In a major victory for gay rights, the New York Sate Senate voted 33 to 29 to approve same-sex marriage in the state, becoming the sixth state to do so. The debate lasted for days and followed a previous…
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XGW Digest: June 25, 2011
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-Actor LeVar Burton signs on as spokesperson for the AIDS Research Alliance. -The people of Liechtenstein vote to institute civil partnerships. -A Michigan court of appeals rejects the “gay panic” defense. -A Wisconsin judge upholds the state’s domestic partnership registry….
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With Buchanan, A Change of Tone at Exodus
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With Jeff Buchanan laterally promoted to VP and former Exodus blogger Randy Thomas out of the organization, there has already been an immediate shift in tone on their website. Three posts have gone up since the personnel-change announcement –…
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(Scroll down for 06/24/11 update) Canada’s official party of opposition has voted unanimously to oppose tax-exempt charity status for ex-gay groups such as Exodus Global Alliance. The federal New Democratic Party, better known simply as the NDP, adopted the resolution…
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Another major US based ministry has cut ties with Exodus International, the largest organization which claims to help people “leave homosexuality.” An event earlier this year caused us to check the Exodus affiliate listing to see if mega-church Willow Creek…
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In May, we learned that Randy Thomas was stepping down as Vice President of Exodus International and taking on a part-time role. Yesterday, he announced he was stepping down altogether from the ex-gay organization. Today, Exodus has announced Jeff Buchanan…
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Randy Thomas Leaves Exodus International
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Two months after he announced he was no longer Vice President of Exodus International, Randy Thomas says he is stepping down completely as a staff member at the ex-gay organization. Randy became Exodus’s part-time Director of Digital Media and Development…
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Where to begin dissecting the manipulation and abuse on display in this video of Pentecostal preacher Damon Thompson casting demons out of young gay and lesbian women? Thompson, who heads up fiery youth ministry The Ramp in Hamilton, Alabama, employs…
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XGW Digest: June 18, 2011
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-A US Bankruptcy Court rules that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional. -Croatia’s first gay pride event is disrupted by violence. -Support for marriage equality grows in the New York State Senate. -Two men are kicked out of a…
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A gay New York Times journalist recently caught up with a former friend and colleague, Michael Glatze, the conservative Christian activist who, in 2007, renounced his homosexuality and claimed to have become straight. Benoit Denizet-Lewis wrote about the reunion, with background…