Where We Were Then, Where We Are Now

Nancy

WNYC Studios

Gay, Documentary, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Lgtbq, Lesbian, Relationships, Asian, Politics, Conversations, Storytelling, Health & Fitness, Homosexuality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The 20 years since Matthew Shepard's death have been transformative for his mother, Judy. Plus: we talk to Samira Wiley, who appeared in an anniversary production of The Laramie Project.

— Judy Shepard is president of the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

— Moisés Kaufman is founder and artistic director of the Tectonic Theater Project; he co-wrote and directed the play The Laramie Project.

— Samira Wiley is an actor best known for her work on Orange is the New Black and The Handmaid’s Tale.

— You can stream the film version of The Laramie Project on HBO.

Special thanks to Christina Russo and Maxim Ibadov.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom, Alexander Overington, and Broke For Free ("The Great"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Transcript

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0:00.0	When was the first time you realized gay people existed?
0:07.0	Um...
0:12.0	I don't know.
0:16.0	I think when I first moved to the West Village...
0:21.0	When I moved to the Bird Cage, come out.
0:23.0	I think I always knew.
0:25.0	I don't remember it being a revelation.
0:27.0	It was just a sort of effect of life.
0:30.0	Yes.
0:31.0	The first parade was right under my window on West Fourth Street.
0:35.0	And I thought, wow, who are these people? They're great.
0:42.0	From WNYC Studios, this is Nancy, with your host Tobin Lowe and Kathy too.
0:57.0	So Kathy, Tobin?
0:59.0	This month is the 20th anniversary of one of the biggest gay news stories of our lives.
1:05.0	And welcome to today on this Monday morning everyone. I'm Katie Curry.
1:08.0	My man Curry, good morning everybody.
1:10.0	A terrible turn in a terrible storm.
1:12.0	It's really tragic and so disturbing and...
1:15.0	In October of 1998, a young gay man made national news.
1:20.0	Matthew Shepard was beaten last weekend tied to a wooden fence by two men who met Shepard in a bar in Laramie, Wyoming.
1:26.0	18 hours later, a passing bicyclist,
1:29.0	summoned help after almost mistaking Shepard's bloody body for a scarecrow.
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