Romaine Patterson is a university student, a close friend of Matthew Shepard’s, and an openly lesbian woman. Romaine tells her interviewers about her friendship with Matthew and how she was extremely upset about Matthew’s murder. Romaine organized a counter protest to block Reverend Fred Phelps’s hate speech at the criminal trials by having people wear angel wings and totally encircle the minister. After her experience organizing around Matthew’s death, Romaine decided to pursue a career in political activism. Romaine shows how, in the wake of Matthew’s murder, many people who were already supportive of LGBT rights became even more outspoken about their views.
Romaine Patterson Quotes in The Laramie Project
The The Laramie Project quotes below are all either spoken by Romaine Patterson or refer to Romaine Patterson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 3: Snow
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I decided that someone needed to stand toe to toe with this guy and show the differences. And I think at time like this when we’re talking about hatred as much as the nation is right now, that someone needs to show, that there is a better way of dealing with that kind of hatred. So our idea is to dress up like angels.
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Romaine Patterson Quotes in The Laramie Project
The The Laramie Project quotes below are all either spoken by Romaine Patterson or refer to Romaine Patterson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 3: Snow
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I decided that someone needed to stand toe to toe with this guy and show the differences. And I think at time like this when we’re talking about hatred as much as the nation is right now, that someone needs to show, that there is a better way of dealing with that kind of hatred. So our idea is to dress up like angels.
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