It's been a good day - The Senate passes hate crimes legislation and my radio show appearance is online

As the headline hinted, I am in an unusually good mood today. The following is one of the reasons why:

Senators voted Thursday morning to give the federal government more jurisdiction to prosecute hate crimes and included protections for gay, lesbian and transgender victims, attaching the measure to an annual defense policy bill.

Sixty Senators -- just enough to override a Republican filibuster -- voted to attach the Matthew Shepard Act, named for the gay Wyoming college student murdered in 1998, as an amendment to the 2008 Department of Defense authorization bill. The measure was sponsored by Sens. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and Gordon Smith, R-Ore.

The next step is getting our beloved president (and I say that with utmost sarcasm) to sign the bill. He has already indicated that he may veto it and I am sure that the anti-gay industry will lobby him hard to do so.

Not a problem as far as I am concerned. The big step has been taken and the die has been cast. History has been made and there is no going back.

Sooner or later, whether with or without this president, the hate crimes legislation will be passed.

Now let's work on ENDA.

My second piece of good news is more personal. My appearance on a local radio show, Rainbow Radio, is now online.

It was taped last week and aired last Sunday but I finally got a chance to listen to it this morning.

I think I did rather well seeing that it was my first (but hopefully not last) radio interview about my book.

Big ups to Rainbow Radio for devoting the entire show to my book. Check the show out sometime. It does excellent work in educating South Carolina on the issues and needs of its lgbt community.

In particular, enjoy 30 minutes of me and hosts Bruce Converse and the Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge as we talk about Paul Cameron, Michael Johnston, gerbils, alleged gay sex habits and the rest of the hot messes the anti-gay industry creates about lgbts. The link is below. And by all means tell me what you think (but no snide remarks about my nasal tone.)

Show 103 - Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

My bad prediction may come true

On Sept. 12, my blog post talked about how the anti-gay industry are exploiting the transgender community in order to garner opposition to ENDA.

Now it looks like they are having some success:

House Democratic leaders are strongly considering dropping anti-discrimination protections for transgender persons from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, or ENDA, after an internal Democratic head count on Wednesday found that the bill would likely be defeated if it included the trans provision, multiple sources familiar with the bill said.

The current version of the bill calls for banning employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, terms that are defined in the measure to include gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons.

As of late Wednesday, it appeared likely that the trans provision would be removed, setting up a potentially divisive fight within gay activist circles over whether or not to support an ENDA bill that excludes trans people.

Now here is the question - will those with influence and access to the media in the lgbt community recognize this demonization of the trangender community as a tactic of the anti-gay industry to divide and conquer us?

Or will some of our "brutally honest" and "outspoken" folks in the community play into the hands of Sheldon, Barber, and company and display their ignorance of our transgender brothers and sisters.

Whatever the case may be, the anti-gay industry has found another avenue to attack us. In the fight over marriage equality, they were able to play the lgbt and African-American community against one another.

Now it looks like they are playing the gay and trangender against one another.

This time, unlike the last, we have some forewarning of their tactics.

I just hope we can do something with the forewarning.

Oh look, another leather thing for Porno Pete to attend

Batten down the hatches, our friend Peter LaBarbera is upset.

Peter (and Matt Barber of Concerned Women for America) seems to be upset over a poster advertising San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair. Apparently the poster is parodying the New Testament's Last Supper.

Now in all honesty, I find the poster in bad taste on many levels.

Of course in all of Peter's bitchings, he will ignore the lgbts out there (like myself) who don't necessarily find the poster to be of good taste.

Just like he ignored the women in the poster in his attempts to portray it as yet more proof of how us lgbts are anti-Christian hedonists.

I have never been to Folsom Street Fair and I don't plan on going anytime soon. I am sure that Peter has gone in the past and will probably go in the future, where he will be snapping pictures to indict the entire lgbt community on the actions of a few.

But from what I understand, the Fair is attended by heterosexuals as well as lgbts. Believe it or not, they also have an interest in leather, s & m, fisting, and the other stuff the Fair promises to showcase.

Not that this little detail matters to Peter or Matt or Concerned Women for America or anyone else willing to demonize the lgbt community.

But Peter's anger inspires me.

One day, I am going to journey down to Fort Lauderdale during Spring Break and make a video of all of the antics I see there.

The question is who will pay more for it - parents or horny heterosexual boys?

