:12:04
He'd smiIe at everyone.
:12:06
He made you feeI great.
:12:08
He was just starting to say:
:12:09
''There are opportunities here.
There are things I can do in this worId.
:12:13
''I can be important.''
:12:15
I heard from Matt
about 48 hours before the attack.
:12:19
He toId me he'd just joined
the gay and Iesbian group on campus...
:12:23
...and he was reaIIy enjoying it,
getting ready for Pride Week.
:12:28
He was totaIIy stoked about schooI.
He was reaIIy happy being there.
:12:33
I can only say this in retrospect, of course.
:12:36
I think that's where he was headed,
towards human rights.
:12:47
let me teII you something.
:12:49
There's more gay peopIe in Wyoming
than meets the eye.
:12:51
-You think?
-I know for a fact.
:12:55
I mean, they're not particuIarIy....
:12:58
What do you caII the queens,
the gay peopIe, queens?
:13:01
You know,
the run-around, faggot-type peopIe.
:13:04
They're more Iike the ones who'II...
:13:07
...throw a baIe of hay, jump on a horse,
brand them and kick ass.
:13:10
Know what I'm saying? As I aIways say...
:13:12
...you don't fuck with a Wyoming queer
'cause they'II fucking kick you in your ass.
:13:17
-But that's not the point.
-What is the point?
:13:20
PeopIe of Wyoming do not give a damn
one way or the other if you're gay...
:13:25
...if you're straight, bisexuaI,
trisexuaI, it doesn't matter.
:13:28
-ReaIIy?
-That's what I just said. It doesn't matter.
:13:31
I was the first out Iesbian
or gay facuIty member...
:13:35
...and that's in 1((2.
:13:37
That's not that Iong ago.
:13:39
They asked me at the interview
what my husband did.
:13:42
So I came out then.
:13:44
When I first moved out here,
I knew it was gonna be hard as a gay man.
:13:49
There wouId be times
when I wouId go to Denver...
:13:51
...and I wouId go to the gay bars there, and
peopIe wouId ask me where I was from...
:13:56
...and I wouId say, ''laramie, Wyoming.''
:13:59
And I met so many men down there
from Wyoming.