-Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera presides over a mass gay wedding. -Marriage equality passes a final vote in Britain’s House of Lords. -A gay rights activist is tortured and murdered in Cameroon. -The California Supreme Court rejects a request to…
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XGW Digest: July 13, 2013
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-Former President George W. Bush avoids taking a stand for or against marriage equality. -Another prominent Ohio Republican comes out in favor of equality. -The ACLU files lawsuits challenging marriage laws in multiple states. -ENDA advances to the floor of…
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XGW Digest: July 6, 2013
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-Same-sex marriages resume in California. -A federal judge strikes down Michigan’s ban on domestic partner benefits. -A British Conservative MP comes out of the closet. -The Russian government enacts a ban on “homosexual propaganda.” -Blogger Pam Spaulding says farewell. -Same-sex…
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XGW Digest: June 29, 2013
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-Vietnam’s National Assembly agrees to consider marriage equality. -Focus on the Family steps back in for the ex-gay movement. -A lesbian couple in Northumbria, England are the victims of an anti-gay attack. -Marriage equality bills are introduced in the Michigan…
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XGW Digest: June 22, 2013
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-President Obama nominates two gay men to ambassadorships. -Pam Spaulding announces her retirement from blogging. -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu postpones debate on a civil unions bill. -Poland’s only openly gay member of Parliament is attacked outside of a café….
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XGW Digest: June 15, 2013
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-The city of Pocatello, ID passes a non-discrimination ordinance. -Canada celebrates ten years of marriage equality. -Google commemorates the late Maurice Sendak’s 85th birthday. -The Russian State Duma unanimously approves a law banning “homosexual propaganda.” -Pope Francis acknowledges the existence…
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XGW Digest: June 8, 2013
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-Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan extends the deadline for voting on marriage equality. -Another gay man is murdered in Russia. -The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elects an openly gay bishop. -A group of boy scouts marches in uniform in…
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XGW Digest: June 1, 2013
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-Ukrainian activists defy a court order and hold Kiev’s first gay pride march. -The spree of anti-gay hate crimes in New York City continues. -A gay Catholic priest goes public with his story. -Congresswoman Michele Bachmann announces that she won’t…
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XGW Digest: May 25, 2013
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-The Puerto Rico Senate passes an anti-discrimination bill. The House follows suit. -A gay man is murdered in New York City. -President Francois Hollande signs marriage equality into law in France. -A Florida teenager is expelled and charged with a…
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XGW Digest: May 18, 2013
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-A Russian man is brutally murdered for being gay. -A transgender woman in Hong Kong wins the right to marry her boyfriend. -A gay couple is savagely attacked in Cyprus. -Minnesota becomes state #12. -Queer Rising plans a rally to…