365gay.com, Feb. 8: A German zoo is trying “to cure” three gay penguin couples using a form of aversion therapy. The Bremerhaven Zoo is splitting up the couples, and has imported four female penguins from Sweden which it will use…
Ex-gay Promotes Indiana Ban on Gay Marriage
From Dan Gonzales: Advocate OutQ News, which is broadcast on Sirius satellite radio, features a short clip of exgay activist Brad Grammar speaking in favor of an Indiana anti-gay-marriage amendment. Near the end of the Windows Media Player broadcast, Grammar…
In an interview with Christianity Today, progressive evangelical Jim Wallis — who has argued for many years that religious fundamentalists have too much influence in the Republican Party and secular fundamentalists have too much influence in the Democratic Party —…
Pro-exgay pundit Warren Throckmorton issued the press release "New Genetics Study Undermines Gay Gene Theory" on Feb. 9. Exgay activist group Exodus International reprinted the press release on its own web site on Feb. 11. In the press release, Throckmorton…
Gay Web Sites Delink Ex-gay ‘crisis’ Line
From the Houston Voice (Feb. 11): Four gay and lesbian Web sites that unknowingly listed the National Youth Crisis Hotline as a resource have deleted referrals to the hotline in response to a recent Houston Voice story that exposed the…
Demand for Virginia Schools to Showcase Ex-gays
In suburban Virginia, the Fairfax County school board censured Stephen M. Hunt for using his authority as a board member to pressure principals into inviting ex-gays into the district’s classrooms. Highlights in the media: DCist summarizes. 365gay.com, Feb. 3: School…
Keith Boykin skillfully separates facts from media hype and political propaganda.
The Old Design Is Back
Until I find time to implement the new one. I welcome constructive criticism.
Hate Crimes: After 15 Years, What Progress?
In late 1989, I wrote the following article about hate crimes statistics. The article was published by Sojourners, a progressive Christian evangelical magazine that publishes economically liberal and socially conservative views consistent with the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s "seamless garment"…
First They Came For Bert And Ernie
By Joe Kort(Corrected Edition) As the years go by, a growing number of cartoon characters have been forcibly "outed." I am amazed that anyone would be concerned about the sexual and romantic orientation of any imaginary two-dimensional figure? First it…