I noticed that Judy Shepard is still touring the United States and I wanted to give her some publicity on my blog by posting a link to one of her most recent interviews. Judy is the awesomely strong and resourceful mother of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered for being gay in Laramie, Wyoming, and whose death helped to inspire the recent hate crimes provisions in America. She recently wrote The Meaning of Matthew, which can be found on Amazon and is about the life of her son.