-A Kansas minister receives death threats for performing same-sex weddings. -The Michigan House passes an anti-gay “religious freedom” bill. -The Plano, TX city council passes a non-discrimination ordinance. -Towleroad lists the top 80 comings out of 2014. -Former ex-gay activist…
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XGW Digest: December 6, 2014
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-The European Parliament declares its commitment to protecting sexual minorities. -The Finnish Parliament votes in favor of marriage equality. -ISIS executes two men for being gay. -Robert Biedron becomes Poland’s first openly gay mayor. -Apple commemorates World AIDS Day. -Major…
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XGW Digest: November 28, 2014
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-15 individuals and two organizations are inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame. -Mexico City’s Legislative Assembly passes a transgender rights bill. -The City Union Mission in Kansas City declares that it will not house married same-sex…
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XGW Digest: November 15, 2014
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Note: The Digest will be on vacation next week (11/22). -Uganda’s parliament begins drafting another anti-homosexuality bill. -Third gender Hijras hold a pride march in Bangladesh. -A retired Mennonite pastor is defrocked for officiating at his gay son’s wedding. -A…
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XGW Digest: November 8, 2014
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-A conservative Presbyterian church tries to shame a former member for being gay. -The Philadelphia city council unanimously passes a hate crimes ordinance. -Eight Egyptian men are sentenced to prison for participating in a same-sex wedding. -Montenegro Pride takes place…
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XGW Digest: November 1, 2014
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-Bystanders stop a drunk homophobe from assaulting another man at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. -Family Circle magazine runs a story about a same-sex couple with children. -An Azerbaijani woman murders her sister for being a lesbian. -Lewiston, ID passes a non-discrimination…
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XGW Digest: October 25, 2014
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-The Catholic Synod of Bishops on the Family reverses its welcoming stance toward gays. -A US marine is charged in the murder of a transgender Filipina. -An Idaho wedding chapel tries to paint itself as a victim of marriage equality….
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XGW Digest: October 18, 2014
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-US District Court Judge Timothy Burgess strikes down Alaska’s marriage ban. -Seoul mayor Park Won-soon publicly endorses marriage equality. -The Vatican softens its tone toward gays and lesbians. -A transgender woman is brutally attacked in New York. -Palau repeals its…
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XGW Digest: October 11, 2014
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Happy National Coming Out Day! -A Polish boxing champion speaks out for LGBT rights. -Catalonia, Spain enacts a stringent anti-homophobia law. -Seven gay men are arrested in Cameroon. -The US Supreme Court denies all seven marriage petitions, allowing the appeals…
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XGW Digest: October 4, 2014
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-Indonesia’s Aceh Province enacts a harsh anti-gay law. -Serbia hosts its first pride event in four years. -Marriage equality opponents hold a large rally in Mexico. -A ‘Christian’ man shoots a gay couple with a BB gun. -A new study…