-A transgender student at Cal State Long Beach is violently attacked. -Amnesty International accuses several European countries of illegally deporting gays back to Iraq. -The California state assembly unanimously votes to repeal an outdated anti-gay law. -A Florida man is…
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XGW Digest: April 24, 2010
-The Maine Family Policy Council declares that Jerry Falwell was right to blame 9/11 on gays. -Sonoma County, CA officials circumvent a gay couple’s legal arrangements to separate them and make financial decisions for them. -Australian Olympic medalist Daniel Kowalski comes…
XGW Digest: April 17, 2010
-Anti-gay mobs in Senegal exhume and desecrate the bodies of several gay men. -Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee compares gays to drug users. -A leading anti-gay activist in Scotland confesses to possession and distribution of child pornography. -Fred Karger, founder…
XGW Digest: April 10, 2010
-Nate Phelps, son of Fred Phelps, speaks out against Westboro Baptist Church. -Recently discovered correspondence reveals that Count Laszlo de Almasy, the inspiration for The English Patient, was gay. -Itawamba Agricultural High School tricks lesbian student Constance McMillen into attending…
XGW Digest: April 3, 2010
-Tarleton State University cancels a student production of gay-themed play Corpus Christi. -Chai Feldblum receives a recess appointment to become the first openly gay head of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. -Two members of the Dixie Chicks record a song…
XGW Digest: March 27, 2010
-Sentencing of gay couple Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza in Malawi is postponed until April 8. -Magician James Randi comes out of the closet. -Lt. Dan Choi talks to Newsweek about the state of the gay rights movement. -A Georgia…
XGW Digest: March 20, 2010
-Police in Rapid City, SD destroy a lesbian’s military career. -Arizona senate candidate J.D. Hayworth compares gay marriage to bestiality. -The PA State Senate Judiciary Committee tables an anti-gay marriage amendment. -The KY House of Representatives adopts a resolution in…
XGW Digest: March 13, 2010
-Actor Sean Hayes comes the rest of the way out of the closet. -Fred Karger writes an open letter to Maggie Gallagher. -California State Senator Roy Ashburn admits to being gay. -The city of Kissimmee, FL extends partner benefits to…
XGW Digest: March 6, 2010
-John Shore ponders what Jesus might do if invited to a gay wedding. -The mayor of Turin, Italy performs a wedding ceremony for a lesbian couple. -Andrews Air Force Base disinvites Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council from a…
XGW Digest: February 27, 2010
-The Alliance Defense Fund goes even further off the deep end. -Sen. Joseph Lieberman becomes chief sponsor of the effort to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. -A West Virginia couple is denied an apartment on the basis of their sexual…