-US District Judge David Carter dismisses a lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act on a technicality. -Harvey Milk is inducted into the California Hall of Fame. -Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family Institute equates homosexuality with Nazism. -A Chicago…
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XGW Digest: August 22, 2009
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-Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan vetoes an anti-discrimination ordinance. -Alvin McEwen examines the anti-gay propaganda promoted by the Christian Medical and Dental Associations. -The Durham, NC city council passes a resolution endorsing marriage equality. -Human Rights Watch issues a report on…
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XGW Digest: August 15, 2009
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-A new book chronicles the challenges and difficulties faced by gay youth in America through 40 personal stories. –Tim Horton’s and Blount Fine Foods drop plans to provide food for a NOM rally in Rhode Island. -The Family Research Council…
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XGW Digest: August 8, 2009
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-Anti-gay activist Linda Harvey uses the Tel Aviv shootings as another opportunity to bash the gay community. -The Liberty Counsel tries to separate two young children from the gay foster parents who nurtured them back to health. -David Link points…
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XGW Digest: August 1, 2009
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-The Anglican and Episcopal Churches move further apart over the issue of gay clergy and same-sex unions. -Soap star Thom Bierdz comes out of the closet on and off screen. -Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd claims to respect same-sex unions…
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XGW Digest: July 18, 2009
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-The Maine Family Policy Council blames gays for urban blight. -Focus on the Family increases its focus on opposing gay marriage. -The Episcopal Church in the USA rules that gays can be ordained as bishops. -Former president Bill Clinton speaks…
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XGW Digest: July 11, 2009
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-The anti-gay witch hunt in Uganda continues to expand. -Straight film critic filmmaker Ken Russell celebrates gay cinema. -The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide takes a look at the ex-gay survivors movement. -Britain’s Conservative Party woos gay voters. -Congressman (and…
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XGW Digest: July 4, 2009
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-The Southern Baptist Convention decrees that member churches must explicitly and actively condemn homosexual behavior to remain in good standing. -US Defense Secretary Robert Gates considers ways to ease enforcement of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. -OK State Rep. Sally Kern…
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XGW Digest: June 27, 2009
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-Gay couples can now use their married names on their passports. -A Catholic priest speaks out against the Vatican’s anti-gay teachings. -Anti-gay marriage petitioners in Maine may be collecting signatures under false pretenses. -Holocaust revisionist Scott Lively cites and defends…
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XGW Digest: June 20, 2009
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-Dr. Gregory Herek remembers LGBT researcher Larry Kurdek. -Focus on the Family continues to perpetuate the myth that homosexuality is caused by sexual abuse. -Lesbian filmmaker Paige Williams debuts Mississippi Queen, her documentary about growing up gay in rural Mississippi….