The leadership of Exodus International has announced that they are shutting their doors after 3 decades of practicing so-called ‘ex-gay’ ministry. According to a statement on the group’s web site, the board of directors was finding ‘ex-gay’ work more and more difficult, given their anti-gay words and actions.
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09/04/12
Nine men have been arrested for anti-gay street preaching against celebrants at New Orleans’ annual Southern Decadence weekend, the Times Picayune reports:
08/29/12
The legislation known as "Seth's Law" requires districts to update their anti-harassment and anti-bullying policies a
08/24/12
Two New York women and a Vermont country inn have settled a lawsuit that accused the business of refusing to host the couple’s wedding reception.
08/23/12
Peter TerVeer was an up-and-coming auditor for the Library of Congress’s inspector general’s office. His boss liked him so much that he tried to set him up with his single daughter. But when the boss discovered that TerVeer was gay, he harassed him with religious-based homophobia — and eventually got him fired, TerVeer alleges in a federal lawsuit.
08/21/12
The gay son of a deceased New York City businessman is fighting a stipulation in his late father’s will that required him to marry the mother of his child or risk losing the child’s inheritance.
08/20/12
About 20 Catholics sat on folding chairs and old sofas in Ed Burg's basement, snacking on cookies and candy and talk
08/17/12
The state’s campaign watchdog agency gave final approval Thursday to $49,000 in fines against the campaign committee for Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure banning marriage equality in California.