-Gay athlete Michael Sam leaves professional football, citing mental health concerns. -A minor league baseball player comes out of the closet. -A historic Baptist church embraces LGBT equality. -Two Texas men are charged with torturing a gay African-American man. -The…
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XGW Digest: August 15, 2015
-Supporters of marriage equality rally in cities across Australia. -Gay Ugandans hold a pride parade. -Another transgender woman is murdered. -Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott blocks a motion to bring marriage equality to a vote in Parliament. -Mexico’s Supreme Court…
XGW Digest: August 8, 2015
-A Senegalese journalist is jailed for ‘acts of homosexuality.’ -An Iowa couple raises funds to place anti-gay messages on billboards. -A homophobic man makes the mistake of assaulting gay West Point alumni. -The American Foundation for Equal Rights announces its…
XGW Digest: August 1, 2015
-A Lutheran bishop comes out of the closet. -Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta rejects President Obama’s call for gay rights protections. -An ‘ex-gay’ politician runs for governor in Missouri. -The Boy Scouts officially lift their ban on gay adult scout leaders….
XGW Digest: July 25, 2015
-Thomas Roberts becomes the first openly gay man to anchor a network news program. -The government of Taiwan begins drafting a same-sex partnership law. -A new petition may force the Finnish parliament to reconsider its marriage equality law. -An anti-gay…
XGW Digest: July 18, 2015
-A gay Chinese couple holds a wedding ceremony despite warnings from police. -Civil unions begin in Chile. -A Texas judge declares that he will marry gay couples, but only after they acknowledge his disapproval of their union. -The Boy Scouts’…
XGW Digest: July 11, 2015
-Baylor University removes “homosexual acts” from its misconduct policy. -A Moroccan mob violently attacks a gender-nonconforming person. -Employees of the Decatur County, TN clerk’s office quit en masse to protest same-sex marriage. -A new poll finds more than 2/3 support…
XGW Digest: July 4, 2015
-Riot police break up Istanbul Pride. -Anti-gay activists fail to shut down Seoul Pride. -A gay couple is violently assaulted during Seattle Pride. -The US Department of Justice affirms that Title IX protections apply to transgender students. -A Utah man…
XGW Digest: June 27, 2015
-Harvard University accepts a transgender athlete to its men’s swimming team. -The United Protestant Church of Belgium votes to ordain openly gay clergy. -Marriage equality comes to the Pitcairn Islands. -The Stonewall Inn receives official designation as a historic landmark….
XGW Digest: June 20, 2015
-Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard serves as Grand Marshal of Indy Pride. -An anti-gay archbishop resigns after being charged with covering up sexual abuse by a local priest. -The Israeli Knesset votes against an anti-discrimination bill. -South Bend, IN Mayor Pete…