Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Matthew Shepard was a college student, targeted for being gay, robbed, and brutally murdered in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1998. This is one of many T-shirts sent to the Shepards after their son's murder.
- Blue short sleeved tee shirt, size XL. Front of tee shirt features the words "I AM. / ARE YOU? / KENNESAW PRIDE ALLIANCE" in white print.
- Back of tee shirt features a quote by Judy Shepard in white print: "If all those who are gay and those who support them would paint themselves blue for one day, then everyone would see that there are A LOT more of us than they think, and things would really start to change. Judy Shepard." Kennesaw State University, Georgia.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- circa 1999
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dennis and Judy Shepard
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 3/4 in x 35 in; 73.025 cm x 88.9 cm
- Object Name
- tee shirt
