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In 1998, Judy Shepard’s son, Matthew, was tortured outside Laramie and later died as part of an anti-gay hate crime. After his death, she helped found a nonprofit dedicated to fighting hate and the discrimination of LGBTQ+ people, and worked to usher in federal hate crime legislation.
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The Gillette City Council voted 4-3 to adopt the ordinance that was introduced by councilman Billy Montgomery. The debate on whether an ordinance of its kind was necessary proved to be a hotly divisive topic. Gillette now joins Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, and Jackson as communities in the Cowboy State that have them.
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The 4-3 vote on Tuesday evening comes after another 4-3 decision was tallied in favor of the proposed ordinance on May 2. Residents spoke on their support and opposition to it for around 90 minutes. Since it was introduced, over 110 residents have weighed in. The ordinance must pass a third reading if it's to be adopted.
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The Gillette City Council narrowly passed a hate crime ordinance on first reading Tuesday night. It faces two more readings before becoming law, and both the council and greater community are closely divided over whether the ordinance is necessary.
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The University of Wyoming's Black Studies Center and UW President Ed Seidel held a town hall meeting on February 24 to address the recent racist…
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On a crisp late fall afternoon, Colin Monahan and Shannon Lastowski Monahan were about to relax after a nice dinner with friends at their home in Wapiti,…
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As the number of active white nationalist groups continues to rise across the country and the Mountain West, researchers at the University of Utah have...
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The apparent suicide of a 20-year-old Gillette man came after he was bullied for being gay. The family of Trevor O’Brien says his car was vandalized in…