Human Rights Campaign, Judy Shepard/Parenthood
This touching public service announcement features home video of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, who died October 12, 1998, of wounds from a gay bashing after a short coma. The video shows him at his high school graduation and acting as Abraham Lincoln in a childhood play.
In a tearful delivery, his mother says, "Being a parent is a joy. You have days of absolute bliss that you thought you could never, ever experience. And then there are days so low you wonder why you ever became a parent. In a perfect world, because you child is gay, you don't worry about their safety, you just worry about them being happy. I loved Matt just the way he was. Just the way he was."
The closing tagline says, "Choose to understand."
At first a reluctant activist, Judy has appeared in a number of TV commercials, including one for GLSEN that has gotten wide showing on MTV and during the Grammy awards.
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