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Democratic National Convention

Zach Wahls, Son Of Same-Sex Couple: ‘Mr. Romney, My Family Is Just As Real As Yours’

by David Badash ● 7:14 PM September 6, 2012
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Zach Wahls, raised by a lesbian couple, has become an active ally in the fight for equality, and told the DNC, “Mr. Romney, my family is just as real as yours.”

Legislation

GOP Lawmaker Comes Out As Gay Then Comes Out Against Don’t Say Gay Bill

by David Badash ● 12:41 PM May 2, 2012
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Saying, “being gay has never been a Republican or Democrat issue,” Zach Wyatt, a GOP lawmaker came out against a “Don’t Say Gay” bill, then came out as gay himself.

Bigotry Watch

19-Year Old Gay Teen’s Suicide: Part 5 – Let Me Educate You On ‘GRIDS’ And NARTH

by David Badash ● 1:58 PM October 19, 2010
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Here we are, at the end of our five-part series, “19-Year Old Gay Teen’s Suicide,” about Zach Harrington, the Norman, Oklahoma nineteen-year old who succumbed to suicide shortly after spending three hours listening to his neighbors at a city council town hall meeting debating whether or not to support a proclamation honoring October as “Gay, [...]

Bigotry Watch

19-Year Old Gay Teen’s Suicide: Part 4 – Evangelical Christian Edition

by David Badash ● 2:47 PM October 18, 2010
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All last week we discussed the tragic story of Zach Harrington, the nineteen-year old Norman, Oklahoma teen who succumbed to suicide shortly after listening to his fellow Norman neighbors rail against homosexuality for three hours at a city council town hall meeting. The meeting was called to debate a proclamation honoring October as “Gay, Lesbian, [...]

Bigotry Watch

19-Year Old Gay Teen’s Suicide: Part 3 – “Gay” Same As “Fornicator, Adulterer, Bigamist, Prostitute”

by David Badash ● 1:39 PM October 15, 2010
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Today we hear a citizen of Norman who thinks that there is no difference between gays and adulterers, fornicators, bigamists, thieves, and so on.

He says, “treating people equally is the same as treating all moral behavior equally.” Because, to him, “gay” equals “sexually immoral behavior.” Make sure you get to the end. Because “the end” is coming!


I keep thinking of Zach Harrington, quietly sitting in that room, soaking up all that toxic hate.

Bigotry Watch

19-Year Old Gay Teen’s Suicide: Part 2 – “The love that dare not speak its name now never shuts up.”

by David Badash ● 11:37 AM October 14, 2010
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Yesterday we began our five-part series, “19-Year Old Gay Teen’s Suicide” with Part 1: “Watch The Bigots Who Pushed Him Over The Edge.” (See part three: 19-Year Old Gay Teen’s Suicide: Part 3 – “Gay” Same As “Fornicator, Adulterer, Bigamist, Prostitute”) In it, we showed you a video of a so-called concerned citizen whom I [...]

Bigotry Watch

A Small Town Gay Teen’s Suicide: Homophobes Who Pushed Him Over The Edge Speak

by David Badash ● 1:48 PM October 13, 2010
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Editorial note: Today we bring you part one in a five-part series, “A Small Town Gay Teen’s Suicide,” in the hopes we can all learn what hate-speech, born of ignorance and homophobia, sounds like. On Monday, we told you about Zach Harrington, the Norman, Oklahoma gay nineteen-year old who sat for three hours in his [...]

Caleb Eigsti

Out October: “Gay, Christian, And In The Military.”

by Caleb Eigsti ● 4:37 PM October 7, 2010
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Our fifth story in our Out October series is this video showing a man named Zach who went into the military after his father, lead bible studies and happened to be gay. He says, “Life is YOUR stage — read your OWN lines — don’t let others read them FOR you.” This is his story. [...]