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June 5th, 2007
Jose Luis Maccarone lived as an ex-gay for over 10 years. Peterson Toscano met him during his stay at Love in Action, an ex-gay residential program in Memphis, Tennessee. In 2000 Jose Luis moved from his home in Argentina to Madrid to serve as Exodus Interational’s first missionary. After a few years, he left Exodus and came out gay. Peterson recently […]
June 4th, 2007
Peter LaBarbera doesn’t like his nickname. For several years now, it’s been reported that Peter LaBarbera has made it his quest to attend various leather and S&M events, report on what he sees, and claim that it somehow is representative — or even relevant — to the gay community at large. Whenever he goes to […]
June 1st, 2007
The MTV reality show Real World is premised on the idea of getting seven people of questionable morals and unstable personality to live together for a summer. Generally they include at least one gay person. This year’s gay guy, Davis, was a recently out southern boy with very conservative parents who was trying to be […]
May 29th, 2007
The latest Gallup poll of attitudes toward gays and lesbians shows significant improvements on several fronts. Among the findings: 59% now think homosexual relations should be legal. This is up from 50% in July 2003, during the aftermath of Lawrence vs. Texas, which threw out anti-sodomy statutes nationwide. Interestingly, that 50% figure represents something of […]
May 27th, 2007
Violence broke out for the second year in the row as Russian nationalists and Orthodox extremists attacked about 100 gay rights activists and supporters. Russian Gay Pride organizers had gathered in front of the offices of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov to deliver a letter, signed by more than 50 members of the European Parliament, appealing […]
May 25th, 2007
Anti-gay opponents often falsely claim that proposed federal legislation to extend hate crime protections to cover violent crimes based on sexual orientation would somehow infringe on their freedoms of speech and religion. Some have even re-dubbed the legislation “Thought Crimes.” Of course this is nonsense, as the First Amendment simply wouldn’t allow it. But, they […]
May 24th, 2007
Pew Research has released a report that shockingly shows that people who know gay folk are more likely to support their civil freedoms than people who only hear about gay folk from preachers and politicians. An analysis of survey results suggests that familiarity is closely linked to tolerance. People who have a close gay friend […]
May 23rd, 2007
It has long been known that men and women, collectively, do not perform mental tasks identically. And previous research has suggested that gay men and women perform mental tasks in a manner closer to that of the opposite sex. An article in the April 2007 Archives of Sexual Behavior discusses a study by University of […]
May 23rd, 2007
Donald Wildmon’s anti-just-about-everything organization, American Family Association, has been threatening and boycotting Ford Motor Company for over a year because they are too gay friendly. Wildmon demands that Ford not advertise to gay consumers because, well… selling to gay people is taking sides in a culture war? Yeah, you figure it out. The AFA has […]
May 22nd, 2007
Given how Focus on the Family bungled initially “reporting” on the APA’s announcement of the nomination process I can’t wait to see “coverage” of how committee members were finally selected. Here’s how committee members were actually selected: Task Force members were selected after an open nominations process. All nominations were reviewed by the APA Committee […]
May 21st, 2007
Sometimes reporters are biased, sometimes they’re just careless, and sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference. The San Francisco Chronicle’s Ilene Lelchuk wrote this in an article on Focus on the Family’s opposition to gay foster parents: Focus on the Family’s objection to same-sex parents is grounded in interpretation of biblical scripture and research by […]
May 19th, 2007
No one wants to be called a bigot. No one wants to think that their own dislikes of others is based on arbitrary presumptions or, worse yet, their own insecurities. We want to justify our feelings of contempt by blaming them on the victims of our contempt and, more importantly, defining ourselves as inherently superior. […]
May 17th, 2007
homophobia One entry found for homophobia. Main Entry: ho·mo·pho·bia Pronunciation: “hO-m&-‘fO-bE-& Function: noun : irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals Today is IDAHO – the International Day Against Homophobia – and Exodus International President Alan Chambers has blogged that he is a supporter. He, after all, is “not homophobic.” However, […]
May 15th, 2007
Jerry Falwell, the founder of the Moral Majority and the face of the Religious Right during the 80’s, is dead at 73. Falwell was known for his opposition to gay rights and his harsh language towards gay people. After the tragedy of September 11, 2001, he blamed the attack on “the pagans, the abortionists, and […]
May 14th, 2007
Last night as I was putting the finishing touches on my exposé of Paul Cameron’s “Gays in Nazi Germany,” Michael Petrelis emailed me to remind me that today is a profoundly important date in LGBT history. On this day in history, exactly 110 years ago on May 14, 1897, Magnus Hirschfeld, the modern world’s first “homosexual […]
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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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