-Gay Republican Ken Mehlman apologizes for his role in past anti-gay political campaigns. -Rick Santorum pledges to nullify all same-sex marriage licenses if elected. -A gay Chilean man is savagely beaten by neo-Nazis. -A wave of anti-gay violence sweeps through…
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Ex-gay Andy Comiskey says that being gay is about self-absorption and lack of self-restraint — but gays can change. In an interview with reparative therapist Dr Joseph Nicolosi, of NARTH, Comiskey says he can’t help but see gay activists as…
Saturday, March 3, saw a live YouTube broadcast of Dustin Lance Black’s play 8, a reenactment of Perry v Schwarzenegger (later Perry v Brown), the 2010 trial that ruled California’s ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional. The play premiered on Broadway…
XGW Digest: March 3, 2012
-Radio personality Fez Whatley comes out of the closet. -A Catholic priest treats a lesbian spitefully while officiating at her mother’s funeral. -A majority of Iowans oppose repealing marriage equality, according to a new poll. -NOM is foiled in its…
XGW Digest: February 25, 2012
-A Republican sheriff and congressional candidate in Arizona is outed. -Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dinner with a group of gay constituents. -The Virginia state senate votes to allow private adoption agencies to discriminate against gay parents. -Baltimore County,…
LGBT activist organization Truth Wins Out has launched a lawsuit against PFOX, the anti-gay lobbying group whose president accused TWO’s Wayne Besen of calling for his death. Here’s what Greg Quinlan said on TV last year: [Wayne Besen] asked for…
Lesley Pilkington, the British psychotherapist stripped of her credentials after offering to cure a patient of his homosexuality, has appeared on TV to express her dismay at LGBT equality. Mrs Pilkington told Channel 4’s 4thought.tv that she believed “Christianity should…
XGW Digest: February 18, 2012
-Actor Matt Bomer comes out of the closet. -The New Jersey Senate votes for marriage equality, but falls short of a veto-proof majority. -Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire signs marriage equality into law. -Anti-gay groups show their true colors at CPAC….
Will the Real Exodus Please Stand Up?
After statements by Exodus President Alan Chambers at the recent GCN conference, some have been persuaded that Exodus may be headed in a more tolerant “congruency” direction. We’ve been around this block more than a few times before and remain…
XGW Digest: February 11, 2012
-Religious right activists react with predictable hyperbole to the Ninth Circuit Court’s Prop 8 ruling. -A marriage equality bill is introduced in the Illinois legislature. -The city legislature of St. Petersburg, Russia advances an anti-gay bill. -CNN suspends Roland Martin…