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March 21st, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: The Barefoot Boy Disco was immensely popular from about 1974 to about 1978 or 1979 (near as I can tell) that launched the careers of quite a number of major DJs of the era. Disco queen and former porn star Andrea True, whose “More, More, More” in 1976 […]
March 20th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: I can’t find any information about the Music Box Lounge, except that it appears to have lasted until sometime between 1982 and 1984. The location today houses a Bali import jewelry and decor store. TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Single Women of New York Denounce “Old Bachelors”: 1749. Just a few […]
March 19th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: In 1985, the Los Angeles Times took a look at the redevelopment then taking place in Long Beach: In the beginning there were the bars. A dwarf named Lucy, a former circus performer, opened the first one at Broadway and Orange Avenue in 1966. For six months, according to present […]
March 18th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: “We were just a dinky little club,” says Alejandro, a Jefferson High School Graduate who worked as a DJ at Phazez from 1986-89, and is now a co-manager of Hogwild Records. “It was only three or four years and it was just us, but that’s what it was […]
March 17th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Florida Legislature Issues Report On Homosexuality: 1964. In 1956, the Florida Legislature established the Legislative Investigations Committee, known popularly as the Johns Committee for its chairman, state senator and former governor Charley Johns. The committee’s broad mandate was, more or less, to carry on […]
March 16th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: For those who could afford it, a trip to Europe often meant breaking free from the constraints of being gay in America. Then, as now, Amsterdam was a favorite destination. But as you can see, businesses elsewhere also sought the gay dollar, pound, franc and mark. The two […]
March 15th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Houston’s Montrose Patrol, a volunteer gayborhood watch program, was getting ready for another year of queer-bashings as weather warmed up. Bashing season was apparently about as regular feature as the humidity, with a member of patrol noting that “violence is occurring with more frequency earlier this year than before.” […]
March 14th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: I haven’t been able to find any information about the Citadel. The address — indeed, the entire block — is now occupied by a Ritz-Carlton Boston Common. TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Naval Intelligence Police Raid Gay Brothel: 1942. Prostitution was against the law (still is, in fact), and […]
March 12th, 2016
Today, with her apology (which included a friggin’ history lesson!), Hillary Clinton demonstrated the difference between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
March 12th, 2016
I didn’t realize what a strong Clinton supporter I was until her words on Nancy Reagan kicked me so hard in the gut. I’ve been wondering since why her terse apology seems so inadequate, almost insulting. I have a few ideas. First, it rings false. It does not sound like she “misspoke.” Misspeaking is when […]
March 12th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Nine Plead Guilty To “Gross Indecency” In Ann Arbor, MI: 1960. The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan is sometimes called the Berkeley of the Midwest for its reputation for progressive politics. In 1974, Ann Arbor voters elected the nation’s first openly lesbian candidate to […]
March 11th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: THIS MONTH IN HISTORY: ► “Some Queer Folk” in Greenwich Village: 1919. Esthesiomania: “a form of insanity marked by perverted moral feeling and by purposeless eccentricities.” If you’ve never heard the term, you can be forgiven. The Austrian-born New York physician Ignatz Leo Nascher was something of a […]
March 10th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Not be confused with the more famous Sandpiper on Fire Island, this Staten Island disco was often known as Carmine’s Sandpiper. It wasn’t a gay bar per se (I’m led to understand there were no gay bars in Staten Island at that time, though I’m open to correction), […]
March 8th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Countless generations of gay Philadelphians can boast of having their first drink in a gay bar at Allegro’s. It was Philly’s oldest, largest and best gay bar, a three-floor mega-complex with one floor devoted to dancing and another a quieter piano bar. Male patrons were required to wear […]
March 7th, 2016
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: The Stud lasted a decade, from 1976 to 1987, when it became Griff’s. The name may have chanced, but Griff’s retained the whole leather/cowboy focus that was the Stud’s forte. Griff’s closed in 1993 when the owner died of AIDS. A few months later, the club acquired new […]
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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.
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