Matthew Shepard Killer Seeks Lighter Sentence
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
(Cheyenne, Wyoming) One of the men convicted of murdering Matthew Shepard in 1998 has petitioned the courts for a lighter sentence arguing he was not properly informed of his appeal options after pleading guilty to the slaying of the gay student.

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Details magazine article "Gay or Asian?" angers activists

Asian Pacific Islanders for Human Rights protested an event held by Details magazine and DKNY on April 2 in response to what the group considers a racist, homophobic article that ran in the April issue of the magazine. "Gay or Asian?" provoked an immediate response from activists representing the Asian Pacific Islander and gay communities.