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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 two hundred 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!
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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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This is one of my favorite pictures of Dad and me. Whenever I see this picture, it makes me think of two things: 1) how much fun it was to wrestle and climb all over him and 2) aren’t those drapes behind the couch fabulous?
Christopher™
June 9th, 2008 | LINK
That is an adorable photo.
Emily K
June 9th, 2008 | LINK
Jim, I believe you still have that “charlie brown” head today. adorable.
Jim
June 9th, 2008 | LINK
Two things stike me about the photo and story.
The photo is preceious and it’s amazing that you still look just about the same.
The story of the coffee cans reminds me of my dad, who always brought along an empty milk bottle in the back seat for when he would take us (4 young sons) on long road trips to go camping way up in Maine. I guess he didn’t really like stop for the call of nature…
Garrett O\'Neal
June 9th, 2008 | LINK
BTB,
Growing up with my father was a blessing. He taught me so much. He was my coach and best bud when I was younger. I came out after I graduated from high school and things kind of changed. I know that he still loves me and we still speak; though it seems to hurt him to have a gay son. Here is my card to him:
Dad,
Do you remember when you would let me drive the car, eating Megabite popsicles, and drinking cream sodas during our daily commute? I miss those days scouting the new town to live in before the rest of the family would make the move.
Do you remember jamming out to “Sweet Emotion” by Aerosmith when you would work on the Jeep? I remember running around occasionally screaming when I stepped on a grass burr. You thought I was singing to the song. Haha
Do you remember when I fell the first and last time on the red track gravel from jumping a hurdle? I guess it only took once…
Do you remember setting up the watering system for the football field grass with the rest of the coaches? I loved helping out with the clasps between each connection.
Do you recall me scurrying around with the wires to your headset during football games? It was so great to hear you instruct from the sidelines and use the signals for formations.
Do you remember how bad we felt when I blew coverage on that wide receiver and lost the game for the season? You made it seem like nothing and taught me to prepare and practice to perfection.
Do you recall how jealous the other students were because I got to each lunch with my dad everyday of school? It was like we were best friends who lived together.
Do you remember writing me passes to show up late to class because I didn’t want to go when the bell rang for the end of lunch? I got to hang out in your class room and watch the students laugh at your funny teaching.
Do you recall the corny face I had when I won the state championship? I remember the 5:30 AM practices and all the injuries, but you were there going through it all with me.
Do you remember when we’d say, ‘How ‘bout them Yanks’ in front of the team? It was our way of saying ‘I love you’ without anyone else knowing.
I know that having a gay son is a hard thing for you to swallow right now. Please just know that I am and will always be your son who has some awesome memories to share with you.
How ‘bout them Yanks Dad!
Happy Father’s Day
Love always,
Garrett
Regan DuCasse
June 9th, 2008 | LINK
My Papa would give the ex gay industry fits.
Papa gave me so much attention and serious disciplines because I was the first born.
He didn’t care that I was a girl, he just loved the fact that I had athletic prowess and had a lot of the physical attributes he had to accomplish it.
Little sister came along two and a half years later.
He gave us strong, non girlie names. The kinds of names that were euphonically impossible to diminish and their very meaning carried royal and powerful definitions that were utterly gender neutral.
He read Shakespeare to us along with Dr. Seuss and named us after Shakespeare characters.
My name, Regan: means prince, or little king. It’s from King Lear.
Sis’s name : Ariel, from the Hebrew meaning lion of god. It’s from The Tempest.
Many adults were surprised that my sis and I as kindergarteners even could pronounce Shakespeare, let alone knew anything about him and his writing.
But that was Papa teaching us early that we had a powerful destiny.
That we were going to stand AS giants, not just WITH them.
He fed our intellect most of all, and with amazing efficiency.
Particularly it was his belief that black folks couldn’t afford to have stupid kids, and girls couldn’t afford to tolerate the fallacies and foolish entitlements of men.
He was a feminist before the word was invented.
He taught me how to box, run fast and play volleyball with a take no prisoners ferocity.
He encouraged me to take ballet because he thought ALL ballet dancers were the most formidable and underestimated of athletes.
We lost Papa to cancer when I was fifteen years old. He never saw me dance professionally. And he would have gotten the biggest kick out of me wearing the cape of one of the most popular women superheroes (Storm) and thought it totally appropriate for me.
I miss him always. He would have turned 84 years old this past May 8th.
He personified the courage of men that feel no threat from powerful women, and raise their daughters to realize that in themselves.
Thank you Papa…and thank you to every other father that helps their daughters AND sons realize the warrior/mother bear/spirit of consciousness in every little girl!
Regan DuCasse
June 9th, 2008 | LINK
And Jim,
That pic of you with your handsome father is a classic. It’s beautiful and you are the quintessentially cutie pie/angelic little baby boy.
Thank you for sharing, it evokes very precious thoughts of what fatherhood is all about.
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