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Featured Reports
What Are Little Boys Made Of?
In this original BTB Investigation, we unveil the tragic story of Kirk Murphy, a four-year-old boy who was treated for “cross-gender disturbance” in 1970 by a young grad student by the name of George Rekers. This story is a stark reminder that there are severe and damaging consequences when therapists try to ensure that boys will be boys.
Slouching Towards Kampala: Uganda’s Deadly Embrace of Hate
When we first reported on three American anti-gay activists traveling to Kampala for a three-day conference, we had no idea that it would be the first report of a long string of events leading to a proposal to institute the death penalty for LGBT people. But that is exactly what happened. In this report, we review our collection of more than 450 posts to tell the story of one nation’s embrace of hatred toward gay people. This report will be updated continuously as events continue to unfold. Check here for the latest updates.
David Benkof: Behind the Mask
At first glance, David Benkof appears to be a young gay man who believes that same-sex marriage will damage the institution of marriage, that there are better options for gay couples than marriage, that the community should join him in prioritizing other more pressing issues, and that the marriage discussion is harming the efforts of gay couples in red states to get recognition for their unions. He also claims that he’s a gay columnist, that he speaks for an influential collection of gay thinkers, and that he is part of the gay and lesbian community and that he shares our goals and dreams. But none of that is true.
“Repeat After Me”: The Reparative Therapy Echo Chamber
The April 2008 edition of the pay-to-publish vanity journal Psychological Reports featured a new report from NARTH. Written by NARTH president A. Dean Byrd, past president Joseph Nicolosi, and Richard W. Potts, the report carries the unwieldy but self-descriptive title, “Clients perceptions of how reorientation therapy and self-help can promote changes in sexual orientation.” While the title describes what the authors meant to show — how clients describe the benefits of reparative therapy — the report itself actually illustrates something very different: the ex-gay movement’s remarkable ability to instill an almost robot-like parroting of ex-gay rhetoric among their clients.
Testing the Premise: Is MRSA The New Gay Plague?
The Toronto Star said that a new study “discover[ed] a new strain” of a super-bug “hitting gay men.” Headlines in Britain screamed, “Flesh-eating bug strikes San Francisco’s gay community,” and anti-gay extremists across America spread the alarm that gays were introducing another plague into “the general population.” But there was a small problem with all of this: None of it is true!
Paul Cameron’s World
In 2005, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote that “[Paul] Cameron’s ‘science’ echoes Nazi Germany.” What the SPLC didn”t know was Cameron doesn’t just “echo” Nazi Germany. He quoted extensively from one of the Final Solution’s architects. This puts his fascination with quarantines, mandatory tattoos, and extermination being a “plausible idea” in a whole new and deeply disturbing light.
From the Inside: Focus on the Family’s “Love Won Out”
On February 10, I attended an all-day “Love Won Out” ex-gay conference in Phoenix, put on by Focus on the Family and Exodus International. In this series of reports, I talk about what I learned there: the people who go to these conferences, the things that they hear, and what this all means for them, their families and for the rest of us.
Prologue: Why I Went To “Love Won Out”
Part 1: What’s Love Got To Do With It?
Part 2: Parents Struggle With “No Exceptions”
Part 3: A Whole New Dialect
Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word "Change" Changes
Part 5: A Candid Explanation For "Change"
The Heterosexual Agenda: Exposing The Myths
At last, the truth can now be told.
Using the same research methods employed by most anti-gay political pressure groups, we examine the statistics and the case studies that dispel many of the myths about heterosexuality. Download your copy today!
And don't miss our companion report, How To Write An Anti-Gay Tract In Fifteen Easy Steps.
Testing The Premise: Are Gays A Threat To Our Children?
Anti-gay activists often charge that gay men and women pose a threat to children. In this report, we explore the supposed connection between homosexuality and child sexual abuse, the conclusions reached by the most knowledgeable professionals in the field, and how anti-gay activists continue to ignore their findings. This has tremendous consequences, not just for gay men and women, but more importantly for the safety of all our children.
Straight From The Source: What the “Dutch Study” Really Says About Gay Couples
Anti-gay activists often cite the “Dutch Study” to claim that gay unions last only about 1½ years and that the these men have an average of eight additional partners per year outside of their steady relationship. In this report, we will take you step by step into the study to see whether the claims are true.
The FRC’s Briefs Are Showing
Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council submitted an Amicus Brief to the Maryland Court of Appeals as that court prepared to consider the issue of gay marriage. We examine just one small section of that brief to reveal the junk science and fraudulent claims of the Family “Research” Council.
