-U.S. President Barack Obama asks for a study of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy.
-Matt Barber commends Nigeria for its stance on imprisoning gays, people who attend gay weddings, and others who “aid and abet” gays in any way.
-Peter LaBarbera is upset that President Obama intends to name a gay man, John Berry, to be head of the Office of Personnel Management.
-Sally Kern goes where most anti-gay activists have gone before, proclaiming that she’s found a copy of the “gay agenda” in Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen’s little-read book “After the Ball.”
–Despite legal actions attempted by Proposition 8 supporters, a list of “Yes On 8” donors – those who donated $100 or more – has been released to the public. Among the donations revealed was $190,000 from the LDS Church – much more than previously reported.
-Via Mike Airhart of Truth Wins Out, an observation that the more fervently ex-gay activists try to find a more “legitimate” label for themselves, the more being gay becomes the center of their identity.
-A Colorado legislator calls the religious right’s bluff and introduces a bill to extend caretaking and inheritance rights to unmarried partners, including same-sex couples.
-Italian superstar Al Bano Carrisi voices his disdain for gays.
-The Wyoming House of Representatives votes against placing an anti-gay marriage amendment on the state ballot.
It was actually Peterson Toscano’s friend’s idea that ex-gay activists are obsessed with a sex-centric identity (which they then project onto others). But I’m happy to take credit for the idea. 🙂
eh I’ve noticed it too; the more desperately they try to “define” what they are the more obsessed they become with gayness and gay sex (“how many times a day do i think about the same sex erotically? oh good i’m slightly less gay today…”)
Who in the heck is Al Bano Carrisi?
Clarification noted.
It was actually Peterson’s “Boy Friend” aka, the man I am dating, Glen Retief.
Congradulations Peterson! I am happy for you! May you find joy and happiness and fulfillment in your relationship. Pax.
I was about to say, don’t listen to these stupid Italian people, I live in Italy, I’m part Italian, I can testify to the fact that I’ve never heard of these people, and as far as I know, have little sway. The gay climate is changing here, it’s going more underground, but it’s getting stronger too. Arcigay is doing an adequate job, I think, of keeping gays positively in the lime light. In the mean time, I know a ton of closeted gay men, and some days I just want to out them all in frustration!
Where can we write her to get a copy? When I came out I got the toaster but they ran out of agendas.
What is with this book? The religious right loves this book, but has any gay person actually seen it? I haven’t, and I am positive it has little influence in the gay community.
RE: Matt Barber.
Any real doubt about the true agenda of the religious anti-gay right in America? They are wolves in sheep’s clothing. Hmmm.. some kind of pun about cross-dressing is in order. Ooops, that’s two puns for the price of one!
What does Exodus have to say about Nigeria? crickets?
I read “After the Ball” when it came out 20 years ago to mediocre reviews. It’s a book about effective use of media (the same stuff anti-gay folks have been doing since forever). A lot of GLBT people thought it was “too assimilationist.”
Its basic premise was that we should time-honored PR techniques so that the straight world sees GLBT people who are ordinary, non-scary, and just like them. And that, of course, is what the haters are afraid of.