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November 26th, 2014
EMPHASIS MINE: It was Jem’s turn to cry. “It ain’t right,” he muttered, all the way to the corner of the square where we found Atticus waiting. Atticus was standing under the street light looking as though nothing had happened. “It ain’t right, Atticus,” said Jem. “No son, it’s not right.” — To Kill a […]
November 24th, 2014
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, 2014
Former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry died very early this morning of cardiac arrest. F. Scott Fitzgerald is often misquoted as saying that there are no second acts in American life. Barry had at least seven acts in his American life, depending on how you count them. I’ll count them this way: Act 1: He born in […]
November 22nd, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Florence Queer Film Festival, Florence, Italy; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic; Side-By-Side LGBT Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia. EMPHASIS MINE: Oblivious to the fact that he was being held in the hearts of Christian congregations across the country, 36-year-old gay man Andrew Fitzpatrick reportedly went about his grocery […]
November 20th, 2014
I don’t know much about Country and Western music, but I do know that whenever I see a picture of Ty Herndon, I always emit a silent gay gasp under my breath. So this comes as particularly exciting news: During an Anthony Robbins seminar, I realized I had an incredible story that could possibly help […]
November 20th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Transgender Day of Remembrance: Everywhere. Today is the day set aside to remember those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia and to bring attention to the brutal violence endured by the transgender community. TDoR began in reaction to the brutal murder of Rita Hester, who was killed on November 28, […]
November 19th, 2014
I’ve long suspected much of the paranoia coming from our opponents is projection: they worry if we gain popular support we’ll start treating them the way they treated us for years decades centuries millennia. How bad can this paranoia get? Here’s Donnie Swaggart speaking on a Christian channel: All of this is to shut the Bible […]
November 19th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Florence Queer Film Festival, Florence, Italy; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic; Side-By-Side LGBT Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: TODAY IN HISTORY: ► Gay Bar Shooting Spree Kills 2, Injures 6: 1980. Ronald Crumpley, 38, a former Transit Authority policeman and son of a […]
November 17th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: We’re back home in Tucson. We got back yesterday afternoon, got our dog back from the kennel, had another nice dinner out, and Chris and I slept soundly in our own bed again. Mom and Gus are catching a flight back to Ohio this morning, and I’m heading […]
November 16th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Gotland, Sweden; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Other Events This Weekend: International Gay Rodeo Convention, Denver, CO; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Can you believe it? It took nearly three hours this morning to travel the 40 miles from San Juan Capistrano to […]
November 15th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Gotland, Sweden; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Tromsø, Norway. Other Events This Weekend: International Gay Rodeo Convention, Denver, CO; Maspalomas Winter Pride, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Greetings from (almost) Laguna Beach! That’s right. We’re […]
November 14th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Gotland, Sweden; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Tromsø, Norway. Other Events This Weekend: International Gay Rodeo Convention, Denver, CO; Maspalomas Winter Pride, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: We had a wonderful day in Monterey, with […]
November 12th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Pride Celebrations This Weekend: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Gotland, Sweden; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Tromsø, Norway. Other Events This Weekend: International Gay Rodeo Convention, Denver, CO; Maspalomas Winter Pride, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria; Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague/Brno, Czech Republic. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: According to Yelp, the Pub is has […]
November 11th, 2014
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 10th, 2014
Tucson held its annual All Souls Procession through the streets of downtown last night. The procession began in the 1990s as a participatory performance art event inspired by the traditional Dia de los Muertos observances held throughout Mexico on All Souls Day (Nov 2). But over the past three decades, it has mushroomed into a […]
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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