Oversættelse; Rettelse af Brokeback Mountain

Novellen Brokeback Mountain, er fra 1999 og foregår i staten Wyoming. Her blev Matthew Shepard, en 21-årig homoseksuel mand, året før lokket i en fatal fælde af nogle mænd, som havde narret ham til at gå med sig fra en universitetsbar ved at bilde ham ind, at de også var bøsser. Mændene bandt Shephard til et hegn, bankede ham til ukendelighed med en pistol og lod ham hænge der, fuldstændig hjælpeløs i det iskolde vejr. Først 16 timer senere blev Shephard fundet af en cyklist, som oprindeligt havde troet, at det, han havde set, var et fugleskræmsel. Den unge mand døde senere på hospitalet af sine kvæstelser. Sagen vakt røre i hele USA – præsident Clinton udtrykte sin dybeste beklagelse og sendte sågar to repræsentanter til Matthew Shephards begravelse, og MTV besluttede sig for at lave hændelsen til en tv film med titlen Anatomy of a Hate Crime.


The short story Brokeback Mountain is from 1999 and takes place in the State Wyoming. Here was Matthew Shephard a 21-year-old homosexual guy the year before persuaded into a fatal trap by some men that had tricked him to go from a university bar by making him believe that they also were gay.
The men tied Shephard to a fence, beating him into unrecognizably with a gun and left him hang there, completely helpless in the ice-cold weather. Not until 16 hours later was Shephard found by a cyclist that at first thought that what he had seen was a scarecrow. The young man later died by his injuries. The case caused a move in entire USA- President Clinton expressed his deepest regret and he even sent two representatives to Matthew Shephards funeral. And MTV decided too turn the incident into a TV- movie with the title Anatomy of a Hate Crime.