Stephen Jimenez is the author of "
The Book of Matt," a book that calls into question the
deeply ingrained narrative that the murder of Matthew Shepard was an anti-gay hate crime. The extensively researched book reveals that
the Shepard anti-gay hate crime narrative may be all wrong.
Jimenez, who is gay himself, has been praised by prominent gay rights activists, including Andrew Sullivan. In response to the new information, Sullivan has even
called the narrative "a politically convenient myth" deployed to "raise gobs of money and pass unnecessary laws."
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On Monday, The New York Post's Andrea Peyser
lauded Jimenez for shedding light on "an uncomfortable truth":
Jimenez unearthed a story that few people wanted to hear. And it calls into question everything you think you know about the life and death of one of the leading icons of our age.