:08:06
So how did you wind up here?
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WeII, when it came time to go to coIIege...
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...my parents couIdn't reaIIy afford
to send me to coIIege.
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I knew that I wanted to study theatre...
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...and I knew that if I wanted to go
to coIIege, I had to get on a schoIarship.
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There's this competition
that they have every year.
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It's Iike a Wyoming state
high schooI competition thing.
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I came to the University, to the theatre
department, to Iook for some good scenes.
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I asked the professor, I said,
''You know, I need a kiIIer scene.''
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And he's Iike,
''Here. Here you go. This is it.''
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-What was it?
-That was Angels in America.
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I read that and I'm Iike, this is okay.
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I can win Best Scene
if I just do a good enough job.
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So I teII my parents, so they can come
see me in the competition.
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They brought me in the room
and they sat me down...
:08:56
...and they said that they wouIdn't come
to see me if I did that scene.
:09:00
-They couIdn't.
-Why is that?
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You know, because they beIieve it's wrong,
because homosexuaIity's wrong.
:09:09
AII I remember from the competition
is just standing ovation.
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-ReaIIy?
-Just....
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We won. We got first pIace.
One of the best moments of my Iife.
:09:21
-Did your parents come?
-Parents weren't there.
:09:26
So why'd you do it?
:09:27
ActuaIIy, if I'm reaIIy honest, I think...
:09:30
...I just wanted to win, reaIIy.
:09:33
It was just the greatest scene.
:09:37
I just wanted to win.
:09:47
Today, for the first time, I met someone
who actuaIIy knew Matthew Shepard.
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Trish Steger, owner of a shop in town,
referred to him as Matt.
:09:56
Matt used to come into my shop.
That's how I knew him.
:09:59
It was the first time I ever heard him
referred to as Matt instead of Matthew.