Matthew Shepard portrait dedicated at National Cathedral

Judy and Dennis Shepard stand in front of a portrait of their son, Matthew. Matthew Shepard (Photo: Washington Blade photo by Lou Chibbaro, Jr.)

Matthew Shepard, the gay University of Wyoming student who was murdered in a 1998 anti-gay hate crime while tied to a fence outside Laramie, Wyo., was to be honored at a ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 1, at Washington National Cathedral…