December 20th, 2008
The iPod generation has nothing on this.
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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.
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.
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.
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"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rick
December 20th, 2008
It is made of the awesomest awesomeness. I do remember the Close & Play fondly. Man, am I ever old.
cowboy
December 20th, 2008
And the debate with my audiophile friends still continues: analog is better than digital.
Dust off your Denon, Revox, Bang&Olufsen or Technics turntables!
Priya Lynn
December 21st, 2008
Cowboy, I just bought a new turntable, it plugs into the USB port of my computer and allows me to convert my vinyl to MP3 while using a digital filter to remove pops and clicks.
Emily K
December 21st, 2008
I resent being called the “ipod generation.” MiniDisc anybody? Digital Audio Tapes? HELLOOOOO!!!
cowboy
December 21st, 2008
I was skeptical about the compression algorithm they use for mp3 but the convenience of having music so handy makes me a little less puritan in my listening. A music player the size of a postage stamp and plays 200 songs? Who would have thought… So, I’m a fan of the digital medium.
That, and these in-ear-canal headphones! What a joy sometimes. Boom-chicka-boom-chicka-boom-boom.
And that’s listening to Renee Fleming and not just something from Christina Augilera. (Which, by the way, I was just seeing the music video of hers: Beautiful. I’m sure we could spend a thread discussing that.)
And, the interview on CBS this morning with Christine Chenoweth: She says she has come to understand the gays. Brava! Brava! Brava! She is a giant in my book.
Priya Lynn,
There was a time when tweaking a turntable and boasting about sapphire cantilevers was a hobby. Now, we just plop the shiny discs onto a drawer and it sucks it back into a black box where we can’t tweak anything. There was some joy in playing and tinkering with vinyl and its devices.
And who knows, maybe some of the vinyl you have, Priva, might be the only examples made into mp3. Generations from now will be grateful for your efforts to save that stuff in digital format.
Emily K
December 21st, 2008
“And that’s listening to Renee Fleming and not just something from Christina Augilera. (Which, by the way, I was just seeing the music video of hers: Beautiful. I’m sure we could spend a thread discussing that.)”
Um, let’s don’t.
cowboy
December 21st, 2008
Oh…okay. I can understand the two guys kissing is one of those “ick” things for you, Emily K. But that was meant to demonstrate something “beautiful”.
Emily K
December 22nd, 2008
no, two guys kissing is not an “ick” thing for me. Christina Aguliera and her brand of music in general is an “ick” thing for me.
Plus sledgehammer irony is lame.
cowboy
December 22nd, 2008
I’m not sure what you mean by sledgehammer irony and I could be curious about what brand of music you generally like but that doesn’t really matter. I only happened onto Christina Aguliera’s video via a snippet I saw on towleroad just recently. After a lot of country/western-type music videos it was somewhat of a surprise to view some of talented Ms. Aguliera’s other videos.
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