Monday musings

A sad result of Mayor Jim Naugle’s campaign of lies against Florida’s gay community is that it is dividing the area’s African-American community:

. . . the debate over gay rights threatens to drive a wedge between members of South Florida's black community. Despite the support that many black ministers showed for Naugle, the local NAACP took a public stand against the mayor, calling his crusade a ``hate campaign.''

''I'm not here to condone or condemn gay sex,'' Marsha Ellison, head of the Broward NAACP, told The Miami Herald. ``This is a hate campaign against gays launched by the mayor.''
She said the branch's position -- adopted after a unanimous vote of its 22-member executive committee as well as branch members -- echoes the national NAACP's position. ''Anytime any group is discriminated against it becomes a civil rights issue,'' she said.

Of course the entire situation is sad. Naugle's silly stance was not about the supposed sinfulness of lgbts but whether or not a large group of us were committing the crime of sex in public places.

It has been proven that this is not the case, but some folks have taken advantage of the situation to throw out condemnations of lgbts.

Talk about deviating from the subject.

But then again, maybe the division isn’t so bad.

In fact, I think it brings attention to an unfortunate proliferation of prosperity gospel, megachurches, and demagogues perpetrating as ministers willing to use the word of God to stand in a spotlight rather than bring solutions to the complex problems the black community faces:

(Head of Broward NAACP Marsha) Ellison and others argue the clergy is ignoring Naugle's questionable track record with blacks.

The mayor drew harsh criticism last April from the city's predominantly black Northwest section when he rallied against an economic revitalization plan along Sistrunk Boulevard spearheaded by Commissioner Carlton Moore. Naugle sparked further anger after siding with police after the November 2006 shooting death of Troy Eddines, 21, -- the fourth police slaying that year.

''It's baffling that those ministers have chosen to stand with Naugle,'' said Ellison. ``He's attacking gays now . . . it'll be blacks next.''

It also shows that while there are some in the African-American community who will stand against their lgbt brothers and sisters, there are plenty more who will stand in our defense.

Thanks guys.

Now for a little comedy, courtesy of Mr Robert Knight:

"If there's only less than 2-3% of the population that are gay, how are they so powerful?” Knight’s answer: “Because they are like a little kid, with a big brother and a baseball bat behind them—the American media."

According to Knight, the "gay media" is making bizarre, unfounded claims. Gay and lesbian journalists' organizations, he argued, should be courted by The Weekly World News and the Globe instead of reputable news providers; "The truth about those gay aliens" should be exposed, he joked.

Mr. Knight gives truth to the old adage: you can lead a homophobe to water but you can’t make him think.

Paul Cameron dresses up trash as diamonds, but it is still trash

It has been a wild weekend.

South Carolina had its 17th annual lgbt pride and it was wilder than usual.

One thing that was outrageous was the increased number of protestors and their level of vitriol. But more about that in a later post.

I wasn't going to post today but I wanted to direct everyone's attention to something I saw on Box Turtle Bulletin.

Our lovely friend Paul Cameron is not only back but he has undertaken a very interesting project.

He is starting his own online journal. Log onto to Box Turtle Bulletin for a more complete story. According to editor Jim Burroway:

Cameron intends to dress this “journal” up as an academic journal, but that doesn’t mean it will actually be one. Because there are some 1,700 real social science journals listed in Journal Citation Reports, an article in the most reputable journals may still be read by only a few thousand professionals around the world. But that’s not who Cameron is targeting. Instead he wants to draw in thousands of unsuspecting readers on the internet, few of whom will realize that it isn’t a reliable journal– or even a real one.

Pay attention folks because probably in no time at all, anti-gay industry blogs, talking heads, and groups will be citing the nonsense coming from this "new" place in their continuing attempts to demonize the lgbt community.

We really need to be on top of this.

Anyone who is interested can find a complete story of Cameron's sordid history of distorting studies at numerous places online including Box Turtle Bulletin and my recently published book, Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters.

Controlling the argument

Apparently this is the week for anti-gay industry gathering.

Fresh from the so-called "values voters" debate, some members of the anti-gay industry will be gathering tomorrow for a three-day Family Impact Summit in Florida.

They claim that the event is to "enable those who have become the "next generation" of national and grassroots Family Values Leaders to pass on their know-how to people wanting to make a difference and needing some guidance in how to do it."

Just who are they kidding.

