-NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young agrees to keynote an LGBT Mormon conference. -A gay Marine veteran is booed at a San Antonio City Council meeting. -The New Mexico Supreme Court declines to hear two marriage equality cases. -Same-sex weddings…
X
XGW Digest: August 17, 2013
1 Min Read
0
1 Min Read
0
-Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promises marriage equality if reelected. -An Italian 14-year-old boy commits suicide because of anti-gay bullying. -John Berry, US ambassador to Australia, marries his partner. -California enacts stronger protections for transgender students. -Jim Burroway examines the…
X
XGW Digest: August 10, 2013
1 Min Read
0
1 Min Read
0
-Actress Raven Symone comes out of the closet. -The US State Department begins issuing visas for married gay couples. -An Albuquerque shuttle bus driver orders a gay couple to move to the back of the bus. -The National Gay and…
X
XGW Digest: August 3, 2013
1 Min Read
0
1 Min Read
0
-A Louisiana sheriff starts enforcing the state’s invalidated anti-sodomy law. -An Australian parliamentary committee rules that states can set their own marriage laws. -The mayor of Zagreb, Croatia agrees to let the city host an LGBT conference. -The state of…
X
XGW Digest: July 27, 2013
1 Min Read
0
1 Min Read
0
-A group of Dutch tourists is arrested under Russia’s new anti-gay law. -Orson Scott Card quietly steps down from the National Organization for Marriage’s board. -Several lawsuits challenging Section 3 of DOMA remain in court. -A federal judge orders the…
What’s happening this week among hardline ex-gay activists: Veteran ex-gay activist Anne Paulk and Alex McFarland, a guest writer for antigay evangelical James Dobson, equate their own antigay prejudice with”God’s ways” and “His standards and His plan for human relationships.” Opponents…
2 Min Read
0
VIDEO: Extreme Prophetic Ministries, a reactionary U.S. raise-the-dead ministry, rebukes a tornado and claims that they caused it to dissipate. In 2009, the ministry co-launched Uganda’s kill-the-gays legislation. Now, according to the SPLC, EPM supports imprisoning homosexuals in the Caribbean….
1 Min Read
1
Jamaica’s epidemic of antigay violence has worsened in the year since Exodus board member traveled to the island, affirmed harsh antigay laws, and criticized U.S. concern for human rights.
Scott Lively and Peter LaBarbera endorse Russia’s official antigay censorship and extrajudicial violence
E
Exodus VP Posts Open Apology to Gay Community
1 Min Read
12
1 Min Read
12
Exodus International Vice President Randy Thomas has followed President Alan Chambers in apologizing to gays and lesbians: When Alan Chambers made his apology to the gay community, I couldn’t have been more supportive. I am so proud of my friend and fully…