Source: Dallas Voice
On the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, it appears local and state police have recreated history in Fort Worth, Texas. It happened at the newly-opened Rainbow Lounge, described as “the only cool gay bar in town,” by Q Cinema founder and former Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Todd Camp.
From someone present at the [...]
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Dr. Warren Throckmorton appears to have written an introduction to a series of arguments to counter those put forth by Scott Lively in his book, The Pink Swastika.
Scott Lively has made a career of drawing parallels from Nazi Germany to modern homosexuality. He has gone around the world with the message that homosexuals were responsible [...]
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Filed under: Discrimination, Exodus, Fact Finder, Hate Crimes/Free Speech
The Observer, a newspaper in Uganda, has written a compendium of suggestions and comments by people there on how to spot a gay Ugandan. No doubt brought about by the heightened negative attitudes towards gays there brought on by a recent conference, the comments reflect a wide range of bad information and obvious prejudice. However, [...]
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Filed under: Discrimination, Dissent Suppression, Exgay Activists, Exodus, Hate Crimes/Free Speech
In his latest article for Charisma magazine, Exodus President Alan Chambers speaks a lot of truth, but is blinkered to how it applies to his own organization.
With amusing timing, Chambers remembers a school bully who picked on him for being gay – and later turned out to be gay himself. He writes:
I did feel some [...]
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Filed under: Change, Discrimination, Education/Youth, Exgay Activists, Exodus, Gay / Exgay / 'Identity'
The Illinois Family Institute, an anti-gay organization once fronted by Peter LaBarbera, has protested at being declared a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Member Laurie Higgins claims the IFI has been targeted purely because of its moral views on homosexuality.
Writing on the website Opposing Views, Higgins says that:
Since, in the distorted view of [...]
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Filed under: Discrimination, Family Values, Hate Crimes/Free Speech, Tolerance
The following represents a cooperative effort between Jim Burroway of Box Turtle Bulletin, Mike Airhart and Wayne Besen of Truth Wins Out, and me, David Roberts of Ex-Gay Watch. This is not an exercise in hyperbole, but a serious, heartfelt stand. I have added my name to this effort because I feel a line has [...]
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A strange mix of speakers started off a conference in Kampala, Uganda today. Invited by Stephen Langa, leader of Family Life Network (FLN), they are to speak on the theme “Exposing the Truth behind Homosexuality and the Homosexual Agenda.” Langa is concerned that homosexuality might be decriminalized in Uganda due to a recent court case [...]
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Ex-gay Giuseppe Povia, who hails from Milan, wrote and performed the song “Luca Was Gay” that is currently in the running for the best song award at the yearly Sanremo Music Festival to be held next month in Italy. He claims that two of his friends also converted to heterosexuality and got married after he [...]
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Filed under: Discrimination, Music, NARTH, PFOX
The British LGBT charity Stonewall has awarded politician Iris Robinson the title of “Bigot of the Year” after she publicly denounced homosexuality as “disgusting, nauseous, loathsome, shamefully wicked and vile.” The MP also told the British Parliament that “sodomy” was worse than “sexually abusing innocent children.”
Mrs Robinson, the wife of Northern Ireland First Minister Peter [...]
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Filed under: Discrimination, Hate Crimes/Free Speech, Media, Morality, Religion, Tolerance
Several professional ex-gays made their political leanings very public post-election day. Specifically, Randy Thomas and Alan Chambers, who head Exodus International, the “ex-gay” organization that has “exited politics.” On Nov. 4th’s historic election night, he was jumping for joy over anti-gay amendments, as evidenced by multiple posts on his live blog session. Jay Holloman, a [...]
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Filed under: Critics, Discrimination, Exgay Activists, Exodus, Tolerance, Weblogs