-A Lutheran bishop comes out of the closet. -Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta rejects President Obama’s call for gay rights protections. -An ‘ex-gay’ politician runs for governor in Missouri. -The Boy Scouts officially lift their ban on gay adult scout leaders….
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XGW Digest: July 25, 2015
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-Thomas Roberts becomes the first openly gay man to anchor a network news program. -The government of Taiwan begins drafting a same-sex partnership law. -A new petition may force the Finnish parliament to reconsider its marriage equality law. -An anti-gay…
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XGW Digest: July 18, 2015
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-A gay Chinese couple holds a wedding ceremony despite warnings from police. -Civil unions begin in Chile. -A Texas judge declares that he will marry gay couples, but only after they acknowledge his disapproval of their union. -The Boy Scouts’…
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XGW Digest: July 11, 2015
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-Baylor University removes “homosexual acts” from its misconduct policy. -A Moroccan mob violently attacks a gender-nonconforming person. -Employees of the Decatur County, TN clerk’s office quit en masse to protest same-sex marriage. -A new poll finds more than 2/3 support…
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XGW Digest: July 4, 2015
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-Riot police break up Istanbul Pride. -Anti-gay activists fail to shut down Seoul Pride. -A gay couple is violently assaulted during Seattle Pride. -The US Department of Justice affirms that Title IX protections apply to transgender students. -A Utah man…
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XGW Digest: June 27, 2015
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-Harvard University accepts a transgender athlete to its men’s swimming team. -The United Protestant Church of Belgium votes to ordain openly gay clergy. -Marriage equality comes to the Pitcairn Islands. -The Stonewall Inn receives official designation as a historic landmark….
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XGW Digest: June 20, 2015
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-Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard serves as Grand Marshal of Indy Pride. -An anti-gay archbishop resigns after being charged with covering up sexual abuse by a local priest. -The Israeli Knesset votes against an anti-discrimination bill. -South Bend, IN Mayor Pete…
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XGW Digest: June 13, 2015
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-Mexico’s Supreme Court issues a blanket statement ruling that bans on same-sex marriages are unconstitutional. -KyivPride2015 is disrupted by neo-Nazis. -Nebraska’s Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts attends his gay sister’s wedding. -Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declines to call a special session…
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XGW Digest: June 6, 2015
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-Former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert is charged with covering up sexual misconduct with a former male student. -The Illinois state senate passes a ban on conversion therapy for minors. -A new marriage equality bill is introduced in the Australian…
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XGW Digest: May 30, 2015
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-Ireland becomes the first nation to enact marriage equality via popular vote. -Irish opponents of same-sex marriage show graciousness in defeat. -Three men are jailed in Morocco on charges of homosexuality. -Marriage equality comes to Greenland. -An anti-gay Tea Party…