By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Dec 21 | The AfterElton.com's 2009 Visibility Awards were announced this morning by AE contributor and award winning author Brent Hartinger on its website. I'd like to personally make note of two of these as in the first case, with Judy Shepard, I am an unabashed fan & supporter of the yeoman work she has done in the never-ending battle for LGBT equality rights, as well as her personal mission via the work of the foundation named for her murdered eldest child to stamp out hate. Further for the long fight she led that culminated in the passage of the Matthew Shepard-James Bryd Hate Crimes Law.
Let us all honour & applaud Judy for winning this recognition and award.
"What did the murder of Matthew Shepard mean? In the The Meaning of Matthew, My Son’s Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed (Hudson Street Press), Matthew’s mother, Judy Shepard, gives her take, not just on her son’s life, but on her own incredible journey from mother to passionate gay activist."
Next I'd like to pay tribute to a fellow blogger and a voice that I so look forward to reading everyday. From the great city of New York, and another 2009 AfterElton.com Visibility Award winner, Joe Jervis of 'Joe My God' fame.
"Like a little whiskey in your coffee and personality in your blog? JoeMyGod.com started out as an ever-changing Manhunt profile of cheeky observations that eventually started developing a following of its own, and became a full-fledged blog in March 2004. Author Joe Jervis, you have many fans among our staff."
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