Matthew Shepard

Matthew Shepard

male, deceased (1998)
Aaron McKinney, Russell Henderson, Episcopalian, homosexuality, sexual orientation, American…HatecrimesagainstLGBT, Hate crime
Matthew Wayne Shepard was an American student at the University of Wyoming who was fatally attacked near Laramie, Wyoming, on the night of October...

Paul Broussard

male, deceased (1991)
Montrose, Houston, murder victim, American, montrose, From Houston, HatecrimesagainstLGBT
Paul Broussard (1964-1991), a 27 year-old Houston-area banker and Texas A&M alumnus, was beaten and stabbed to death in a gay-bashing outside a...
Gwen Araujo

Gwen Araujo

female, deceased (2002)
murder victim, transgender, Transgender and transsexual, HatecrimesagainstLGBT, LGBT, from the San Francisco Bay Area…Hate crime
Gwen Amber Rose Araujo was a transgendered teenager who died during or shortly after being attacked by multiple individuals. The events leading up...
Brandon Teena

Brandon Teena

male, deceased (1993)
transsexual, female-to-male transsexual, transman, boys don't cry, murder victim, Lincoln…Hate crime, HatecrimesagainstLGBT
Brandon Teena (December 12, 1972 - December 31, 1993), born Teena Renae Brandon in Lincoln, Nebraska, and known simply as Brandon, was a...
Sakia Gunn

Sakia Gunn

deceased (2003)
murder victim, LGBT African American, The College Of New Jersey, greenwich village, New Jersey Transit, American…HatecrimesagainstLGBT, Hate crime, victim of a hate crime
Sakia Gunn (May 26, 1987-May 11, 2003) was a 15-year old African American lesbian who was murdered in a hate crime in Newark, New Jersey. On the...
Kevin Aviance

Kevin Aviance

male, 41 years old
LGBT African American, Richmond, PUNKS, Club/Dance, The Tyra Banks Show, Ball culture…HatecrimesagainstLGBT
Kevin Aviance (born Eric Snead on June 22, 1968 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American female impressionist, Club/Dance musician, and fashion...
Ryan Skipper

Ryan Skipper

male, deceased (2007)
Hate crime, American, gay, murder victim, murder, first-degree murder…HatecrimesagainstLGBT
Ryan Keith Skipper (April 28, 1981 - March 14, 2007) was a 25-year old gay man from Polk County, Florida who was murdered on Tuesday, March 14,...
Barry Winchell

Barry Winchell

male, deceased (1999)
United States Army, don't ask, don't tell, HatecrimesagainstLGBT, murder victim, American, United States Army soldier
Barry Winchell was an infantry soldier in the United States Army, whose murder by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, became a point of reference in...
Scott Amedure

Scott Amedure

male, deceased (1995)
death by firearm in the United States, murder, murder victim, homosexual, homosexuality, American…HatecrimesagainstLGBT
Scott Bernard Amedure (January 26, 1963 - March 9, 1995) was an American man who became known after being murdered for revealing his homosexual...
Fred Martinez

Fred Martinez

male, deceased (2001)
transgender, transvestite, Native American, Hate crime, Murdered Native American, navajo…LGBT Native American, HatecrimesagainstLGBT
Fred C. Martinez, Jr. (May, 1985 - June 16, 2001) was a transgender Native American student of Navajo ancestry. Among Navajo people, a transgender...