-Outed anti-gay politician Robert Arango officially comes out as a gay man. -A lesbian couple is murdered in Texas. -The United Methodist Church announces it will not prosecute Rev. Thomas Ogletree for presiding at his gay son’s wedding. -Honey Maid…
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XGW Digest: March 8, 2014
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-The Tempe, AZ city council unanimously approves an anti-discrimination ordinance. -A public gay wedding takes place in Burma/Myanmar. -A former Miss Kentucky comes out of the closet. -The University of Texas distances itself from Professor Mark Regnerus. -The Maryland State…
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XGW Digest: March 1, 2014
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-Virginia legislator Mark Sickles comes out of the closet. -Jason Collins signs with the Nets to become the first openly gay player in the NBA. -Ugandan President Museveni signs the anti-homosexuality bill in to law. -The Georgia House considers a…
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XGW Digest: February 22, 2014
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-A new University of Chicago study strengthens the case for a genetic cause for homosexuality. -Actress Ellen Page comes out of the closet. -The Wyoming House votes down pro- and anti-marriage equality bills. -President Obama speaks out against Uganda’s anti-gay…
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XGW Digest: February 15, 2014
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–Protests across Russia lead to more than sixty arrests. -A same-sex marriage ban fails in El Salvador. -The US Justice Department extends additional federal rights to married same-sex couples. -Ireland prepares a marriage equality referendum for the 2015 ballot. -A…
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XGW Digest: February 8, 2014
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-Mumbai Pride draws a record crowd. -Finnish Olympian Ari-Pekka Liokkonen comes out of the closet to protest Russia’s anti-gay laws. -Two gay Senegalese men are sentenced to prison. -Three Russian men are convicted of murdering a gay man. -The Scottish…
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XGW Digest: February 1, 2014
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-The TSA changes its screening policy to recognize gay couples. -33 couples, gay and straight, get married at the Grammy Awards. -The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus repeals its ban on homosexuality. -Jeremy Hooper reflects on how anti-gay propaganda affects…
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XGW Digest: January 25, 2014
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-A gay couple’s family photo sparks anti-gay outrage on Twitter. -Vladimir Putin offers partial reassurances to gays planning to attend the Sochi Olympics. -Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina comes out of the closet. -UNAIDS joins a lawsuit against Malawi’s anti-gay laws….
Restored Hope Network, which advocates costly gay-conversion therapies and ineffective pray-away-the-gay counseling, is taking its message that gay people are broken and damned to 20 cities in the first half of 2014.
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XGW Digest: January 18, 2014
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-The Russian Orthodox Church calls for a referendum to outlaw homosexuality. -Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe signs an executive order banning discrimination against LGBT state employees. -Nigeria enacts an even harsher anti-gay law. -New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoes a transgender…