-Openly gay congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) officially announces her candidacy for the US Senate. -An Orthodox Rabbi offers a for matchmaking service that marries gay men to lesbians. -Three men in Iran are convicted and executed for committing sodomy. -A…
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XGW Digest: September 3, 2011
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-HRC president Joe Solmonese announces that he will step down at the end of his current term. -New York City major Michael Bloomberg endorses lesbian city council speaker Christine Quinn as his successor. -Straight ally Kathy Baldock stands up to…
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XGW Digest: August 27, 2011
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-Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) comes out in support of marriage equality. -Joseph Farah claims that gays and Muslims are working together to destroy America. -A 19-year-old is beaten to death in an anti-gay attack in Iowa. -The Family Research Council…
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XGW Digest: August 20, 2011
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-Christians in Ghana march against “gayism.” -Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann insists that she doesn’t judge gay people. -GLSEN stands up to the Family Research Council. -A Kentucky church is expelled from the local Baptist association for allowing a PFLAG group to…
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XGW Digest: August 13, 2011
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-Czech president Vaclav Klaus condemns the embassies of 13 European nations for issuing a statement supporting Prague’s pride festival. -Jim Burroway is unimpressed by the turnout to Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s prayer rally, “The Response.” -The American Bar Association awards…
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XGW Digest: August 6, 2011
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-Vandals trash the office of a Ugandan LGBT rights group and steal its member database. -The National Organization for Marriage acknowledges that heterosexuals are destroying their own marriages. -The Suquamish Tribe in Washington State legalizes same-sex marriage. -The American Psychological…
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XGW Digest: July 30, 2011
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-Same-sex couples begin marrying in New York. -Disney’s Weddings & Honeymoons blog highlights a gay wedding. -Anti-gay activist Bradlee Dean sues Rachel Maddow for quoting him. -A lesbian couple helps save several dozen campers during the Norway massacre. -Colombia’s Constitutional…
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XGW Digest: July 23, 2011
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-Several hundred active duty servicemembers march in San Diego’s pride parade. -An openly gay man is selected to chair Utah’s Democratic Party. -A gay man and transgender woman in Cuba announce plans to marry on Fidel Castro’s birthday. -President Obama…
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XGW Digest: July 16, 2011
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-Blake Mycoskie, founder of Tom’s Shoes, apologizes for his company’s recent association with Focus on the Family. -Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson denounces the anti-gay pledge signed by several other candidates. -The government of Chile begins drafting a civil unions…
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XGW Digest: July 9, 2011
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-Gay activist Jean Harris has died. -Two gay soldiers are assaulted in Colorado. -The National Organization for Marriage defies another state’s campaign disclosure laws. -President Obama appoints a lesbian veteran to West Point’s advisory board. -The California legislature passes the…