Review: The Gay Report
When Karla Jay and Allan Young published The Gay Report in 1979, it quickly a favorite source of statistics for many anti-gay extremists. But before you accepts these statistic at face value, you should examine the inner workings of this survey very carefully. What you learn might surprise you.
Daniel Fetty Doesn’t Count
The FBI’s annual Hate Crime Statistics aren’t as complete as they ought to be, and their report for 2004 was no exception. In fact, their most recent report has quite a few glaring holes. Holes big enough for Daniel Fetty to fall through.
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Jason D
May 27th, 2008 | LINK
California is such a weird place. It’s got LA and San Francisco, which are both crawling with homosexuals, it’s just hours away from Vegas, it’s home to the weirdest most off the wall people and yet, over half the registered voters (at least in this poll) can’t handle two men getting hitched? Clearly the celebrities either aren’t registered, or are nowhere near as liberal as you’d expect for people who play “pretend” for a living.
Martin Lanigan
May 27th, 2008 | LINK
I remind Californians of the words of Thomas Jefferson’s 1st Inaugural, 1801:
“Bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.”
Perry Hoffman
May 27th, 2008 | LINK
California has always been weird. We voted for Jerry Brown and then Ronald. There is definitely more work ahead!
cooner
May 27th, 2008 | LINK
Man, I don’t know if I’m more sad we had to move away from California for a while, or relieved that I won’t have to go through all the hand-wringing and stress of the next six months until the election.
That said, I do want to move back to California eventually, as I love it there, and I hope the amendment fails and the court’s decision stands. I’ll be trying to do what awareness support I can from the other side of the country.
Ben in Oakland
May 27th, 2008 | LINK
I would have to say that I am optimistic. I think it is possible we can win, though I would agree that it is not likely. 30 years ago, when I fought against the briggs initiative that would have banned gay teachers, the figures were much the same, By election time, we turned it around to a 57-43 victory. 30 years ago!
It all depends on these factors:
1) Who comes out against. Reagan was, and that made a difference.
2) how much money is available. Send you dollars to Equality California, not national organzations. They need it the most. I would hope that people like david Geffen, Barbara streisand, Stevne spielberg, and a host of others make the commitment, not only of their money, but their names.
3) Who comes out of the closet. not just celebrities, but ordinary people. One of the things that hapened was lots of ordinary people came out in droves. I myself came out to the last three people that were important to me, afraid of their reaction, but knowing that it was a personal and political necessity.
4) who else lends their support. Anyone know Oprah?
5) and most important of all what kind of campaign they run. If they do what they did with Prop. 22– hey everyone, lets be nice and tolerant and diverse– then we don’t have a chance. When I saw what they were doing, I refused to donate money, because the strategy had been tried before and just does not work.
They need to show the real impact– people with kids, people unable to get pensions and health insurance, people together for 40 years with less rights than Brittany and jason had for the 15 hours the were married.
and they need to confront the issue of prejudice and homohatred full on, especially the religious issues. Sally Kern would be the perfect poster girl.
No one is ever going to convince the people who are irretrievably poisoned by their hate and fear. no one is ever going to reach the people who make their livings and political power by trashing gay people and our lives. No one is ever going to reach the people who support their prejudices by cherry-picking the bible to suit their purposes.and we shouldn’t waste our time trying.
But I think there are a lot of people who are undecided on the matter, and even some of the ones who are ‘decided’ are still open.
Bob Schwartz
May 28th, 2008 | LINK
Ben is correct. There is a large group of uncommitted, undecided folk in the middle, certainly including “soft” current support to the (likely) ballot referrendum. The campaign against the referrendum needs to condemn our opponents as bigots against civil equality. It needs to mobilize our own gay community (and our allies) to take a public, out-of-the-closet stance, and get out to vote.
No more Mr. Nice Guy. Demand respect by standing up to fight. Americans respect fighters.
Joe
May 28th, 2008 | LINK
Timothy, thanks for posting this information. Hey, a new poll reported today shows a slim majority of Californians actualy *in favor* of gay marriage. See the link below:
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_9400728?source=most_emailed
ebohlman
May 29th, 2008 | LINK
There’s an important difference between what happened in 2000 and what might happen this year: Prop. 22 was on the ballot of a primary election which had a low turnout (about 20% of registered voters). That’s always going to favor the side that feels the strongest about the issue, and on most gay issues, that’s the antis. But this year’s general election is expected to have record turnout, so both the pros and the antis will be voting.
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