Judy Shepard is the mother of Matthew Shepard, a gay student who was murdered in Laramie on Oct. 12, 1998. She and her husband, Dennis, have founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation in his memory, hoping to "replace hate with understanding, compassion and acceptance," according to the organization's mission. Shepard spoke during the Matthew Shepard Memorial Bench dedication on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, in Laramie.
Judy Shepard is the mother of Matthew Shepard, a gay student who was murdered in Laramie on Oct. 12, 1998. She and her husband, Dennis, have founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation in his memory, hoping to "replace hate with understanding, compassion and acceptance," according to the organization's mission. Shepard spoke during the Matthew Shepard Memorial Bench dedication on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, in Laramie.
People stroll on Bourbon street in the French Quarter in New Orleans last month. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni,File)
President Barack Obama, greets the parents of Matthew Shepard, Dennis Shepard, left, and Judy Shepard, second left, as James Byrd Jr.'s sisters, Louvon Harris, second right, and Betty Byrd Boatner, right, watch during a White House reception commemorating the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act on Wednesday in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
Bucking Mule Falls is located high in the Big Horn Mountains, 40 miles east of Lovell. Sheer canyon walls echo the sounds of the thundering falls as they plummet downward 550 feet through a granite slot in the canyon wall cascading into the shape of a horsetail. (Judy Hagerott, Star-Tribune correspondent)
In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo, frontline care providers like nurse Gail Symanik, left, is given the swine flu live virus vaccine nasal mist by nurse practitioner Judy Gallob at the Maricopa Medical Center, in Phoenix. When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo, frontline care providers like nurse Gail Symanik, left, is given the swine flu live virus vaccine nasal mist by nurse practitioner Judy Gallob at the Maricopa Medical Center, in Phoenix. When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo, frontline care providers like nurse Gail Symanik, left, is given the swine flu live virus vaccine nasal mist by nurse practitioner Judy Gallob at the Maricopa Medical Center, in Phoenix. When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo, frontline care providers like nurse Gail Symanik, left, is given the swine flu live virus vaccine nasal mist by nurse practitioner Judy Gallob at the Maricopa Medical Center, in Phoenix. When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
In this Oct. 8, 2009 file photo, frontline care providers like nurse Gail Symanik, left, is given the swine flu live virus vaccine nasal mist by nurse practitioner Judy Gallob at the Maricopa Medical Center, in Phoenix. When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be "messy." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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