
Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer
Former Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer was a research editor at Encyclopædia Britannica.
Primary Contributions (30)

Matthew Shepard was an American college student who was severely beaten because of his sexual orientation and was left to die in 1998. He was discovered and hospitalized, though he succumbed to his injuries. His death, which was evidence of the physical danger that homosexuals still sometimes faced…
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