-Chile passes an antidiscrimination law. -A Republican strategist advises the party to evolve on gay rights issues. -Croatia’s Prime Minister makes a push for marriage equality. -Soap opera star Joanna Johnson comes out of the closet. -Rhode Island Governor Lincoln…
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XGW Digest: May 12, 2012
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-Focus on the Family withdraws its “Religious Freedom” amendment from the 2012 Colorado ballot. -A Catholic high school tells a senior he cannot accept the Matthew Shepard Scholarship at the school’s awards ceremony. -Jeremy Hooper finds a historic parallel to…
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Truth Wins Out disputed Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) dishonest and immature portrayal today of a lawsuit filed against its President Greg Quinlan. The lawsuit was dismissed by the United States District Court in Richmond because Besen was deemed…
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XGW Digest: May 5, 2012
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-A Cleveland radio DJ recommends corrective rape for a listener’s gay daughter. -A North Carolina man posts a video of himself shooting a “No on 1” yard sign. -Tennessee’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill is dead, for now. -A transgender woman…
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In what seems like the logical extension of the recent trend, Exodus International has decided there were not enough people interested in attending their Love Won Out conference scheduled for later this month to justify the expense. Conference attendance has…
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A Baptist preacher gave parents in his church a “special dispensation” to beat their effeminate sons last Sunday. Pastor Sean Harris of Berean Church, Fayetteville, NC, made the remarks in a sermon in favour of Amendment One, a proposed law…
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XGW Digest: April 28, 2012
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-Anti-gay activist Chuck Colson passes away. -Gay Moroccan writer Abdellah Taia tells his story. -The James Beard Foundation returns an award to the Boy Scouts in protest of their anti-gay policies. -Olympic wrestler Stephany Lee marries her wife. -Christian evangelist…
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Spitzer: ‘I Owe the Gay Community an Apology’
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Dr Robert Spitzer, the researcher behind a flawed 2001 ex-gay study, has added to his recent retraction by apologizing for his claims. The psychiatrist, now 80, already went public with his retraction in an interview with Gabriel Arana of American Prospect magazine….
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News broke yesterday of the possible death of long-time ex-gay advocate Anthony Falzarano’s death. No one seemed to be certain of the validity of this report and he appeared at a West Palm Beach social event earlier this month with…
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In The Oregonian, Tom Hallman, Jr, writes: A good feature story is about something universal. When it comes to apologies, no one gets a pass in this life. Everyone deserves one, and everyone needs to give one. When I mentioned…