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XGW Digest: February 4, 2012

February 4th, 2012 1 comment

-Another British footballer speaks out against homophobia.

-A new poll finds a plurality of Minnesotans in favor of banning same-sex marriage.

-The Virginia State Senate votes down an anti-discrimination bill.

-Kenya Chief Justice Willy Mutunga voices his support of gay rights.

-The National Organization for Marriage loses yet another court appeal.

-Country singer Drake Jensen comes out of the closet.

-Amazon joins the list of corporations supporting marriage equality.

-The Washington State Senate votes to legalize same-sex marriage.

-The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules against releasing the video recordings of Perry vs. Brown.

-Rolling Stone scrutinizes the anti-gay policies of Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin school district.

-New Hampshire Republicans quietly omit repealing marriage equality from their 2012 agenda.

-Kathy Baldock shares the story of a woman who found freedom from Exodus’ version of “freedom.”

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XGW Digest: January 28, 2012

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-A 15-year-old boy writes a letter to his gay dads.

-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie nominates an openly gay judge to the state Supreme Court.

-Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley introduces a marriage equality bill.

-Glen Retief offers advice for parents with a child being bullied in school.

-Starbucks joins the list of Washington corporations in favor of marriage equality.

-Maine voters will have another opportunity to vote on marriage.

-Congressman Barney Frank announces plans to marry his long-time partner.

-Australia makes the lives of its LGBT citizens a little bit easier.

-The Family Research Council assails a videogame for recognizing the existence of gay gamers.

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XGW Digest: January 21, 2012

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-Support for marriage equality in France reaches 63%.

-Maggie Gallagher endorses Rick Santorum for president.

-A group of parents in Minnesota demand an anti-gay school curriculum.

-Comedian Todd Glass comes out of the closet.

-A gathering of anti-gay activists protests their inclusion on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of hate groups.

-Survivor casts a gay Republican for its upcoming season.

-The New Hampshire House defers a vote on its marriage repeal bill until February.

-Cuba to consider civil unions this year.

-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks noncommittally about his state’s marriage equality bill.

-Tennessee lawmakers seek to add a religious exemption to anti-bullying laws.

-More than 80 US mayors have signed the Freedom to Marry statement to date.

 

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XGW Digest: January 14, 2012

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-New Jersey Democrats fast track a marriage equality bill.

-An evangelical mother speaks in support of her gay daughter.

-The National Organization for Marriage spends $140,000 campaigning against Congressman Ron Paul.

-A Washington state Republican joins the push for marriage equality.

-Wendy Gritter and Kathy Baldock reflect on Alan Chambers’ appearance at the GCN conference.

-Jimmy Kimmel shows how gay marriage could destroy the world.

-The Canadian government issues reassurances that it will recognize all marriage licenses after a previous statement that they would only be valid if recognized in the couple’s home state or country.

-Another gay teenager commits suicide.

-A coalition of conservative religious leaders issues a new anti-gay manifesto.

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XGW Digest: January 7, 2012

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-Civil unions begin in Delaware and Hawaii.

-The British government honors gay war hero and inventor Alan Turing with a new stamp.

-The wife of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor voices her support for marriage equality.

-The North Carolina Psychological Association voices its opposition to the state’s proposed marriage amendment.

-A Colorado Republican group pushes for civil unions.

-The Concord Monitor argues against overturning New Hampshire’s marriage equality law.

-Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announces plans to introduce a marriage equality bill.

-Another researcher’s work is twisted by an anti-gay writer.

-A New Hampshire Republican speaks out in defense of marriage equality.

-Former child actress Kristy McNichol comes out of the closet.

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XGW Digest: December 31, 2011

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-Buzzfeed reveals the sordid details of what gay people do on Christmas.

-Just Out, Portland’s LGBT newspaper, shuts its doors.

-Congressman Ron Paul’s views on gays come under scrutiny.

-CNNMoney finds that same-sex couples pay up to $6,000 per year more in income taxes than straight couples.

-Several Jamaican political candidates use anti-gay statements to try to rally supporters.

-Barnes & Noble pulls an anti-gay calendar from its online store.

-A Florida appeals court restores parental rights to a lesbian mother.

-Marriage equality comes to Quintana Roo, Mexico.

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XGW Digest: December 24, 2011

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-A new study confirms that marriage is healthy for gay couples.

-A New Jersey judge rules in favor of a gay couple in a custody hearing.

-The Duluth, MN city council votes to officially oppose the anti-gay marriage amendment on the state ballot.

-YouTube names Zach Wahl’s speech as its most-viewed political video of 2011.

-Brandon McInerny is sentenced to 21 years in jail for the murder of gay teen Larry King.

-A lesbian couple performs the traditional naval “first kiss.”

-Richard Socarides believes that President Obama will come out in support of marriage equality before the 2012 election.

-The state of Michigan ends health care coverage for domestic partners of government employees.

-Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Francis George compares gay rights activists to the Ku Klux Klan.

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XGW Digest: December 17, 2011

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-The National Organization for Marriage continues to receive nearly all of its support from several large donors.

-Journalist and gay activist Paul Varnell passes away.

-The city of Orlando, Florida institutes a domestic partner registry.

-Congress removes several anti-gay provisions from the 2012 defense authorization bill.

-The government of Malawi reviews its anti-gay law.

-Republican senators block confirmation of an ambassadorial appointment on the basis of the candidate’s support for gay rights.

-Janice Shaw Crouse demonstrates how easy it is to abuse statistics.

-A lesbian couple fights back against an anti-gay attacker.

-Three Ugandan pastors face libel charges for their anti-gay smear campaigns.

-Chris Barron steps down as chair of GOProud.

-A “family values” Republican politician is forced out of the closet in Mississippi.

-And another one in Minnesota faces allegations of adultery.

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XGW Digest: December 10, 2011

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-The Puerto Rico legislature moves toward eliminating several categories, including sexual orientation and gender identity, from the local hate crimes statute.

-A gay couple in Ohio is targeted by anti-gay graffiti.

-The Raleigh, NC city council passes a resolution opposing the state’s anti-marriage equality amendment.

-A Republican mayor resigns after being outed by a male escort.

-Rob Tish demonstrates how statistics can be used to support either side of an argument.

-NFL linebacker Scott Fujita voices his support for marriage equality.

-NOM resorts to citing Paul Cameron as an authority.

-Another bullied teenager commits suicide.

-GOProud outs a strategist working for Rick Perry’s presidential campaign.

-The NBA adds sexual orientation to its collective bargaining agreement.

-Marriage equality activist Ed Watson dies at age 78.

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XGW Digest: December 3, 2011

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-Congressman Barney Frank announces his retirement.

-Religious right activist Randy Thomasson worries about Prop 8′s chances of surviving in appeals court.

-A lawsuit against New York’s marriage equality law is allowed to proceed.

-Illinois will now allow couples in civil unions to file joint tax returns.

-Another closeted Republican is embroiled in scandal.

-A new poll finds strong support among Pennsylvanians for some form of legal recognition for gay couples.

-A private school in Pennsylvania rejects a student for being HIV-positive.

-The state of Queensland, Australia legalizes same-sex unions.

-Jamiel Terry, the gay son of religious right activist Randall Terry, is killed in a car crash.

-Belgium gets an openly gay prime minister.

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