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Category Archives: Prejudice
A Straight Ally Tells Her LGBT Friends, “What I am Asking is Hard, but We Need for You to Remove the Mask.”
This is a guest blog by Joni Bosch, religious education teacher, and longtime LGBT ally. I took a human sexuality class in college. The last day of class, the professor gave us a scenario. The world was going to come … Continue reading
Posted in Prejudice
Tagged come out, homophobia, honesty, Joni Bosch, lesbian couple, mask, Rob Watson
27 Comments
A Gay Man Sounds Off on Nigerians Who Cry Out to “Jail the Devils”
This is a guest blog by our friend “JC” who lives in Nigeria. He is gay, but hidden. He stays to create change within his country. Here is part one of two. This is his message to the people of … Continue reading
Posted in Prejudice
Tagged anti-gay africa, Jail the devils, JC, Nigeria, religious bigotry in Africa
6 Comments
A Religion Education Teacher Sounds Off : Stop Using the Book of Romans in the Bible to Gay Bash!
This is a guest blog by Joni Bosch, religious education teacher, and longtime LGBT ally. I first “met” Rob Watson on Beliefnet. We are the same age and, at that time, both married. We were at very different … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Clobber Passages, Family, Gay Christians, Hatred, Prejudice, Religion
Tagged antigay bible, christian dogma, clobber verses, gay christians, Joni Bosch, Religious Freedom, Romans 1
10 Comments
How a Teen, Thrown From His Home for Being Gay, was Arrested and Tortured
A few weeks ago, I told the story of a teen named Corey who was driven from his birth home when his parents found out he was gay, and into the arms of a loving home that rescued him. His … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Hatred, Living, Mixing religion and politics, News, Politics, Prejudice
Tagged Gavin's Gay Friendly Group, Hakim, LGBT Human Rights, LGBT in Africa, Nigeria, Uganda
10 Comments
A Gay Dad’s Requiem for a Little Boy Named Zachary, Killed Because He Might Become Gay
When my sons were very little, about three years old, there were times when I would sit back and just marvel at them. Here were these incredible little boys exploring and reacting to the world around them. Since my sons … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Family, Hatred, Living, Prejudice
Tagged Brian Canady, Fred Phelps, homophobia, Jesse Watson, Jessica Dutro, requiem, Rob Watson, Zachary Dutro, Zachary Dutro-Boggess
62 Comments
Rejected and Alone, A Gay Young Man Finds His Home with a Same Sex Couple
This is a guest blog by Shaun O. Shaun and evolequals blogger Rob Watson co-host the radio show, along with Steph Taylor, Saturday evenings at 7 pm Pacific time. From Shaun: “I dedicate this article to Corey, Mindy, and family. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Hatred, Living, Prejudice
Tagged Adult adoption, Corey, LGBT families, Mindy, Out in Santa Cruz, Shaun O, Weston
12 Comments
The Real True Story About How Parents Adopted Out Their Child When He Told Them He Was Gay
Early April 2013 a story on social media started immediately “going viral”. 72,000 people shared a story called, “PARENTS PUT 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER UP FOR ADOPTION AFTER LEARNING SHE IS GAY”. Almost as suddenly as the story had taken … Continue reading
Why this question, MoveOn?
Today was the first time I’ve been asked by MoveOn.org for my thoughts on whether they should send this petition to its members. I thought it was a strange one to ask and with no explanation about why, it made … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Fail!, Prejudice, Reparative Therapy
Tagged anti-gay, civil rights, Conversion therapy, human dignity, myths, reparitive therapy
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Giving Our Ego a New Perspective
by Ono Kono Recently it occurred to me that when our ego gets in the way, we could help put it back in line with a new perspective. A little saying that I like to remember is, “Be kind; everyone … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Living, Prejudice
Tagged discrimination, getting rid of ego, new perspectives
4 Comments
Marriage Equality Foes: You’ are Correct, Fairness to Same Sex Couples Might Harm Your Marriage, But It’s Your Own Fault If It Does
For years, in thousands of same sex marriage debates which I have participated, those opposing marriage equality have claimed that if it was made legal, harm would be done to opposite sex marriages. There was nothing about their argument … Continue reading
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