“It Gets Better” is a realistic message for gay and lesbian people living in the western world, where society is increasingly accepting of sexual diversity. But in some non-western parts of the globe, survival as an LGBT person is all…
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A lesbian is suing a police department she says sent her to an evangelist for ex-gay therapy. In April, 2010, the family of Amanda Booker requested she be given therapy for her drug addiction. A court order commanded Bartow County…
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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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Obama Administration Will No Longer Defend DOMA
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The US government has announced that it is no longer prepared to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. The act enshrined in US federal law the definition of marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman. DOMA…
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Florida Abstinence Program Linked to Ssempa
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An abstinence group based in Jacksonville, Florida, has ties to the anti-gay Ugandan activist Martin Ssempa, according to a report in the Florida Independent. Project SOS founder Pam Mullarkey is quoted on Ssempa’s website as saying that Ssempa is “the…
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The World’s Worst Place to be Gay?
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https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F07F722A5387A637 Many XGW readers will be familiar with the painful, anti-gay efforts in Uganda, highlighted over the past couple of years by this and other blogs. The reporting has been at times very detailed, and devastating to take in. This…
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In an historic vote, the United States Senate has passed an act repealing the ban on openly gay soldiers serving in the armed forces, 65-33. Eight Republicans sided with the mostly Democratic call for repeal. The ban, called “Don’t Ask…
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Subtitle: A Biblical and Compassionate Response to Same-Sex Attraction General Editors: Joe Dallas and Nancy Heche — Introduction (Part 1) here. I wanted to start Part 2 with the beginning chapters that put the rest of the book in perspective,…
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The California Senate approved a bill to end a law passed in 1950 that classifies gays as sexual deviants and potential child molesters. The 60-year-old piece of legislation requires the Department of Mental Health to research the causes and potential…
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American evangelical leader Lou Engle has confirmed his support for the leaders who drafted Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009. Engle, whose TheCall conference in Uganda promoted the bill that would spell execution for gays and their supporters, told Sarah Posner of…
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