Biden marks 25th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s murder, says anti-LGBTQ violence continues to rise

President Joe Biden on Thursday marked the 25th anniversary of the“tragic and senseless” murder of Matthew Shepard, noting that even now with federal anti-hate laws bearing his name in place, the recent rise in anti-LGBTQ violence across the country means that “our work here is far from finished.” Shepard was a gay, 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming who was attacked and tortured by two young men before he was tied to a fence in a field in Laramie, Wyoming, on Oct. 7, 1998. He died from his injuries five days later in a hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado. Shepard’s murder galvani...