Christian radio host and family values guru Dr James Dobson is not yet ready to give up his campaign against gays. Despite resigning from Focus on the Family last year, he has now announced that he is launching a rival…
XGW Digest: January 2, 2010
-A Republican candidate for US Senate in Illinois spreads rumors about his primary opponent’s sexual orientation. -Rwanda takes a step toward decriminalizing homosexuality. -The US Senate confirms the country’s first openly gay US Marshal. -Jonathan Rauch reviews the progress and…
Lisa Miller has missed the deadline to hand over custody of Isabella, her daughter with ex-partner Janet Jenkins. A judge had ordered her to do so by 1 pm EST today. Miller and Isabella have both been missing for weeks….
Ex-Gay Mother and Daughter Missing
An ex-gay Christian woman is missing with her seven-year-old daughter after a judge ruled her former partner should be given custody. Lisa Miller gave birth to Isabella in 2002, by artificial insemination, two years into a civil union with lesbian…
A panel called “Being Gay in the Orthodox World: A Conversation with the YU Community” was held on Tuesday at Yeshiva University, a prominent Orthodox Jewish college in New York City. The event drew about 1,000 attendees. Although the head…
XGW Digest: December 26, 2009
-British rugby star Gareth Thomas comes out of the closet. -HBO’s show “Big Love” to introduce a romantic storyline between two men who have been through ex-gay therapy. -Highlands Church, an evangelical congregation in Denver, gains national attention for its…
XGW Digest: December 19, 2009
-Kapya Kaoma chronicles how American evangelicals established a base of power in Uganda and other African nations. -Houston voters elect Annise Parker as the first openly gay mayor of a major American city. -Twelve gay men currently face execution in…
Another notable quotable from PFOX
Re: “New Jersey State Senator and NAACP’s Bond Support Genderless Marriage While Rejecting Ex-Gay Rights” [12-9-09] “…major scientific studies and mental health associations have stated homosexuality is not innate,” said Regina Griggs, director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and…
Since I am gay, Anglican and British, I am more than disturbed to hear a priest in my own church and my own country concede that “the Ugandans, who are currently considering draconian legislation regarding homosexuality, might actually have a…