These folks are going to gather together, whine about how everything should go their way because they are the "chosen people," and most of all tell a bunch of lies about lgbts.

Don't think so? The list of speakers is a plethora of who's who amongst anti-gay industry heads and spokespeople including Donald Wildmon, Gary Bauer Tony Perkins, Harry Jackson, and Richard Land. Even Robert Knight is coming out of his MRC cave to be there.

I also see that former Congresswoman Katherine Harris will be a speaker there.

But folks attending the conference will be facing opposition. Equality Florida is teaming up with Truth Wins Out head Wayne Besen to hold a press conference.

I am all for the press conference but I have a question.

Will there be specifics regarding their opposition to this phony family summit?

Too many times, the argument regarding lgbts and the anti-gay industry is framed in a way that gays and lesbians seem like the outside aggressors. We look like a harassing horde while folks like Knight, Perkins, and others look like upstanding Christians.

And that is not the truth of the matter.

No matter what is said, this is not a pro-family summit.

Knight has consistently used the work of discredited researcher Paul Cameron. He has on occasion distorted legitimate studies and further had the nerve to attack the authors of the studies when they complained. I would love to see him questioned on these points.

Jackson has falsely claimed that gays will use hate crimes legislation to have pastors arrested in their pulpits, even after he has been told the truth of the matter. I definitely want to see him having to answer questions about this.

Will these specific incidents like these be mentioned? Or will there be yet another protest filled with righteously indignant gays with no ammunition?

I can just see Harry Jackson, Gary Bauer and Robert Knight holding a joint press conference in which they innocently claim that all they are doing is trying help gay people and framing the argument into a religious one.

The point is that this argument is not about religious condemnation of homosexuality but how a group of demagogues continue to lie and distort in order to make life harder for lgbts. That is why we are angry .

It is not enough to scream about homophobia. We should show proof as consistently and often as we can.

Values Voters debate my pinkie toe!!

The radio show was taped today and I think I did rather well.

But on the national front, some members of the anti-gay industry held a presidential debate under guise that it was a debate for "values voters."

From what I hear, they sang Christian songs and prayed.

Then proceeded to lie like a bunch of rugs.

Wisely Fred Thompson, Rudy Guiliani, and John McCain did not show up. But there were enough "candidates" there to make an impression.

Specifically perennial phony candidate Alan Keyes.

Keyes disappoints me because he has so much potential. But he reduces himself to a laughing stock with every campaign he enters and loses (by a wide margin) because of his constant talk of "moral values." Keyes is a combination of Harold Stassen, Jonathan Edwards, Cotton Mather, and Increase Mather in a tired chocolate shell that works to simultaneously give me gas and put me to sleep.

To Keyes, no one has the right moral fiber but him. That is this man’s constant schtick; his gimmick.

I suspect that if Keyes made it into Heaven, he would start criticizing God for not running the place on a "Scriptural" basis.

Keyes reminds me of a fancy looking restaurant that tries to fill up customers on appeitizers because it has no decent entrees. In other words, all he can do is talk an interesting (and bear in mind I said interesting, not good) game. But he has no substance. And every time he enters a campaign or debate, it is not to serve the needs of the public but to feed his own yawning darkness of an ego.

If by some insane anti-miracle, Keyes actually won a campaign, my bet is that the first thing he would do is piss in his pants because he would have to back up his bullshit with action.

There was one question that did disturb me. It was asked by "ex-gay for pay" Stephen Bennett:

Would you support legislation ensuring that schools would lose federal funding if they exposed children to homosexual indoctrination?

Knowing the anti-gay industry’s love of code words and distorting semantics, this means that funds should be taken away from any school that dares to acknowledge the fact that lgbts exist in places other than public bathrooms, "bathhouses," and dirty shadows.

This entire thing really boggles the mind. One would think that these so-called righteous folks learned something from 1992. For those who can’t remember, the Republican National Convention’s preoccupation with homosexuality, particularly Pat Buchanan’s speech about a cultural war, spooked the hell out of the country and paved the way for Bill Clinton’s election.

How strange that history seems to repeat itself.

Well those who don’t learn from history generally find themselves repeating it. And personally, that suits me just fine.

Radio show tomorrow!

I hope everyone bears with me while I try to balance news of anti-gay industry distortions with that of the progress of my book.

Tomorrow, I will be taping a local radio show, Rainbow Radio. I hope to talk in detail about the findings of my book.

