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The Laramie Project

            The articles I read about Matthew Shepard, by James Brooke were horrifying. To think that human beings could do such an awful and hurtful thing to a fellow person just because they are different is scary. Occurrences like these happen everyday to all sorts of people.
             Matthew was hated against just because he was open about his sexual preference. He was tied to a tree, beaten, and was left in the freezing weather, begging for his life. Knowing that this just happened four years ago is a frightening thought. After so many years of learning how to be equal with other races and religions it's an awful thought that we still see people as different and it still scares us.
             I have never witnessed or been a part a hate crime that was so extreme. I've seen people make fun of others for being gay. Talking behind their backs and sometimes even to their faces. People use the words "faggot" and "gay" to hurt others and make them feel like they are outcasts. Those words don't even mean what we think they do. A "faggot" is a pile of sticks, and to be "gay" means you"re happy. Why can't we just let people be happy and who they are instead of treating them like we don't want them in this world.
             America is supposed to be the land of the free no matter what race, religion, or gender you are. Why is being gay any different then being straight, why does it scare people so much? It's not a disease that will infect the population; it's just an alternative way of living. I"ll never understand why people are so scared of who another person prefers to love.
            


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1. Letter to the Author of The Laramie Project

Kaufman, I have recently read your play, The Laramie Project, in my Humanities class while attending Sage College of Albany. ... Although the play was not intended to give the town of Laramie a bad name, the interviews portrayed Laramie in a somewhat eerie light that made the reader or viewer of the play think twice about small town life. ... "But every once in a while there would be a guy, 'Oh gosh, I miss Laramie. ... I had heard of the Matthew Shepard story prior to reading your book, it was only upon reading The Laramie Project that I got the whole story and the run of emotion...

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5. Midterm

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6. Hate Crimes

That day, the media from all over went to Laramie Wyoming where Mat went to college. ... Not only did the brutal attack effect Matthew and his family and friends, but the whole town of Laramie. Media stormed into the town and stayed for long periods of time while persistently galling all of Laramie. As one native of Laramie points out, "Honey, it's still all about Laramie."" Matthew Shepard's story was made into a theatre production, which then became the film "The Laramie Project- in 2002. ...

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