Download or read book Losing Matt Shepard written by Beth Loffreda and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001-11-05 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores why the 1998 murder of gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie, Wyoming, set off a media frenzy and continues to haunt the nation, and examines how the politics of sexuality unfolded in the small town.