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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 500 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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Charles
August 10th, 2008 | LINK
Amazing! They willfully use the resources and authority of their church to distribute this information, and to dictate the response of The Flock… And, since they’re conscious of what this could (eventually) mean for the tax-exempt status of their land and properties, they warn them to keep it on the down-low. >:(
AJ
August 10th, 2008 | LINK
Fundamentalism: It’s about crime!
Rob
August 10th, 2008 | LINK
So which GLTB organization in SF is going to be out there dogging them? Following them every step they take, up to every front door to ask them why they think that they should be taking away the rights of people in the name of the lord?
Just curious
cd
August 10th, 2008 | LINK
This does provide an opportunity to write and distribute a pamphlet in California entitled “Why the LDS Church (Mormons) Really Needs Prop. 8 Passed”.
mimosa
August 10th, 2008 | LINK
This site is an attempt to support active LDS folks who oppose the amendment, and to educate people who just aren’t sure what to do about it. Comments and stories are welcome, but must be reasonable and respectful in tone.
http://www.mormonsformarriage.com
Rob
August 10th, 2008 | LINK
Mimosa;
who was your comment directed towards?
Protect Marriage Equality » CA: LDS Members Urged to Phone and Walk For Prop 8
August 11th, 2008 | LINK
[...] reported by Box Turtle Bulletin, the following letter was to be read during Sunday morning services to San Francisco LDS (Mormon) [...]
Rob
August 11th, 2008 | LINK
Sorry Mimosa, I mis-read your comment.
Liz Ditz
August 11th, 2008 | LINK
My post on the issue
http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2008/08/families-create.html
Sophia
August 11th, 2008 | LINK
What can we do to get the word out to the media that Mormons will be doing this walk? In some places people have been told not to go two by two or wear white shirts and ties, and not to tell people they are Mormon. I think it would be good to send letters to the editors of major papers telling about the Mormon canvassing. Better yet, if anyone knows any media people, maybe someone would like to do a story on this. I think the public has a right to know who is coming to their doors, and why.
cowboy
August 11th, 2008 | LINK
It’s perfectly legal for Mormons to do as the letter instructs. And as a point of clarification, not all Mormons wear white shirts and ties. They’re not THAT regimented. Only the 2×2 Missionaries dress in that ‘uniform’ and wear the black plastic name tags.
I’m not defending the Mormons but they are somewhat obligated to do what they are instructed by their Prophet and their leaders. There are some Mormons who don’t agree with this dictate from the LDS General Authorities but they are such a very minute minority in the Church. But in the minds of most Saints you are not to question the letter or its instructions. It is a commandment.
I haven’t heard from any of my family if they were read any letter in church yesterday. I know they probably are respectful of my feelings and would rather not talk about it. As it is so often with gay issues, it is a: Don’t ask and we won’t tell you.
Deep inside I would welcome some sort of a sit down conversation…over a non-caffeinated drink. I want to ask my family, my friends, my neighbors and my co-workers just what about me is so wrong that they feel they need some piece of legislation enacted.
I’m not a horrible person because I’m not able to attain their lofty goal of marrying some woman in the Temple. I have given up on that aspiration a long time ago. I just want to find some man who understands my quirks and foibles and maybe, just maybe, he would want to share a meaningful life together.
But, I would love to ask a few of my friends just how they feel wanting to deny me the same rights and privileges they enjoy. I want to sit across from them and I want to see the looks in their eyes when they try to rationalize what they are doing in the name of their Church.
Orson Scott Card: homophobic Humpty Dumpty at Feminist SF - The Blog!
August 12th, 2008 | LINK
[...] the Mormons who have volunteered to promote Proposition 8 from door to door and by phone calls (a follow-up letter to be read on Sunday 10th August to priesthood (men) and Relief Society (women) meetings says We [...]
talkstocoyotes
August 15th, 2008 | LINK
I’m not defending the Mormons but they are somewhat obligated to do what they are instructed by their Prophet and their leaders. There are some Mormons who don’t agree with this dictate from the LDS General Authorities but they are such a very minute minority in the Church. But in the minds of most Saints you are not to question the letter or its instructions. It is a commandment.
Maybe this would make a good catchphrase on a picket sign — “Mindless Robots For Christ Support Prop 8″, something likethat.
Chino Blanco
August 19th, 2008 | LINK
LDS ‘Yes on 8′ Game Plan
I’ve posted a letter sent from Boyd K. Packer on July 28th to the LDS stake presidents in California:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/19/224211/910/755/570793
Apparently, there is a plan in place to put up one million ‘Yes on 8′ yard signs at 7:00 am on September 22nd.
Danny Roman
November 7th, 2008 | LINK
I don’t understand how the Mormons can justify spending over 20 million dollars to pass Prop 8. Why do they care so much who I want to marry? I don’t care about who they marry, and what they choose to do behind closed doors. I’ve learned recently that they are also polygymists – does that upset me? no, not at all, I think it’s great if that’s what they want, I could care less, it’s their life, and as long as they are not hurting anyone, let them do as they please.
So now, all this money spent, on both sides of the battle, It makes no sense, do they think we’re ever going to stop? We could have fed a small starving nation for the next 5 years with the money spent on prop 8. Wake up MORMONS!!
Future generations are going to look back at you the same way we look back and frown on slave owners, natzi’s ,etc.
So i ask you to think about what you’re doing here. You are wrong on so many different levels…
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