“He was a total nerd,” said Romaine Patterson, the 45-year-old LGBTQ+ rights activist and close friend of Matthew Shepard, whose brutal murder 28 years ago shocked the US. Shepard – a 21-year-old, gay student from Wyoming – loved theatre, but was also deeply interested in political issues and current affairs, and had learnt several languages, […] The post Matthew Shepard remembered 28 years after brutal homophobic murder appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.