I also hope to have a link to the radio show after it airs on Sunday.

Value Voter debate?

What if the anti-gay industry gave a debate and no one wanted to show up?

The answer to that question is happening tonight as some members of the religious right are having a so-called "Values Voter" presidential debate.

Only thing is that GOP front runners - Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John McCain and Fred Thompson - aren't going to be there due to "scheduling conflicts."

Maybe Alan Keyes will show up and entertain the audience by juggling. After all, that is what court jesters do.

And the sheep goes baaaaaaaaa

If any of you want to know just how much power the anti-gay industry has with many people of faith, check out this very hilarious item from People for the American Way:

The American Family Association recently took time out from its work against hate-crimes protections for gays and religious pluralism to launch an attack on a series of sleazy TV ads for hamburgers.

In urging its supporters to contact local TV stations to halt the Carl’s Jr./Hardee’s ads, however, AFA’s automatic-outrage-generator unfortunately left letter-writers with the option of demanding satisfaction from all media outlets, leading one frustrated newspaper editor to pen an editorial titled “Please quit sending these generic letters.”

From the Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal:

I haven't taken time to watch the commercials, but they must be pretty tasteless (no pun intended). …

But I digress. My point is not the commercials; it's the letter-writing campaign. The generic letter is from the American Family Association web site. It's to be sent to TELEVISION STATIONS; they air commercials, newspapers don't.

One has to wonder about the smarts of these letter writers, if they don't follow the directions on the Web site, if they misspell the Statesman Journal's name and Hardee's name, if they send the letters to towns that don't have a Hardee's or Carl's Jr. -- and if they participate in a generic letter-writing campaign, which usually gets ignored.

From what people have told me, the commercials are awful. Still, don't expect to see any of these letters in print anywhere in the country. Opinion editors automatically toss generic letters.

Divide and conquer

In this fight over the Employee Non-Discrimination Act, the Traditional Values Coalition and Concerned Women for America have made the transgender community the new boogeymen.

It would be funny if it wasn’t so damned insulting to hear Lou Sheldon and Matt Barber go on about "she-males" and "linebackers with five o’clock shadow dressed in drag" trying to get jobs at nurseries and churches.

Their hysterical ramblings can take on a more sinister purpose.

How long will we have to wait before an article is "conveniently placed" in a legitimate publication talking about divisions between gays and transgenders.

It could happen in the same manner that conversations on whether or not Senator Barrack Obama was "black enough" for African-American voters took place.

That was funny in itself because before it became an item of discussion for folks like Tucker Carlson, I had never heard anyone in my community ever voice such an opinion.

In the case of gays and transgenders, there wouldn’t be a need to manufacture a division or a conversation about a division.

There are some gays think that transgenders have no place in our community. I am ashamed to admit that a loooong time ago, I was one of those people.

I have since then changed my opinion, but so many others haven’t. And they don’t mind being vocal about their ignorance.

Don’t get me wrong. I love my gay people but many of us have a tendency to verbally shoot from the hip. And when you do that sort of thing, your mouth starts running before your brain can adequately process information.

And unfortunately in our community, we have too many folks willing to open their mouths before they think. They call it being "brutally honest."

It’s these gays that the Traditional Values Coalition and Concerned Women for America are counting on to take the bait.

So I am hoping that in our fight for ENDA we don’t allow ourselves to be taken in by divide and conquer tactics. There is no difference between the lie that gay men insert gerbils in our rectums and the lie that transgenders are just confused people who need help.

So let’s not go about creating those differences.

No bashing

On this anniversary of the worst attack to take place on American soil, I want to make something clear about my book.

I did not write it to bash Christians.

Believe it or not, I think it is perfectly okay for someone to believe that homosexuality is a sin. I personally do not believe it. I think that being gay is a blessing from God, as is being lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.

But that does not mean anyone has to believe as I do. And it is possible for people who have two different views of this issue to not only co-exist, but be friends.

I have a dear friend with has four children whom his wife home schools. He is conservative. He also knows that I am gay.

However, he does not bristle when I ask about his children. He knows there are no hidden motives when I ask about their health. And when they come to visit him at his office, he makes it a point, whenever he has time, to bring them to my office for them to say hello.

When he heard I was writing this book, he said, "Alvin, I may not agree with you or believe in the same thing you do, but I believe in you."

