Former Clinton White House advisor and LGBT activist Richard Socarides has made a video about his father, Dr. Charles Socarides, the co-founder of NARTH who is widely considered the creator of “ex-gay therapy.” Via I’m From Driftwood: Dr. Charles Socarides didn’t just believe that homosexuality could be cured; he was one of the most sought-after therapists for people who wanted …
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Christ On A Cracker
No, seriously.
Read More »TODAY: SiriusXM At 2:30PM
Today at 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about some of the latest LGBT-related news items. The gays are on channel 108 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account. What are your top five gay news items of the last week?
Read More »Scientists Play “Spot The Bottom”
Researchers at the University of Toronto wanted to know (for some reason) if “naive observers” could look at the faces of gay men and determine whether they were tops or bottoms. From the abstract: In Study 1, we found that naïve observers were able to discern men’s sexual roles from photos of their faces with accuracy that was significantly greater …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Christian Group Wants To Ban Pro-LGBT Outdoor Advertising
The Australian Christian Lobby has launched a drive against billboards that target the LGBT market which they claim furthers the “sexualization of children.” A letter tabled in Parliament on April 3 by Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie stated that he had become aware of concerns expressed by the community about outdoor advertising and caused him to question “the appropriateness of the current …
Read More »PARIS: Gay Man Brutally Assaulted As Anti-Gay Attacks Rise Across France
A Paris gay man was brutally beaten this weekend. French gay rights groups say the recent protests against same-sex marriage have led to a rise in anti-gay physical attacks. Via The Local: According to [Wilfred] de Bruijn, he was attacked with his boyfriend in the 19th arrondissement of Paris on Saturday night simply because they were gay. France’s gay rights …
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OREGON: Haters Lose Bid To Rewrite Marriage Ban Ballot Measure
Oregon’s Attorney General has rejected the “absurd” bid of an anti-gay group to rewrite a proposed 2014 ballot measure to overturn that state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The attorney general’s office on Friday announced its final wording on a ballot title — and it rejected the legal argument from an attorney for the Oregon Family Council that the title should …
Read More »Anti-Christine Quinn Ads Begin
The New York Times reports: As a succession of blurbs from newspaper articles suggest that she has waffled on key issues, the narrator concludes, “When Christine Quinn doesn’t support our values, how can you support her for mayor?” So goes a commercial attacking Ms. Quinn that, starting on Monday, is scheduled to appear on cable television stations like MSNBC and …
Read More »Your Marriage Must Benefit The State
Another NOM parody from Rob Tisinai.
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