-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…
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XGW Digest: September 27, 2014
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-Target releases a new ad that features a gay couple. -The US Census Bureau begins counting legally married gay couples as families. -The International Queer Culture Festival is disrupted by anti-gay thugs. -Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan officiates a same-sex…
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XGW Digest: September 20, 2014
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-A federal judge orders Arizona to recognize a widowed gay man’s marriage license. -The Indian government issues an objection to the high court’s recognition of a third gender. -Victoria, Australia takes steps toward wiping the criminal records of those convicted…