Owners to Close Business, Leave Town! 

• BREWER's WRATH: Arizona City Flaunts State, OKs Same-Sex Civil Unions! 

• CULTURE SHOCK: 'Confederate Heritage Month' Is Appalling!  

• PROPER: Associated Press Drops Term 'Illegal Immigrant'! 

• MINORITY REPORT: America Loves Its Conspiracy Theories! 

(POP NEWS) Quick Death; Code; Back Track; Serious; Lots of Body; Lawd; Up Swing; Iconic; Twink; Queenie; Buds!

• QUICK DEATH: Don't Say Gay' Bill Dies Again in Tennessee House!

• MORAL CODE: Putin Wants Ban on Adoption by Foreign Gay Couples! 

• BACK TRACK: Conservative Star Apologizes for Remarks on Gay Marriage! 

• WELCOMED: NFL Pro with Gay Brother Says Gay Player Coming Out Would Not Be 'Selfish' or a 'Distraction'! 

• GRIPE: Shop's Pro-Marriage Equality Sign Sparks Outrage By Customer! 

• RISQUE: Inmates Host Raunchy Party at Prison Nightclub!  

• MOMENTUM: 2.7M Updated Facebook Pic for Gay Marriage! 

• SERIOUS: College Students, It's Time to End Hookup Culture! 

• LOTS OF BODY: Francis Celebrates 1st Easter! 

• BUSTED: Easter Bunny Gets Pulled Over! 

• OH LAWD: Next for Tim Tebow: Religious Movie Star? 

(POP NEWS) Slapped; Defeated; Bribed; Tolerant; Bigot; Brave; Trans-Poop; Bag Lady; Perverted; Moving On; Rumors; Beloved; Blinded; Gay Idol!

SLAPPED: Dan Choi Found Guilty, Fined $100 for White House 'DADT' Protest!

• DEFEATED: Rush Limbaugh on Gay Marriage: 'We Lost’! 

• BRIBED: Chick-fil-A Owner Treats Gay Marriage Rally to Meal!  

• TOLERANT: New England Patriot Rob Gronkowski Says Gay Player Would Be 'Another Teammate and Another Friend'! 

• BIGOT: Seattle Seahawk Christopher Clemons Says Gay Player Coming Out Would be 'Selfish Act' That Would Divide Team! 

• BRAVE: Gay Footballer Robbie Rogers Talks About the Closet, Coming Out! 

• TRANS-POOP: Arizona House Panel Approves 'Bathroom Bill' Shielding Businesses That Discriminate Against Trans People! 

(POP NEWS) Winning; Trans-mit; Censored; Full Circle; Banned; Next Chapter; 3Some; Cold; Leap; Late; Display; Scary, But...!

• WINNING: Evan Wolfson Schools Tony Perkins on 'Face the Nation'!

• TRANS-MIT: GLAAD Alters Mission Statement to Include Transgender Focus!

• CENSORED: Sony Pictures Co-Chair Amy Pascal: Let's Get Rid of 'Fag, Faggot, Homo, Dyke' in Movies!

• FULL CIRCLE: Mr. Black goes to Washington …! 

• BANNED: The County Where Gay People Don't Exist!

• NEXT CHAPTER: New Documentary on Jim 'I am a Gay American' McGreevey, by Alexandra Pelosi!

(POP NEWS) Mountain Love; Little Bit Wrong; It begins; Love or Money; Gold Digging; Road Kill; Stepping Out; Wasted; Out Law; Growing Up!

• MOUNTAIN LOVE: Colorado Governor Hickenlooper Signs Civil Union Bill into Law!

• LITTLE BIT WRONG: Osmond Family Hosting Anti-Gay Rally at Utah Capitol!

• IT BEGINS: Gay Couples File Suit Seeking Freedom to Marry in New Mexico!

• LOVE OR MONEY: Starbucks CEO to Shareholder, 'You Can Sell Your Shares' if You Don't Like Company's Support for Marriage Equality!

• GOLD DIGGING: Orange County, CA Man Convicted of Murdering Boyfriend! 

• ROAD KILL: Punxsutawney Phil Faces Execution Threat!

• STEPPING OUT: Tiger-Vonn a PR Stunt?

(POP NEWS) Shocker; Bring IT; Trans-late; Bad Move; Non Endorsed; Stray; Swan; Deep; Art!

