-Tarleton State University cancels a student production of gay-themed play Corpus Christi. -Chai Feldblum receives a recess appointment to become the first openly gay head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. -Two members of the Dixie Chicks record a song…
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XGW Digest: March 27, 2010
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-Sentencing of gay couple Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza in Malawi is postponed until April 8. -Magician James Randi comes out of the closet. -Lt. Dan Choi talks to Newsweek about the state of the gay rights movement. -A Georgia…
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XGW Digest: March 20, 2010
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-Police in Rapid City, SD destroy a lesbian’s military career. -Arizona senate candidate J.D. Hayworth compares gay marriage to bestiality. -The PA State Senate Judiciary Committee tables an anti-gay marriage amendment. -The KY House of Representatives adopts a resolution in…
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XGW Digest: March 13, 2010
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-Actor Sean Hayes comes the rest of the way out of the closet. -Fred Karger writes an open letter to Maggie Gallagher. -California State Senator Roy Ashburn admits to being gay. -The city of Kissimmee, FL extends partner benefits to…
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XGW Digest: March 6, 2010
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-John Shore ponders what Jesus might do if invited to a gay wedding. -The mayor of Turin, Italy performs a wedding ceremony for a lesbian couple. -Andrews Air Force Base disinvites Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council from a…
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XGW Digest: February 27, 2010
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-The Alliance Defense Fund goes even further off the deep end. -Sen. Joseph Lieberman becomes chief sponsor of the effort to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. -A West Virginia couple is denied an apartment on the basis of their sexual…
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XGW Digest: February 20, 2010
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-Former vice president Dick Cheney joins the call for the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. -Anti-gay mobs march in Kenya; police continue to hunt down gay activists in Malawi. -Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell strips LGBT state employees of anti-discrimination…
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XGW Digest: February 13, 2010
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-A majority of Iowans don’t regard a gay marriage ban as a priority, according to a new poll. -SyFy channel’s Caprica features a married gay couple. -Brendan Burke, the openly gay son of hockey legend Brian Burke, dies in a…
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XGW Digest: February 6, 2010
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-The Hawaii House of Representatives indefinitely postpones a vote on civil unions. -Another judge rules against Florida’s anti-gay adoption ban. -A group of Michigan pastors file a lawsuit against the federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act. -General Colin Powell speaks out…
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XGW Digest: January 30, 2010
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-David Link looks at the Prop 8 trial from a more personal angle. -Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov reiterates his belief that gay pride events are “satanic.” -Rob Tisinai debunks the myth that gays are more likely to molest children. -State…