Have We Got Matthew Shepard All Wrong?

Aaron Hicklin, Editor-in-Chief of Out magazine, reviews THE BOOK OF MATT for The Advocate. He writes “…did our need to make a symbol of Shepard blind us to a messy, complex story that is darker and more troubling than the established narrative?... There are obvious reasons why advocates of hate crime legislation must want to preserve one particular version of the Matthew Shepard story, but it was always just that — a version. Jimenez’s version is another, more studiously reported account…”

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The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard