-The Ugandan Parliament adjourns without voting on the “Kill the Gays” bill. -The Michigan Legislature kills two anti-gay bills. -The Dutch Caribbean island of Saba begins issuing same-sex marriage licenses. -The Montana Supreme Court dismisses an appeal calling for equal…
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XGW Digest: December 15, 2012
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-A Swedish football team fires its entire first squad for chanting homophobic slurs at an opposing team. -A new poll finds strong support for marriage equality in Oregon, New Jersey and Illinois. -The Beekman Boys win the Amazing Race. -The…
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XGW Digest: December 8, 2012
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-The West Point chapel hosts its first same-sex wedding. -An openly gay woman is named chief of police in Minneapolis. -A Republican legislator in Pennsylvania comes out of the closet. -An Israeli court grants a divorce to a gay couple….
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XGW Digest: December 1, 2012
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-A Libyan militia group kidnaps twelve allegedly gay men and announces their impending execution. -The United Nations condemns executions based on an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity. -The Defense of Marriage Act is dealt another blow in federal court….
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XGW Digest: November 24, 2012
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-NOM refuses to release the names of the two donors who provided 2/3 of its 2011 contributions. -The Observer interviews gay statistician Nate Silver. -Nathaniel Frank exhorts the LGBT movement to reach out to its staunchest opponents. -An attorney for…
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XGW Digest: November 17, 2012
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-The UPS Foundation discontinues its support for the Boy Scouts. -The Ugandan Parliament revives the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. -Kyrsten Sinema becomes the first openly bisexual member of Congress. -A lesbian is murdered in South Africa. -A Hong Kong pop singer comes…
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XGW Digest: November 10, 2012
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-Senator Marco Rubio campaigns against marriage equality for NOM. -The government of Malawi suspends its anti-gay laws. -The Slovakian Parliament rejects a civil partnership bill. -Protect Marriage Maine posts – and then erases – a sterotype-filled anti-gay screed. -The cousins…
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XGW Digest: November 3, 2012
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-Lanae Erickson Hatalsky charts the growth of support for marriage equality across all age groups. -A transgender woman is stoned to death in Brazil. -The San Francisco GLBT History Museum is vandalized. -The reported bashing of a gay Republican in…
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XGW Digest – October 27, 2012
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-A Missouri minister delivers a surprising gay rights speech. -Pastor Ted Haggard’s views on marriage equality evolve. -A North Carolina gay man accuses his church of imprisoning and abusing him for four months. -A UCLA study finds that children adopted…
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XGW Digest: October 20, 2012
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-Republican billionaire Paul Singer donates $250,000 toward marriage equality in Maryland. -Michele Bachmann’s gay stepsister talks about their rocky relationship. -Dancer and fitness trainer Shaun T comes out of the closet on the occasion of his marriage. -CNN anchor Carol…