Camille is a twentysomething working in the LGBT nonprofit industry. She runs an LGBT news blog at gaywrites.org.
Officials at Brigham Young University sprang into action last week when a moral crisis rocked their campus: Hallmark greeting cards celebrating same-sex weddings showed up unannounced in the campus bookstore. The Mormon-owned BYU operates under an “honor code” banning anyone from acting on feelings of same-sex attraction. According to BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins, the greeting cards — which read “Mr. and Mr.” or “Mrs. and Mrs.” — violated that code. Read more
Last week, U.K. Christian singer Vicky Beeching (below) won some queer friends — and lost some Christian ones — when she came out as gay in an interview with The Independent. Right off the bat, Beeching crushed the notion that you can’t be simultaneously gay, Christian, and content with yourself. In an interview with notorious homophobe Scott Lively, she shot down every one of his bigoted remarks, including his suggestion that she look to God to “change” herself. Read more
Michelle Duggar, the conservative Christian mom known for the 19 kids (and counting?) she brought into the world, has taken up a new mission. She’s out to warn her fellow Arkansans about trans people. Duggar is the voice behind a robocall that went out to voters in Fayetteville, Arkansas this week about a proposed LGBT non-discrimination ordinance. Like hundreds of others in place throughout the country, the measure would protect LGBT citizens from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations. Yes, this means bathrooms, too. Here’s her message: Read more
You didn’t hear it from me, but apparently we’re all science deniers. Dave Daubenmire, the right-wing founder of Pass the Salt Ministries and a well-known Christian loudmouth, said in an episode of “News With Views” this week that “the left are the real science deniers.” I can’t figure out his reasoning, but maybe you can. Here’s the video, tracked down by Right Wing Watch: Read more
In Los Angeles, of all places, a man is suing his doctor and healthcare network for documenting his homosexuality as a “chronic problem” in his health records. 46-year-old Matthew Moore, who is openly gay, says that after a routine physical in April, 2013, Dr. Elaine Jones of the Torrance Health Association listed “homosexual behavior” as a “chronic condition” in his file. She later changed the terminology to a “chronic problem,” which isn’t any better. Read more
