-President Obama nominates an openly gay man to be Secretary of the Army. -Tennessee legislators launch another attempt to bypass the Supreme Court’s marriage ruling. -Britain’s Prince William speaks out against homophobia. -The Channel Island of Jersey enacts marriage equality….
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XGW Digest: September 19, 2015
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-A Missouri high school elects a transgender homecoming queen. -County clerk Kim Davis continues to interfere with the issuing of same-sex marriage licenses. -Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s new Prime Minister, calls for a public vote on marriage equality. -Support for “religious…
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XGW Digest: September 12, 2015
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-Same-sex marriages begin in Rowan County, KY -A Tennessee judge refuses to grant a straight couple’s divorce because of marriage equality. -ESPN commentator Israel Gutierrez comes out of the closet. -Ireland’s Gender Recognition Act goes into effect. -A Fox News…
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XGW Digest: September 5, 2015
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-Anti-gay Kentucky clerk Kim Davis continues her fight against issuing same-sex marriage licenses. -Russia’s only LGBT film festival is canceled by the government. -The Advocate profiles 14 former ex-gays. -Neo-Nazis attack the headquarters of a Ukrainian LGBT group. -China’s film…
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XGW Digest: August 29, 2015
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-Seven Senegalese men are sentenced to prison for having gay sex. -John Oliver explains the need for the Equality Act. -The National Organization for Marriage finally releases its donor list in compliance with Maine law. -The Denver City Council delays…
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XGW Digest: August 22, 2015
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-Gay athlete Michael Sam leaves professional football, citing mental health concerns. -A minor league baseball player comes out of the closet. -A historic Baptist church embraces LGBT equality. -Two Texas men are charged with torturing a gay African-American man. -The…
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XGW Digest: August 15, 2015
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-Supporters of marriage equality rally in cities across Australia. -Gay Ugandans hold a pride parade. -Another transgender woman is murdered. -Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott blocks a motion to bring marriage equality to a vote in Parliament. -Mexico’s Supreme Court…
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XGW Digest: August 8, 2015
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-A Senegalese journalist is jailed for ‘acts of homosexuality.’ -An Iowa couple raises funds to place anti-gay messages on billboards. -A homophobic man makes the mistake of assaulting gay West Point alumni. -The American Foundation for Equal Rights announces its…
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XGW Digest: August 1, 2015
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-A Lutheran bishop comes out of the closet. -Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta rejects President Obama’s call for gay rights protections. -An ‘ex-gay’ politician runs for governor in Missouri. -The Boy Scouts officially lift their ban on gay adult scout leaders….
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XGW Digest: July 25, 2015
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-Thomas Roberts becomes the first openly gay man to anchor a network news program. -The government of Taiwan begins drafting a same-sex partnership law. -A new petition may force the Finnish parliament to reconsider its marriage equality law. -An anti-gay…