We remain friends and I continue to inquire about his family from time to time.

I guess I am saying that to make a point.

And that point is I don’t want anyone to come away from reading my book with the belief that lies and deception are indicative of the Christian faith or any other faith.

I wrote this book to point out the exploitation of faith and religious beliefs, something unfortunately as old as the Earth itself.

Lastly, my book is not meant to push the notion that faith, love of God and love from God are the enemies of the lgbt community.

Because if you really look at it, those three things are the reasons why lgbts have survived thus far.

Americans for Truth are curious about my book

I got an email two days ago from someone at Americans for Truth.

It was nothing spectacular. Apparently the group had heard about my book and requested an "advance copy."

My first impulse was to go ahead and send them a copy of my final galleys. However, something did not sit right with me so I consulted a friend.

He said why should I bother to send them the galleys when I know full well that they are most likely going to bash it. This was not to say that I should not send them anything at all.

He advised me to just send them a link where they can purchase the book. After all, why give them a special preview when others who will respect my work are going to pay for their copy.

This was sound advice so I took it.

It is interesting though.

Americans for Truth (in name only) and other anti-gay industry groups no doubt are now aware of my book.

I am curious see if they can refute my observations.

Lawd I got them ENDA blues!!!!

I had a small problem today with my book designation.

Someone pointed out that my publisher had my book designated as juvenile fiction.

When I called to correct the error, my publishing representative instantly knew who I was. This means one of two things.

Either my book is selling excellently or I call her too much.

I have my fingers crossed but it will be a while before I find out the answer to that question. My book sales statement won't come out for a while.

Meanwhile . . .

On Capital Hill, Congress is in the middle of hearings on whether or not to pass the Employee Non-discrimination Act (ENDA).

It looks good for us. Of course this means that we can expect to see the anti-gay industry spinning lies of how ENDA will allow 330-pound linebackers dressed in drag with "five o’clock shadow" to demand jobs at churches.

Or how wildly dressed "she-males" (their words, not mine) will demand jobs at a daycare centers.

I thought I had heard it all, but the following wins the prize for vulgar originality. In Oregon, local anti-gay industry figures are working to overturn the nondiscrimination laws there. According to them, the laws will lead to the following:

Your daughter may pull her panties up to discover a man in the Women's Restroom!

Men's and Women's Restrooms, a thing of the past?

After January 1, 2008 anyone will have access to Men's and Women's Restrooms, no questions asked. Your daughter may pull her panties up to discover a man in the Women's Restroom. He can claim that he felt like a woman that day and be protected by a law passed by the Oregon legislature and signed by the Governor. He may not be homosexual, just out trolling for a good time. It's true! And after January 1, unless you sign the petition to stop this bill, the predator will be protected by Oregon law! …

On January 1, 2008 - unless we ACT - Benson, and others will be free to do the same thing in any public or business restroom or locker room in the State of Oregon! He can claim that he felt like a woman that day and according to Senate Bill 2 he will be protected should you protest!

Thanks to our enlightened legislature, if you protest, he can sue YOU and claim the protections of his behavior under SB 2. He may not be homosexual, just out trolling for a good time! And you and your daughter or son, or your wife, will no longer be protected by current law.

These appeals to fear is an anti-gay industry tactic I talk about in my book: dire consequences,which, for lack of a better definition, is an appeal to fear.

Appealing to fear and lying in the name of God.

Is it just me or is there something wrong with this picture?

And so another one meets his maker

There are so many things going on today, but the one subject everyone is talking about (other than Congressman Craig) is the passing of James Kennedy.

Kennedy is the second prominent member of the religious right to die this year after Jerry Falwell. While he was probably not as prominently known as Falwell, Kennedy was equally effective when it came to opposing lgbt rights:

Kennedy’s recently-shuttered Center for Reclaiming America for Christ sponsored a series of television commercials in 1998 promoting gay conversion featuring Michael Johnston. Johnston, who is HIV-positive, was later found to have been secretly hosting orgies, taking drugs and practicing unsafe sex without disclosing his HIV status.

In 2004, Kennedy co-wrote What’s Wrong With Same-Sex Marriage with Jerry Newcombe which quotes extensively from discredited “researcher” and Nazi apologist Paul Cameron. In 2005, Kennedy published another book titled Why the Ten Commandments Matter, which features distortions from Cameron’s influential pamphlet, “Medical Consequences of What Homosexuals Do. And Kennedy’s Center for Reclaiming America posted at least one other article citing Cameron’s “research.”

