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December 13th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: The area around Toronto’s Wellesley and Church Streets has long been the center of Toronto’s gay life, and the August Club was right there in the heart of it. Its first location was upstairs of this building at the corner of Yonge and Maitland streets, just a block […]
December 12th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: In honor of José Sarria, a.k.a. Her Royal Majesty, Empress of San Francisco, José I, The Widow Norton. EMPHASIS MINE: “Running for the presidency is not an IQ test.” — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who’s prepping for another try for the GOP nomination. TODAY IN HISTORY: ► 55 YEARS […]
December 11th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: When did you move from going to the park into going to bars and those kinds of things? Well, I never had any gay friends, never. Until the bar opened in Lewiston about ten years ago. It was called the Blue Swan at the time. I was scared […]
December 10th, 2014
The box of rocks has been silent for the past two years after winning no votes in the 2012 GOP presidential primary. A spokesman for the box explained that most people just think the box is dumb and there’s not much use in debating the point. But now we hear that Rick Santorum will be […]
December 10th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Chicago’s Knight Out was located at 2936 N. Clark, in what was then the middle of Boystown (which has drifted further north since then). While I can find several brief mentions of it online, I can find very little information about it, other than that it appears to […]
December 9th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: The Noble Roman opened in 1970 on St. Paul’s Grand Avenue, in a space that had been a supper club. It became a gay bar somewhat by accident: “The Roman was particularly popular because its heterosexual owner was overwhelmingly concerned with profit; she left event planning and day-to-day […]
December 8th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: THIS MONTH IN HISTORY: ► 45 YEARS AGO: Aversion Therapy of Homosexuality: 1969. Doctors had been using painful jolts of electricity to try to torture homosexuality out of people since 1935 (see Mar 11 and Sep 6). In 1969, The British Journal of Psychiatry published a paper by John […]
December 7th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Mad Bear, Madrid, Spain; Santa Skivvies Run, San Francisco, CA. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Many circumstances contributed to personal closeness on the ranch and trail. Cownoys frequently bedded in pairs with their “bunkie,” and a ranch bunkhouse was occasionally called a “ram pasture.” Many cowboys engaged in […]
December 6th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Mad Bear, Madrid, Spain; Santa Skivvies Run, San Francisco, CA. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Lollie Johnson, a divorced mother of three, owned a number of gay bars and nightclubs in San Antonio, including the Hypothesis Club (1972-1976), The Zoo Club (1974-1979), Faces (1979-1983), and the Noo Zoo […]
December 3rd, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Mad Bear, Madrid, Spain; Santa Skivvies Run, San Francisco, CA. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: The idea of gay men dancing together at a cowboy bar must have confounded quite a few straight Angelinos in 1987 when they read about Rawhide: Cowboys dance the two-step at the Rawhide. They […]
December 2nd, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Choo Choo’s Pier was located on West Street along the docks of the Hudson River, which had long been a known cruising spot for about a century. Wherever there were docks, there were sailors, and wherever there were sailors, there you could find their admirers. Also, wherever there […]
December 1st, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: World AIDS Day: Everywhere. Today is the day set aside to increase awareness, fight prejudice, and improve education about HIV/AIDS. Worldwide, it is estimated that about 35 million people are are living with HIV/AIDS. The good news is that the rate of new HIV infections worldwide are still declining, as have AIDS-related deaths. […]
November 29th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: International Bear Pride, Cologne, Germany; White Party, Miami, FL; Pride, Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa; Chéries-Chéris Film Festival, Paris, France; Side-By-Side LGBT Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia; SkellefteÃ¥ Snow Pride, SkellefteÃ¥, Sweden. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Black Friday may be over, but Christmas shopping has barely begun. […]
November 28th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: International Bear Pride, Cologne, Germany; White Party, Miami, FL; Pride, Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa; Chéries-Chéris Film Festival, Paris, France; Side-By-Side LGBT Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia; SkellefteÃ¥ Snow Pride, SkellefteÃ¥, Sweden. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Today’s Agenda is an all-Dallas edition. From Our Community of Dallas, […]
November 27th, 2014
FEDERAL COURTS: Dark Purple – marriage equality states Light Purple – marriage equality ruling but only some localities are granting marriage licenses Red – federal judges have ruled for equality but the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overruled Pink – favorable rulings are stayed for appeal Baby-puke – unfavorable ruling on appeal Same-sex couples 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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