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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.
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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?
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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"
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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.
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Review: The Gay Report
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L. Junius Brutus
July 26th, 2009 | LINK
This is what fundamentalists in America, and elsewhere, would do if they had the power. Never let down your guard, people.
AJD
July 26th, 2009 | LINK
L. Junius Brutus is exactly right. It’s important to remember that in Lawrence v. Texas, the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America and others filed friend of the court briefs calling on the court to uphold Texas’ sodomy law.
Now, the religious right is living out its fantasies in Uganda, Russia and other countries.
Joe in California
July 26th, 2009 | LINK
It’s a shame that we have church and government aid organizations here and elsewhere that send funds and tax dollars to so called christian groups that also promote this stance.
Be aware of where your church and tax dollars are going.
AJD
July 26th, 2009 | LINK
What scares me is that this is how things like the Holocaust start. Barring some action by the international community, things are likely to get much uglier in Uganda.
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July 26th, 2009 | LINK
I’m against the invasion of other countries but someone needs to teach that third-world hellhole a lesson.
R Holmes
July 27th, 2009 | LINK
Is there anything we can do?
werdna
July 27th, 2009 | LINK
While I agree that the situation in Uganda is deeply troubling, I think it’s important to respond in ways that avoid simplistic and ignorant stereotypes (specifically the characterization of Uganda as a “”third-world hellhole”). I happen to be in Kampala at the moment and want to assure readers that it’s quite friendly and welcoming, though obviously there is deep and profound homophobia here.
R Holmes’ question is the right one: is there anything we, non-Ugandans can do? Certainly we can criticize those in the West (as BTB has been doing) who are encouraging and supporting those who are pushing anti-gay (and anti-democratic, anti-free speech, etc.) measures here. We can contact people here in Uganda to ask them what kinds of support would be helpful. We can contact our elected officials and ask them to push for diplomatic pressure to be applied to condemn laws which criminalize homosexuality and which restrict free speech. We can also write letters to the daily papers here, which are too often vehicles for unadulterated anti-gay bile.
At the same time, it’s important to keep in mind that there is a real danger of creating a backlash against perceived outside interference in internal Ugandan (and Kenyan or African politics). It’s not uncommon for political and social debates (not just on gay issues) to descend into arguments about what’s “African” and what’s “un-African.” It can be tricky to find ways to be supportive of African LGBTs without placing them in an even more vulnerable position.
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July 27th, 2009 | LINK
werdna,
Sorry for expressing myself that way. I’m just angry at the whole situation. I don’t want to appear prejudiced, but most black people everywhere seem to show contempt for LGBTs. I hope I’m wrong, but I’ve been thinking the only reason South Africa has gay marriage is b/c of its white population.
Timothy Kincaid
July 27th, 2009 | LINK
South Africa has gay marriage in large part to the support of Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela for the gay community.
As for “black people everywhere”, I would caution that we consider for a moment the great number of black leaders in this country who are unabashed in their support, who are willing to call civil rights for gay men and women by that term, and who speak against discrimination directed towards our community.
Yes, like all communities there are some who are bigoted. And there are some are very supportive on some issues but who have not yet adopted full equality for gay men and women. And it is probably true to say that there is at this particular moment in time less support for gay marriage and other forms of equality in black America than in other ethnic subgroups.
But it is a gross misstatement to suggest that “black people everywhere” are homophobic. It just isn’t true.
On a personal note, it was a black friend that I first trusted enough to tell that I’m gay. And I have had many interactions with black heterosexuals since that time and found that most were very supportive.
Richard W. Fitch
July 27th, 2009 | LINK
Ted Olson & David Boies are currently mounting a legal challenge at the federal level which has as one of its central arguments the SCOTUS ruling regarding Loving vs. Virginia, the landmark case that abolished mixed-race marriage laws in the US. Mildred Loving, an African-American woman, on the 40th anniversary of the decision in June 2007, made this statement:
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August 10th, 2009 | LINK
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Adam
August 17th, 2009 | LINK
I am so glad that someone in this world is standing up to indecency! Wish America was more like that!
Timothy Kincaid
August 18th, 2009 | LINK
Adam,
Perhaps you would be happier if America banned free speech so as to preserve “decency” but most Americans find such a loss of freedom to be abhorent.
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