:09:00
-They couIdn't.
-Why is that?
:09:02
You know, because they beIieve it's wrong,
because homosexuaIity's wrong.
:09:09
AII I remember from the competition
is just standing ovation.
:09:14
-ReaIIy?
-Just....
:09:17
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.
:09:52
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.
:10:03
WeII, what was he Iike?
:10:05
I don't know.
:10:07
How does any one person
ever teII about another?
:10:12
Matt was a bIunt IittIe shit.
Know what I'm saying?
:10:15
He was a IittIe guy, 5'2''.
Soaking wet, I bet you (7 pounds, tops.
:10:20
They were saying he weighed 110 pounds.
I don't beIieve it.
:10:23
I say, ''Are you Matthew Shepard?''
:10:25
He says, ''Yeah, I'm Matthew Shepard,
but don't caII me Matthew, or Mr. Shepard.
:10:30
''Don't caII me none of that.
My name is Matt.
:10:33
''And I want you to know that I am gay,
and we're gonna be going to a gay bar.
:10:37
''Do you have a probIem with that?''
:10:39
I said, ''No. How are you paying?''
:10:42
The fact of the matter is,
laramie doesn't have any gay bars.
:10:46
For that matter, neither does Wyoming.
:10:49
He was hiring me to take him down
to Fort CoIIins, CoIorado...
:10:53
...which is about an hour away.
:10:54
He was struggIing when he first came here.
:10:57
Reaching out, trying to fit in.