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(POP NEWS) CHAPELS; LEGAL;TRANS;SIDE SHOW;FAIR; COLORED; XTREME; PULL OUT; BIG BOYS; STOPPED; DYNASTY; FUR; OVER; ENDOWED; GRINN!

• CHAPELS: Lawmaker Begins Long Process to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage in Nevada!

• LEGAL: Santa Fe Mayor Says Gay Marriage Legal in New Mexico! 

TRANS-LATION: Arizona Bill Would Restrict Bathrooms by Birth Gender!

• SIDE-SHOW: Gay Teen Stoned to Death in Somalia as Village Watched! 

• FAIR: Bergoglio Backed Gay Civil Unions! 

• COLORED: Westboro's New View: Neighbor's Rainbow House!

(POP NEWS) WORLD DOMINATED; PROGRESS; BLACKLISTED; SPECIAL SAUCE; OVERDUE; MESSAGE; 15 TO1; HACK; CENSORED; MASTER; LAST HURRAH!

• WORLD DOMINATED: International Marriage Equality Map!

• PROGRESS: Support for Marriage Equality Hits New High at 58 Percent!

• BLACKLISTED: Alt-Folk Singer Michelle Shocked Tells SF Audience 'God Hates Fags', Inspires Mass Walk-Out!

• SPECIAL SAUCE: Chipotle Does Not Support Companies That Discriminate Against Gays Unless They Are the Boy Scouts!

(POP NEWS) CALL ME; TOSS UP; EXILED; STANCE; PRIDE; PAINFUL: DISSED; DASH!

• CALL ME: Prince Harry, Given Number by Male London Socialite!

• TOSS UP: Kate Wants a Boy, William Wants Girl!

• EXILED: Dutch Lesbian Couple Hides As Foster Son's Turkish Parents Demand Return!

• STANCE: Band Scheduled to Perform at NOM's Anti-Gay Marriage March Drops Out After Discovering What They Stand For!

• PRIDE: Will Portman Says He's 'Especially Proud' of His Dad for Coming Out for Marriage Equality!

(POP NEWS) DOPE; SAVAGE LOVE; HATE;CONTROLLED;RE-JECT; INCLUSION; DISCOVERED; MACHO; CRASH; DIVA; HIT; SNOB!

• DOPE: Argentinian Cardinal Bergoglio Named the New Pope Plus Dark Cloud AND a Veteran at Dealing with Anger Over the Church's Anti-Gay Stance: His Quotes in Context!

• SAVAGE LOVE: Homophobes Raise Stink About Drag Show in Wisconsin So Dan Savage Ensures it Sells Out! 

• HATE: California Gay Man Beaten Unconscious by Attacker Using Homophobic Slurs!

• CONTROLLED: Baby 'Cured' of HIV Probably Never Really Had It!

• RE-JECT: NY Post Denied Press Pass to GLAAD Awards Because of its History of Anti-Trans Coverage!

• INCLUSION: Flight Attendant Goes the Extra Mile for Gay Couple Flying JetBlue and Serves as Witness for Their Wedding!

(POP NEWS) POT and MARRIAGE; NO HOPE; GOOSE; RE=BILLED; REJECTED; DONE; TYPE;TRICK; EXPIRED; CLASS!

• POT and MARRIAGE: Colorado OKs Civil Unions!

• NO HOPE: No Pope Yet After Second Blast of Black Smoke!

• GOOSE: Chavez Poison Theory Being Investigated!

• RE-BILLED: Man Returns Book 69 Years Late, Blames WWII!

• REJECTED: Aftermath of Richard III Discovery: Hate Mail!

• WHO CARES? Boy Scouts Takes Poll, Asks About Bunking With Gays!

• DONE: Toronto's Fab 'Gay Scene Magazine' Closes Up Shop!

(POP NEWS) BE-WITCHED; PRIVATE; TOO ROUGH; BACK TRACK; LIBEL; DISCLOSURE; REDUCED; DRINK; LOL; MIS-STEP!

• BE-WITCHED:  News of Elisabeth Hasselbeck's 'View' Departure Has Been Greatly Exaggerated!

• PRIVATE CLUB: The Vatican Buys Europe's Biggest Gay Sauna!

• TOO ROUGH: Gay Adult Film Actor Wilfried Knight Has Died!

• BACK TRACK: Westfield Mall Official Apologies at Rally for Gay Men Kicked Out for Kissing!