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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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Priya Lynn
May 23rd, 2012 | LINK
I think more likely than not Brown will find an excuse not to attend.
Gene in L.A.
May 23rd, 2012 | LINK
If Brown accepts, there’ll be brown toast on the table.
Jarred
May 23rd, 2012 | LINK
The trick here is you have to acknowledge my humanity by accepting my hospitality and I have to acknowledge yours by extending my hospitality to you. And I’m willing to do that.
Perfect!
SirAndrew
May 23rd, 2012 | LINK
In the next to the last sentence, the word should be ‘acknowledge’.
This is a great story that I’m eager to follow to its end. Let’s see if Brian is a big enough man to accept, since it was his challenge to begin with.
Blake
May 23rd, 2012 | LINK
I have no love for Savage but sometimes he’s spot on.
Should this debate happen is Savage going to be willing to continue acknowledging Brown’s humanity by remaining polite? Or will the discourse slip into typical Savage buffoonery?
CPT_Doom
May 23rd, 2012 | LINK
Blake – I think if you watch Dan Savage in interviews, or in his MTV show, his one-on-one interactions are far different from this public speeches, which makes sense. When he is speaking in public he is literally performing, but when he’s one-on-one with someone with a real problem, he is compassionate and decent. It’s also important to note that Dan Savage is a former Catholic seminarian, so knows the Bible pretty well and can rely on that knowledge to decimate Brown.
I see this as a total win-win for Savage. Brown likely will chicken out, not wanting to acknowledge the humanity of Savage’s family or equate it to his own (aside, I also find it interesting Dan did not mention if his teenaged son would be at the dinner – my guess is not). If Brown does decide to do the debate, he will lose, because he doesn’t have a moral leg to stand on.
Lindoro Almaviva
May 23rd, 2012 | LINK
My money says Brian Brown will not attend and then will find a way to explain it using his “Dan Savage is oppressing me” meme
Andrew
May 24th, 2012 | LINK
Savage is one of my favorite people, mainly because he can gleefully meld pedantic childishness, “an OMG that’s insightful observation” incisiveness, and a frequent unwillingness to apply values where you think he might, but instead go for fundamentals like honesty, trust, and self-confidence. His trio of “How’d That Happen” letters and responses from Savage Love are required reading in my house (having a pee, dog fetish, or enjoying bi sex, he says, is not the writer’s problem; failing to take responsibility and acknowledge the fetish instead of claiming it “just happened”, however, is),
My point is, there was such opportunity for bringing out the heavy guns here, and instead he surprises us with class.
Make us proud, Dan.
Lymis
May 24th, 2012 | LINK
I predict that Mr. Brown will be busy that day.
Whichever day it is. However often it comes up. So sorry. Can’t make it.
As for his son, since Dan didn’t invite the Browns’ children, I assume that he won’t be present. Which is a good thing.
jerry
May 24th, 2012 | LINK
I would find a debate between Savage and Brown interesting to watch and I agree with the majority of the posters here who think Brown won’t accept the challenge.
Even more interesting would be a panel discussion video taped with Brown, and any two Roman Catholic theologians, priests, or bishops he can get to participate and people like Michael Eric Dyson, Barry Lynn and Episcopal Bishop Robinson.
The whole argument is whether or not specific groups of religious leaders can force government to accept their doctrinal positions on matters of public policy. There is no evidence that any of the states nor the District of Columbia has had to deal with same sex couples attempting to force churches to conduct marriages for them. I know that there have been religious services in the District and quite possibly elsewhere, but like heterosexual marriages they have been at the discretion of the religious person involved.
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