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November 25th, 2015
There are about 3,000 new diagnoses of HIV infection each year in New York City. And the City has decided that this is far too much. (Gay City News) The plan, which was first proposed by leading AIDS groups in 2014, relies largely on using anti-HIV drugs in HIV-positive and HIV-negative people to reduce the […]
November 24th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Berkeley’s KPFA Broadcasts Two-Hour Program on Homosexuality: 1958. On a Monday before Thanksgiving, several people gathered at Pacifica Radio’s studios at KPFA in Berkeley, California, for what appears to have been the first broadcast discussion on homosexuality in the Bay area. The broadcast consisted […]
November 23rd, 2015
It seems to me that sometimes gay activists confuse causes, assuming that their worldview is the only valid perspective that can be held by a gay person and thus that any cause they support is a gay cause. And those who disagree can be immediately and vehemently denounced as self-loathing homocons and quislings, worthy of […]
November 22nd, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Side-By-Side LGBT Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia; Arctic Pride Tromsø, Norway. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Trying to operate a gay bar or night club in Buffalo in the early 1970s was a very dicey proposition: The gay bar situation in Buffalo has never been good. Whenever a […]
November 20th, 2015
After several weeks of effort, I was able to find a doctor within the Blue Shield HMO plan who prescribes Truvada as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, PrEP. The source of my primary care is now through APLA Health and Wellness at the Gleicher / Chen Health Center in Baldwin Hills. This feels a bit ironic to me. […]
November 20th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Side-By-Side LGBT Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia; Arctic Pride Tromsø, Norway. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Miami Beach Police Raid Beach, Arrest 21: 1953. The Miami News, the city’s afternoon daily, published an oddly influential column titled “Whirligig.” It was a rather tiny feature […]
November 19th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Side-By-Side LGBT Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia; Arctic Pride Tromsø, Norway. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► 35 YEARS AGO: Gay Bar Shooting Spree Kills 2, Injures 6: 1980. Ronald Crumpley, 38, a former Transit Authority policeman and son of a minister, spent the evening cruising the streets […]
November 17th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► The Arrest of “The 41” in Mexico City: 1901. Getting to the bottom of what actually happened is tricky business. The only accounts of the raid conducted by Mexico City’s police on a private party come from a decidedly unapproving and often sensational press. […]
November 16th, 2015
EMPHASIS MINE: I can go years without remembering a dream. A couple of months ago, I had one that I don’t think I’ll ever forget. It was no ordinary dream. It was a three-parter, like three scenes of the same play. All three featured my Dad, who died more than thirty years ago while I was […]
November 15th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Gotland, Sweden; Maspalomas, Gran Canaria (Winter Pride); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Other Events This Weekend: Florence Queer Film Festival, Florence, Italy; Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic; International Gay Rodeo Association Annual Convention, St. Petersburg, FL. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you […]
November 14th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Gotland, Sweden; Maspalomas, Gran Canaria (Winter Pride); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Other Events This Weekend: Florence Queer Film Festival, Florence, Italy; Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic; International Gay Rodeo Association Annual Convention, St. Petersburg, FL. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you […]
November 12th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Gotland, Sweden; Maspalomas, Gran Canaria (Winter Pride); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Other Events This Weekend: Florence Queer Film Festival, Florence, Italy; Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, Indianapolis, IN; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic; International Gay Rodeo Association Annual Convention, St. Petersburg, FL. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you […]
November 11th, 2015
Today is Veterans Day, the day set aside to honor all armed forces veterans — all of them, including LGBT veterans. The chosen date, November 11, marks the date and time of the armistice which ended the Great War, 11/11 at 11:00 a.m. The date was originally known as Armistice Day in 1919 when President […]
November 8th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: AIDS Walk, Austin, TX; Pride, Palm Springs, CA; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Police Woman “Flowers of Evil” Episode Airs: 1974. When NBC’s hour-long action drama Police Woman starring Angie Dickinson began airing in 1974, it was so popular that […]
November 7th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Pride, Palm Springs, CA; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic; AIDS Walk, San Luis Obispo, CA. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: “Frankie and Johnnie” was a popular song from 1904, which tells the story of a woman named Frankie who shoots her man, Johnnie, after discovering him in […]
Featured Reports
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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