A BC Conservative Party leadership candidate has said in a radio interview that gays should not have “special rights” because homosexuality is a choice. John Cummins, who recently stepped down as Conservative Member of Parliament for Delta-Richmond East to run as…
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‘Kill the Gays’ Bill up for Debate in Uganda
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According to a Parliament of Uganda order paper published today, a second reading of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 is imminent. The legislation, dubbed the “Kill the Gays” bill, would effectively make homosexuality a capital offence. Related offenses of “promoting” homosexuality…
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Exodus International President Alan Chambers is upset at a TV commercial aimed at encouraging gay teen victims of homophobic bullying. The ex-gay leader told the Christian Post he found it “disappointing” that the commercial used the character of Woody, the…
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XGW Digest – May 7, 2011
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-23 top New York business executives sign a statement calling for marriage equality. -Fox News correspondent Michelle Malkin accuses gay activists of employing a tactic she herself uses. -A lesbian activist is brutally murdered in South Africa. -Openly gay judge…
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Gay Blog Queerty Is Back
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Queerty, the six-year-old gay interest blog that unexpectedly shut down last month, is back online with a new team. GayCities has acquired the blog and is returning with some of the same team and a crop of new writers. GC’s…
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A documentary about the ex-gay movement will have its premiere in June 2011, after six years in the making. The premiere of This Is What Love in Action Looks Like takes place at Frameline 35, the San Francisco International LGBT Film…
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Osama Bin Laden Killed by US Forces
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CNN News outlets are reporting that covert US forces in Pakistan have killed 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden. The US is apparently also in possession of his body, which should allow for the concrete identification the world will demand. President…
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XGW Digest: April 30, 2011
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-House of Rainbow, Nigeria’s only gay church, makes plans to reopen its doors. -Movie director Kevin Smith officiates at a gay wedding. -Prop 8 proponents move to have Judge Walker’s ruling vacated on the basis of his sexual orientation. -Anti-gay…
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XGW Digest: April 23, 2011
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-A young gay man is attacked by a mob in South Carolina. -LGBT blog Queerty closes down. -Hungary adopts a new constitution that bans same-sex marriage. -The Malaysian government sends 66 effeminate boys to a reorientation camp. -Anti-gay activist Marc…
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Wendy Gritter of Canadian LGBT ministry New Direction urged her fellow Christians to stand against anti-gay bullying in a Palm Sunday message to her church yesterday. Wendy highlighted two recent initiatives against homophobic bullying — Day of Pink and Day of Silence…