-An Iowa Republican joins the fight for marriage equality. -A group of gay activists including Americans Dan Choi and Andy Thayer are arrested in Moscow during a gay pride parade. -A trans woman and a gay man are elected prom…
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XGW Digest: May 28, 2011
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-Focus on the Family president Jim Daly concedes that they are losing the battle against marriage equality. -ABC’s What Would You Do? stages the harassment of a pair of lesbian mothers in a Texas restaurant. -The Minnesota House approves a…
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XGW Digest: May 21, 2011
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A group of wealthy Republicans lend their financial support to the push for marriage equality in New York. -Rick Welts, president of the Phoenix Suns, comes out of the closet. -…and so does CNN anchor Don Lemon. -Anti-gay demonstrators disrupt…
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XGW Digest: May 14, 2011
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-The National Organization for Marriage pulls out the stops in its campaign against marriage equality in New York. -University City, MO passes a domestic partnership ordinance. -Chaz Bono’s story debuts on the Oprah Winfrey Network. -Progressive Christian organization Sojourners rejects…
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XGW Digest – May 7, 2011
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-23 top New York business executives sign a statement calling for marriage equality. -Fox News correspondent Michelle Malkin accuses gay activists of employing a tactic she herself uses. -A lesbian activist is brutally murdered in South Africa. -Openly gay judge…
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XGW Digest: April 30, 2011
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-House of Rainbow, Nigeria’s only gay church, makes plans to reopen its doors. -Movie director Kevin Smith officiates at a gay wedding. -Prop 8 proponents move to have Judge Walker’s ruling vacated on the basis of his sexual orientation. -Anti-gay…
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XGW Digest: April 23, 2011
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-A young gay man is attacked by a mob in South Carolina. -LGBT blog Queerty closes down. -Hungary adopts a new constitution that bans same-sex marriage. -The Malaysian government sends 66 effeminate boys to a reorientation camp. -Anti-gay activist Marc…
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XGW Digest: April 16, 2011
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-A marriage equality bill is introduced in Uruguay. -Timothy Kincaid questions demographer Gary Gates’ estimates of the size of the American LGBT population. -The National Organization for Marriage continues to downplay its association with Louis Marinelli. -The Maryland senate kills…
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XGW Digest: April 9, 2011
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-Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick nominates an openly gay judge to the state’s supreme court. -Ireland begins issuing civil partnership licenses. -Gay Republican presidential candidate Fred Karger wins a straw poll in New Hampshire. -Information is released about a series of…
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XGW Digest: April 2, 2011
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-A Presbyterian minister rethinks his opposition to gay rights. -The Maryland House passes a bill that would extend non-discrimination protections to transgender individuals. -Another gay man is savagely attacked in New York City. -Jeremy Hooper takes a closer look at…