The Miami Herald adds this reaction from Wayne Besen:

Fort Lauderdale gay-rights activist Wayne Besen calls him something else: “a source of great pain for gays and lesbians, distorting our lives on a national level. The whole ‘ex-gay’ movement we see nationally was jump-started by Coral Ridge Ministries … Kennedy popularized this idea that has caused a lot of suffering for gay people,” that homosexuality could be “prayed away.”

My prayers are with his family and I mean no one any disrespect but let’s be real about this.

James Kennedy, like the late Jerry Falwell, was a two-bit liar of the first order.

He helped the anti-gay industry highjack words like "family" and "values."

It is not my place to say where he is now, whether it be Heaven or Hell.

But I am totally in the right to say that while he was on this Earth, Kennedy was far from an angel or saint.

No doubt, Peter LaBarbera, Matt Barber, and other members of the anti-gay industry will scour the internet to find and post the nastiest comments from lgbts in an attempt to portray the entire community as mean-spirited.

Kennedy would probably be proud. His "influence" lives on.

This and that, Odds and ends

Since announcing the publication of my book, I have received an outpouring of support and congratulations.

And I find that very gratifying for one reason.

I self-published this book and I don't really expect to make money off of it. I have no publishing house behind me working publicity. I have no salacious story to tell that would reel in readers.

All I offer is truth; plain truth.

I have often heard that the battle for lgbt rights can be compared to that of the African-American civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s. This overview is correct but the devil is always in the details.

Racists back then primarily used violence to keep African-Americans in place. The forces who attack lgbts are a bit more covert. They don't use physical violence, but ideological violence.

They use lies and distortions to rob us of our spiritual and psychological well-being. And the way to defeat them is the beat them down with the truth as often as possible.

So I wish to thank everyone who ordered my book so far and registered a note of support to me for my efforts.

And speaking of the anti-gay industry, I did something unorthodox yesterday. I mass emailed a press release publicizing my book. Various folks such as Americans for Truth (in name only), the Traditional Values Coalition, Concerned Women for America, Kevin McCullough, etc were included in this mass emailing.

Why did I do it? Because I wanted them to know about my book. I really don't expect them to answer me back or address my book.

But at least they can't claim that they weren't aware of it.

And one more thing.

In a show of distorted vision that served him well when he was with Concerned Women for America, my ole pal Robert Knight wrote a column whining that the Congressman Craig controversy is taking attention away from the Jim Naugle situation in Florida:

Knight says the Larry Craig scandal is a "perfect" story for the mainstream media because the senator has a pro-family voting record, yet engages in behavior he ostensibly opposes. Senator Craig resigned from the U.S. Senate on Saturday amidst the bathroom sex scandal.

Naturally neither Knight's column nor the article quoting him cited comments from the area police (who said that public gay sex is not a problem in Naugle's area) or Florida lgbt activists.

Should we really be surprised?

Apparently for Knight, old habits of lying die hard.

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters on sale now!!!

I am pleased to announce that my book, Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Exposing the Lies of the Anti-Gay Industry, just went on sale. I have already sent out many press releases announcing this.

As you all know, this has been a long process for me. I originally wanted to write this book in 1992 while in college.

Coming out is a difficult process. Realizing that there are people out there who, through lies, will try to convince you that you have a negative future as a gay man only makes the process worse. Hearing people cite the work of Paul Cameron and other lies did much damage to my psyche at that time. I have since gotten over it, but I will never forget it.

So I finally sat down three years ago and began the process of writing this book. My purpose is to show how the anti-gay industry distorts studies to prove the lie that "homosexuality is a dangerous lifestyle."

I also outline their propaganda techniques and give examples of how they distort current events to lie on the lgbt community.

This book is my way of striking back not just for myself but for the next generation; the next young lgbt who will be forced to listen to the standard lies about the supposed gay life span or gay men molesting children.

I am smarter than I was in 1992 and my community is more pro-active. In that spirit, I hope this book answers a lot of questions, exposes a lot of lies, and turns this "cultural battle" into one in which the anti-gay industry has to answer for their tactics rather than us lgbt having to explain our lives.

Anyone interested in obtaining a copy of Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters or reading an excerpt can go here.

And one more thing - thank you all for your suppport.