Ex-Gay Watch

-PBS News looks at the ordeals that gay people have to endure in Nigeria.

-Australia’s House of Representatives gets its first openly gay member.

-The State of Arkansas refuses to list same-sex couples on their children’s birth certificates.

-Presidential candidate Marco Rubio lays out his plan for rolling back LGBT rights.

-A transgender candidate is elected to Venezuela’s National Assembly.

-A Czech court recognizes a gay couple as the legal parents of their adopted children.

-A Christian university is granted federal permission to ban gay students.

-The Cincinnati city council passes a ban on conversion therapy for minors.

-The Savannah, GA city council passes a non-discrimination ordinance.

-A Wisconsin town rejects the Liberty Counsel’s anti-gay rhetoric.

-The Parliament of Cyprus passes a civil partnerships bill.

-The Mexican Supreme Court strikes down another same-sex marriage ban.

-A new poll finds 51% support for marriage equality in Japan.

-A group of gunmen open fire at a gay festival in Acapulco.

-World AIDS Day is commemorated around the globe.

-Ireland’s Parliament votes to protect the rights of LGBT teachers working at religious schools.

-Michigan Republicans launch another effort to undermine marriage equality.

-The government of Northern Ireland asserts that civil partnerships are enough for gay couples.

-A gay Ugandan is denied asylum in the UK,

-Pat Robertson acknowledges that the sin of Sodom was not homosexuality.

-Same-sex marriages begin in Ireland.

-An Australian senator drops his opposition to marriage equality and becomes a supporter.

-Tucson, AZ hires an openly gay police chief.

-November 20 was the Transgender Day of Remembrance.

-Portugal legalizes adoption by gay couples.

-23 students are arrested in Nigeria for alleged acts of gay sex.

-The government of Vietnam passes a transgender rights bill.

-Kentucky’s governor-elect announces that he will remove county clerks’ names from marriage licenses.

-The Dallas City Council considers expanding anti-discrimination protections.

-Conservatives start a petition to “drop the T” from LGBT.

-A lesbian couple faces jail time in Costa Rica for getting married.

-President Obama officially endorses the Equality Act.

-An anti-trans activist defends a man charged with spying on women in a bathroom.

-The Australian Senate calls for a legislative vote on marriage equality instead of a referendum.

-The Vatican meets with the US Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons.

-A Utah judge orders that a baby be removed from its lesbian foster parents – then suspends his order after it draws attention.

-The Ukrainian Parliament passes an anti-discrimination law.

-The Church of Norway allows same-sex weddings to be held in its churches.

-The Parliament of Northern Ireland passes, and then vetoes, a marriage equality bill.

-Gays who adopted their partners for legal purposes find themselves unable to marry.

-Ben Carson comes under fire from the religious right for supporting non-discrimination policies as a corporate board member.

-A gay couple is violently assaulted in Palm Springs.

-Voters strike down Houston’s Equal Rights Ordinance.

-Early results indicate that Salt Lake City has elected an openly gay mayor.

-Two Tokyo wards begin recognizing same-sex couples.

-Colombia’s Constitutional Court rules that gay couples can adopt children.

-The Mormon Church moves to prohibit the baptism of children of LGBT couples.

-Houston Texans owner Bob McNair withdraws a donation to the anti-gay Campaign for Houston.

-Young adult author James Dawson comes out as transgender.

-Russian lawmakers propose a further expansion of the country’s anti-gay laws.

-Ten same-sex couples participate in a mass wedding in Taipei, Taiwan.

-Another anti-gay politician is outed.

-An intersex veteran sues for the right to not specify a gender on their passport.

-A Colombian city elects an openly gay conservative mayor.

-The Netherlands lifts its lifetime ban on blood donations by gay men.

-Ireland’s Presidential Commission signs marriage equality into law.

-A transgender woman is murdered in Maryland.

-John Corvino considers possible ways to balance religious freedom with non-discrimination laws.

-A British army general wants more LGBT people to join the military.

-Polls show residents favoring Houston’s LGBT rights referendum by a narrow margin.

-Civil unions begin in Chile.

-Slovenia’s Constitutional Court approves a referendum to repeal marriage equality.

-New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares an executive order to protect transgender rights.

-An Indonesian province makes gay sex a punishable offense.

-A British journalist exposes the continued use of shock therapy on gay patients in China.

-A new survey reveals the depth of anti-gay sentiment in Russia.

-Actor Victor Garber marries his partner.

-A Texas judge recognizes a gay couple’s common law marriage.

-India’s Missionaries of Charity ends adoption services to avoid the possibility of a gay parent adopting a child.

-Hate crimes are on the rise in England and Wales.

-A civil unions bill is introduced in the Italian Parliament.

-Justice Sonia Sotomayor presides over a same-sex wedding.

-A new report from a federal agency calls for an end to conversion therapy.

-Norwegian billionaire Stein Erik Hagen comes out as bisexual.

-ISIS continues to execute gay Iraqi men.

-LGBT Catholics from 31 countries launch the Global Network of Rainbow Catholics.

-Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler acknowledges that reparative therapy doesn’t work.

-The Carmel, IN city council passes a non-discrimination ordinance.

-A transgender woman is murdered in Philadelphia.

-College basketball coach Chris Burns comes out of the closet.

-Scientists develop a test that can predict sexual orientation with a 70% success rate.

-Malaysia’s Federal Court upholds a ban on cross-dressing.

-Pope Francis makes comments that imply that he supports Kim Davis’ refusal to issue marriage licenses.

-Actor Matt Damon suggests that actors should hide their sexual orientation.

-Catholic LGBT rights pioneer John McNeill has died.

-Former Exodus International President Alan Chambers endorses same-sex marriage.

-Legislators in North Carolina quietly introduce a provision to nullify all non-discrimination laws in the state.

-Nebraska’s Attorney General tries to block same-sex spouses from being listed on their children’s birth certificates.

-The anti-gay Speaker of the Indiana House resigns following the release of a sex video.

-The Anchorage, AK city council passes a non-discrimination ordinance.

-Presidential candidate Rick Santorum acknowledges that gay people can be good parents.

-The Vatican clarifies details of Pope Francis’ “meeting” with Kim Davis.