Press release: Queer Performance Activist and Ex-Gay Survivor Peterson Toscano announces new direction to promote Queer Climate Change Action Through his performance work, media appearances, activism, and Biblical scholarship, Peterson Toscano has worked to expose the harm that comes from…
XGW Digest: April 26, 2014
-A South Carolina police chief is fired for being gay. -Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe announces that he will expel pro-gay diplomats. -The city council of Latina, Italy votes to recognize a gay couple’s marriage. -WWE joins the NOH8 campaign. -The…
XGW Digest: April 19, 2014
-The Nevada Republican Party removes opposition to marriage equality and abortion from its platform. -Judge Timothy Black orders the State of Ohio to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages. -Singer Debby Boone becomes an ally. -The Parliament of Malta passes a civil…
XGW Digest: April 12, 2014
-A Russian district court rules that two previously banned LGBT events can take place. -The Mormon church reiterates its stance against marriage equality. -The US Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal by Elane Photography. -The Church of Norway votes…
XGW Digest: April 5, 2014
-A recently deceased man is rejected as an organ donor for being gay. -A South African gay man is brutally murdered in public. -Same-sex marriages officially begin in England and Wales. -Actress Sara Gilbert and musician Linda Perry get married….
XGW Digest: March 29, 2014
-A Republican party strategist marries his partner in Michigan. -The US Sixth Court of Appeals issues a stay on Michigan’s marriage ruling. -The Obama Administration issues a formal response to Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law. -Singer Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees) comes out…
XGW Digest: March 22, 2014
-The Department of Health and Human Services orders health insurers to offer the same coverage to all married couples. -Boston Mayor Marty Walsh boycotts the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade to protest it exclusion of LGBT groups. -Chick-Fil-A takes a…
XGW Digest: March 15, 2014
-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…
XGW Digest: March 8, 2014
-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…
XGW Digest: March 1, 2014
-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…