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March 11th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: It was virtually impossible to find books on homosexuality in the 1950s. These just weren’t the kind of books one would have found at the book shop on Main Street. And if the local library had them, they would have likely been kept locked away and only […]
March 10th, 2014
Longtime BTB readers will recognize much of what Mother Jones’ Mariah Blake covers, but the value of this article is in pulling together Lively’s career over the past decade into one place for a much wider audience. Lively, a 56-year-old Massachusetts native, specializes in stirring up anti-gay feeling around the globe. In Uganda, which he first […]
March 10th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: I don’t have any information on this cruise bar/disco except that until very recently, the building housed a Hamburger Mary’s. TODAY IN HISTORY: Court-Martial of Lt. Frederick Gotthold Enslin: 1778. Gen. George Washington’s general orders for March 14, 1776 at Valley Forge, PA., included the following description […]
March 8th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Winter Pride, East London, UK; Lake Tahoe Winterfest, Lake Tahoe, NV; SWING Gay Ski Week, Lenzerheide, Switzerland; Carnival Maspalomas, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria; Winter Party, Miami, FL; Out In the Desert LGBT Film Festival, Tucson, AZ. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: So here’s a poignant observation. When I […]
March 7th, 2014
I’d like to lighten things up with a few fun little items. These are too dumb to feed your outrage monster. They’re just good for a chuckle. You’re gay because climate change. I’ve seen a lot of gay conspiracies in my time, but this comment at LifeSiteNews has to be one of my favorites. The […]
March 7th, 2014
Let’s hold hands in Sochi Greenwich Village (and elsewhere) in solidarity and as a show of strength. CBS News in NY reported last night that a gay couple celebrating their 10th anniversary were holding hands at a subway stop in the West Village in New York when one of them was violently attacked: Police said […]
March 7th, 2014
So this happened: Michigan’s gay marriage trial ended on an explosive note today, with the state’s final witness saying he believes unrepentant homosexuals are going to hell. His views emerged following a question from plaintiffs attorney Ken Mogill, who is fighting to overturn Michigan’s ban on gay marriage. “Is it accurate that you believe the […]
March 7th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Winter Pride, East London, UK; Lake Tahoe Winterfest, Lake Tahoe, NV; SWING Gay Ski Week, Lenzerheide, Switzerland; Carnival Maspalomas, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria; Winter Party, Miami, FL; Out In the Desert LGBT Film Festival, Tucson, AZ. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: I’ve only been able to find one […]
March 6th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Winter Pride, East London, UK; Lake Tahoe Winterfest, Lake Tahoe, NV; SWING Gay Ski Week, Lenzerheide, Switzerland; Carnival Maspalomas, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria; Winter Party, Miami, FL; Out In the Desert LGBT Film Festival, Tucson, AZ. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: David Link, a regular contributor at Independent […]
March 5th, 2014
I recently discovered “The Negro Motorist Green Book.” Here’s the cover. And here are the first two pages (don’t worry if you can’t read them; I’ve transcribed some bits below). It’s a fascinating document from what ought to be a bygone era. From page 1: With the introduction of this travel guide in 1936, it […]
March 5th, 2014
The World Medical Association has released a letter to Uganda President Yoweri Museveni urging him to repeal the Anti-Homosexuality Act. In a letter signed by WMA chairman Dr. Mukesh Haikerwal, and Secretary General Dr. Otmar Kloiber, the WMA criticizes the so-called “scientific” basis on which Museveni signed the law and warns that it will impact […]
March 5th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA: Events This Weekend: Winter Pride, East London, UK; Lake Tahoe Winterfest, Lake Tahoe, NV; SWING Gay Ski Week, Lenzerheide, Switzerland; Carnival Maspalomas, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria; Winter Party, Miami, FL; Out In the Desert LGBT Film Festival, Tucson, AZ. TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: The Gilded Grape at 719 Eighth Avenue, […]
March 4th, 2014
TODAY’S AGENDA is brought to you by: Chicago’s Knight Out was located at 2936 N. Clark toward the south end of Boystown. While I can find several brief mentions of it online, I can find very little information about it, other than that it appears to have closed sometime before 1980. TODAY IN HISTORY: […]
March 3rd, 2014
TODAY’S AGEDNA is brought to you by: I haven’t been able to find any evidence of this Orange County bar’s existence except for a few ads in The Advocate back when the publication was still mostly a Southern California newspaper. The address today is now the location of one of those California “Wine Country […]
March 1st, 2014
The ink was barely dry on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act when Uganda’s notorious tabloid Red Pepper launched a massive outing campaign on Tuesday, revealing the names, addresses and places of employment for as many as two hundred LGBT Ugandans, many of whom were private citizens who had never disclosed their sexuality publicly, and some of whom, […]
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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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