Not even sure i need this microphone, but i will use it because this is being recorded for cspan. And its really a great pleasure to be here tonight. This is actually the first stop on a book tour that now has about 30 cities. And it just seems really appropriate, i mean, in terms of gay history to come to the castro, a place that i have really, really enjoyed in the past. What id like to do is just kind of introduce the book by telling you a little bit of the history about how i got into writing what is now the book, and then i thought im just going to read briefly a couple of probably about two, two and a half pages to give you a feeling for the voice of the book and a little bit about some of what you referred to there as the hidden secrets or the tangled secrets. I went to laramie, wyoming, in early 2000 to write a screenplay for a madefortelevision movie. My background is really in film and television, and i went there to write a madefortelevision movie about the story that i beli
Thick, and it was said all women should develop skin like a rhino. She is decisive when you hear about things she said to the aid and the whitehouse Correspondent Dinner and used profanity to say she didnt want to think about the effect it would have. And there is law emotion in a way more politicians are careful hiding. We had an aid say she is not as calculated about political comeback. Which doesnt mean she is not seeking it, but isnt thinking about the right moment with the right person. Thanks for being here and thanks to our students from Iowa State University and mediacom communication for sponsoring the buses. You are watching booktv on cspan2. Here is our primetime lineup we wrap up at 10 p. M. Wi with after wards. Next it is argued that the kill of Matthew Shepherd was an antigay crime but a robbery gone wrong let me tell you how we came to be here tonight. As most of you are aware, sorry,igate got cold here. I was the assistant principal at the Junior High School and was in
But based on what Aaron Mckinney had told her, she said what his top and his heir and russell are the fireside. Nokia made an advance on that and it embarrassed them, humiliated them in front of their friends and they decided to take matthew out and beat him up to teach them a lesson not to, just repeat old. Well, there were other iterations of the story. At time of Aaron Mckinneys trial as part of his a panic defense, matthew i. , too had been a lark, but after they had left the bar, airing, russell and matthew after driving through town where the other end of town near walmart that matthew reached over and grabbed him and he was at that it caused him to explode because matthew grabbed him. There were a variety of other version that were told around his gay panic. I had interviewed Aaron Mckinney and Russell Henderson asked tentatively. Ive interviewed chris price in chastity peace be extensively. All four admitted to me that the story about matthew making an advance was really essent
Trump has tested negative for covid19. That came after trump delivered his 18minute law and orderthemed speech to hundreds of supporters from a group called blexit, an organization aimed at getting africanamerican voters to leave the Democratic Party. Those in attendance were not tested for covid19 upon arrival and social distancing was not enforced. Despite the backlash from Public Health risk of these events, donald trump is planning even more, announcing that he will be holding multiple rallies in battleground states in the coming days. That might have something to do with the fact that trump has been routinely trailing joe biden in National Polls including in this New Washington post abc news poll that shows biden leading trump nationally by 12 points. Joining me now is michael steele, Senior Advisor at the lincoln project, Evan Mcmullen executive director of stand up republic, dean obedala, former congresswoman Donna Edwards of maryland and alexei mchammon political reporter at ax
Next Stephen Jimenez argues the killing of Matthew Shepard in laramie wyoming in october of 1998 was not an hate crime but instead the result of a drugrelated robbery gone wrong. This is a little over two hours. Let me tell you how we came to be here tonight. As most of you are aware, i was an assistant principal at Virginia High School and was in the Laramie School systems for 30 years and so i saw a lot of stuff from my position and here in november a friend of mine palled around and erma said glenn have you seen a new book out on Matthew Shepard and as i am sure that a number of you are, its hey thats old news. Why do we want to drag that up . She said no, this i think is worthy of your reading it. Irma let me have the book and i didnt put it down for two days because i lived it and i mean this is the way i saw it as i was going through the schools and working with these young people. And you know i dont want to change anything. I dont want you to look at this in any other way. It w