-Actor Zachary Quinto comes out of the closet. -Another gay teen commits suicide following years of bullying. -Inspired by Zachary Quinto, ABC news anchor Dan Kloeffler comes out of the closet. -Paul Cameron looks for a new audience for his…
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XGW Digest: October 15, 2011
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-Two gay Republicans enter the race for San Diego Mayor. -Rev. Scott Anderson becomes the Presbyterian Church’s first officially sanctioned gay minister. -Legendary gay rights activist Frank Kameny dies at the age of 86. -Bank of America will begin reimbursing…
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XGW Digest: October 8, 2011
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-A Tennessee pastor and his deacons attack a gay couple to stop them from entering his church. -New York City gets its first transgender firefighter. -Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain proclaims that being gay is a choice. -The Presbyterian Church…
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XGW Digest: October 1, 2011
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-Actor Sean Maher comes out of the closet. -A Seattle couple is subjected to anti-gay threats. -The US Census Bureau releases its first-ever count of married same-sex couples. -Southwest Airlines defends its decision to kick a lesbian couple off of…
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XGW Digest: September 24, 2011
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-Focus on the Family announces another round of layoffs. -Klaus Wowereit, openly gay mayor of Berlin, is reelected to a third term. -“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” officially ends. -Anti-gay vandals target a Colorado family farm. -Another teen commits suicide in…
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XGW Digest: September 17, 2011
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-Authorities in Ecuador shut down thirty ex-gay clinics. -Gay MP David Norris re-enters the Irish presidential race at the encouragement of his supporters. -The Oregon Republican party announces that it will remove anti-gay statements from its official platform. -The North…
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XGW Digest: September 10, 2011
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-Openly gay congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) officially announces her candidacy for the US Senate. -An Orthodox Rabbi offers a for matchmaking service that marries gay men to lesbians. -Three men in Iran are convicted and executed for committing sodomy. -A…
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XGW Digest: September 3, 2011
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-HRC president Joe Solmonese announces that he will step down at the end of his current term. -New York City major Michael Bloomberg endorses lesbian city council speaker Christine Quinn as his successor. -Straight ally Kathy Baldock stands up to…
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XGW Digest: August 27, 2011
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-Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) comes out in support of marriage equality. -Joseph Farah claims that gays and Muslims are working together to destroy America. -A 19-year-old is beaten to death in an anti-gay attack in Iowa. -The Family Research Council…
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XGW Digest: August 20, 2011
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-Christians in Ghana march against “gayism.” -Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann insists that she doesn’t judge gay people. -GLSEN stands up to the Family Research Council. -A Kentucky church is expelled from the local Baptist association for allowing a PFLAG group to…