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November 5th, 2015
Today Larry Kramer, the grandfather of ACT-UP, released a scathing indictment of the current status of AIDS research. And though he was in parts incoherent (gonorrhea statistics don’t speak to AIDS research funding), his frustration has merit. Bureaucratic structures don’t lend themselves well to efficiency and as decades slip by with the oft-promised cure remaining […]
November 5th, 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: The Coronet opened in 1947 and quickly established itself as an important center for the performing arts. In its first year, it hosted the world premiere of […]
November 4th, 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: The smaller communities of Bryte, Broderick and West Sacramento were joined together to form what is now the city of West Sacramento, which was incorporated in 1987. The address today […]
November 3rd, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Oregon’s Measure 9 Defeated: 1992. By a vote of 56-44%, voters in Oregon rejected Measure 9, which would have amended the state constitution to prohibit the expenditure of “monies or properties to promote, encourage or facilitate homosexuality, pedophilia, sadism or masochism.” This would have […]
November 2nd, 2015
The Norwegians don’t much attend church services. Estimates vary, but it’s generally agreed that less than 10% of the citizens of Norway attend church at least once a month. Nevertheless, baptism, confirmation, marriage and burial in Norway all have strong religious associations. And for that there is the Church of Norway, an Evangelical Lutheran body […]
November 2nd, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► “Sexual Inversion in Women”: 1912. The journal Lancet-Clinic published an article by Dr. Douglas C. McMurtrie which tries to explain lesbianism, or as he put it, “sexual inversion in women.” McMurtrie set the stage for his discussion by observing that most physicians may know little […]
November 1st, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Charleston Man Bludgeoned to Death in “The Candlestick Murder”: 1958. The front page of Sunday News and Courier bore shocking news to Charleston, South Carolina readers: “A 30-year-old Charleston chemical company executive was clubbed to death with a heavy brass candlestick in his Queen […]
October 31st, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Johannesburg, South Africa; Taipei, Taiwan. Halloween Celebrations This Weekend: Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Toronto, CA; West Hollywood, CA. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► That Most Detestable, Horrid, and Abominable Crime Called Buggery: 1848. The following court record […]
October 30th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Johannesburg, South Africa; Taipei, Taiwan. Halloween Celebrations This Weekend: Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Toronto, CA; West Hollywood, CA. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: THIS MONTH IN HISTORY: ► The Treatment of Homosexuality by Aversion Therapy: 1966. Doctors had been using painful […]
October 29th, 2015
As expected, the representative from Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District, Paul Ryan, has been elected as Speaker of the House of Representatives. But although most of the Republican Party rallied around Ryan, some holdouts from the tea party fringe withheld their support. (USA Today) He received 236 of the 432 votes cast. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, […]
October 28th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Johannesburg, South Africa; Taipei, Taiwan. Halloween Celebrations This Weekend: Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Toronto, CA; West Hollywood, CA. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Veterans Administration Strengthens Ban on Benefits for Gay Veterans: 1954. Since 1943, the U.S. […]
October 27th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► 45 YEARS AGO: Gay Activists Protest Harper’s Magazine: 1970. The cover of Harper’s September 1970 issue was just the beginning: an up- close side view of a man’s chest, dressed in an unusually feminine fabric but with the shoulder pulled back to reveal a […]
October 25th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Pride, Gainesville, FL; AIDS Walk, Phoenix, AZ. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: THIS MONTH IN HISTORY: ► An Organization of Colored Erotopaths: 1893. Charles H. Hughes, a St. Louis physician, former superintendent of Missouri’s State Lunatic Asylum in Fulton, and the respected founder and editor of the journal […]
October 24th, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Columbia, SC; Gainesville, FL (Black Pride); New Smyrna Beach, FL. Other Events This Weekend: AIDS Walk, Phoenix, AZ. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► A Doctor Looks At Love and Life: 1926. The October 24, 1926 edition of The New York Times reviewed a […]
October 23rd, 2015
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Columbia, SC; Gainesville, FL (Black Pride); New Smyrna Beach, FL. Other Events This Weekend: AIDS Walk, Phoenix, AZ. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: My Friend’s Place was waaay out of town, southeast of Gainesville and in the middle of the woods by Newnans Lake. It’s not clear when […]
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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