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July 2015

July 20, 2015

“Some Responsibility”: Evangelicals’ Shifting LGBT Rhetoric

In calling evangelicals to remember their homophobic past, Noble fails to grapple with evangelicals' homophobic...

July 11, 2015

Minnesota Senator Forgets Lesbians Exist

While nondiscrimination ordinances are spotty and don't apply to the entire country and adoption laws...

July 10, 2015

The Truth about the Sweet Cakes Bakery Gag Order

I wrote yesterday about Sweet Cakes by Melissa, the Oregon bakery ordered to pay $135,000...

July 09, 2015

Sweet Cakes by Melissa Didn’t Just Deny a Lesbian Couple Service, They Also Doxxed Them and Their Kids

The next time you see someone upset about that nice baker couple Oregon ordered to...

July 07, 2015

Doug Wilson: Supporting Marriage Equality Is a “Far More Serious” Problem Than Supporting Slavery

It might be worth reminding readers that Wilson has a long history of referring to...

July 02, 2015

Talking to Kids about the News

I suppose, in the end, that it's not just about making sure Sally is aware...

July 01, 2015

Gay Marriage and the Freedom to Offend

Someone's priorities feel slightly askew.

June 2015

June 30, 2015

“You Did a Wrong Thing, Mommy”: In Which I Tell My Six-Year-Old That I Went to an Anti-Gay Rally as a Teen

What's unfortunate is that so many people have believed the misinformation rather than taking the...

June 27, 2015

Conservatives Grapple with Marriage Equality

There are really only two things I can say for sure here: First, evangelicals will...

June 26, 2015

Marriage Equality: An Open Thread

Happy marriage equality day, everyone!

June 25, 2015

Guest Post: You Can Call Me Rita: Coming Out Lesbian to My Evangelical Parents

~ A Guest Post by Rita ~ Telling my parents in person I am lesbian...

June 18, 2015

Are Evangelicals Rejecting Legal Marriage?

Don't expect to see a surge in divorces among evangelicals after marriage equality is universal....

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Andre Sue Peterson: Homosexuality Is Worse than Other Sins

World Magazine prides itself on being conservative and holding the traditional evangelical line, and yet...

May 06, 2015

Christian Reconstructionist Gary DeMar Compares the Gay Rights Movement to ISIS

When I saw an article titled "The Gay Rights Movement: ISIS without Bullets?" I was...

May 05, 2015

Let’s Talk about Riots

I thought I was going to come to the end of this piece with some...

May 04, 2015

Any Time I Hear Someone Say “Traditional Marriage”

In the end, "let's keep things the way they are" will always be the argument...

May 02, 2015

Andrée Seu Peterson’s Appalling Column on Bisexuality

One last note. Notice that Andree does not appear to actually know any bisexual individuals....

April 2015

April 27, 2015

My Kindergartener Knows What It Means to Be Transgender (and the Sky Hasn’t Fallen)

Before I sign off, let me return to the title of this post. Over the...

April 19, 2015

On Orgies, Bisexuality, James Dobson, and Evangelicals

Evangelicals' understanding of LGBTQ individuals is less about reality and more about crafting an image...

April 07, 2015

On Indiana

As you may have noted, I have yet to write anything about the Religious Freedom...

April 04, 2015

Really, Pew Research? Bad Chart Saturday

Do you see the problem here? It does not work to create a chart like...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

What the Ruff, the Spotted Hyena, and the Cuttlefish Taught Me about Gender and Sexuality

It turns out that gender and sexuality are far more diverse and complicated than I...

February 19, 2015

Pepper Potts in an Iron Man Suit

Pepper Potts was in an Iron Man suit. The suit was keeping her alive. She...

February 06, 2015

Yet More Tired Arguments against Marriage Equality

To me it appears that some evangelicals are realizing that religious objections to marriage equality...

January 2015

January 08, 2015

HSLDA, Champion of Gay Teens?

Will Estrada can paint CRHE and HARO as anti-homeschooling and HSLDA as the champion of...

January 06, 2015

Putting the Chicken before the Egg: Evangelical Perspectives on LGBTQ Suicide

Remember what I said yesterday about evangelicals blaming the suicide rates among transgender teens on...

January 04, 2015

Leelah Alcorn and Evangelical Storytelling

What we see as clear and obvious evidence that transgender teens need acceptance and support...

November 2014

November 21, 2014

On the Duggars and the Locus of Outrage

Yes, the Duggars are homophobic. They are also incredibly sexist, carefully limiting and curtailing their...

October 2014

October 20, 2014

Ebola, Diseases, and the Undesirables

Am I the only one who noticed that Americans didn't care about ebola until there...

October 19, 2014

Ken Ham Says Gender Must Be Taught, But Is Not a Social Construct

Ham says the handout urges teachers to "destroy any distinction between male and female." In...