Comments on: The Tipping Point on LGBT Equality Has Arrived

By: Truth Wins Out - Bush, Obama Pollsters: Support for Marriage Equality Will “Come to Dominate”

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:03:00 +0000

[...] report further proves what many in the LGBT movement, including TWO’s Wayne Besen, have been saying for more than a year now: we have passed the cultural tipping point on LGBT rights. The upcoming [...]

By: Truth Wins Out - Must Read: Major AP Story On LGBT Fight For Equality

Truth Wins Out - Must Read: Major AP Story On LGBT Fight For Equality — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 15:19:33 +0000

[...] Out may have been the first organization in the nation to make this bold claim, placing us in the vanguard of prognostication. Of course, that is why people come to this website and support Truth Wins Out. We are consistently [...]

By: Truth Wins Out - Big Victory: Section of DOMA Is Unconstitutional

Truth Wins Out - Big Victory: Section of DOMA Is Unconstitutional — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:32:38 +0000

[...] studies of the Religious Right allow us to see trends before they happen. For example, last month I wrote that America has reached a tipping point on LGBT rights. (also more on that) Here is the latest [...]

By: Trevor

Trevor — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:49:33 +0000

“but feel free to treat your self to a cold beer and appreciate the progress.”

WAYNE!? Beer is empty calories! Alright just this once though.

By: Ben in Oakland

Ben in Oakland — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:03:15 +0000

Bones in the closets, not skeletons.

By: Christopher Lamparello

Christopher Lamparello — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:56:43 +0000

What a wonderful article, Wayne. I am pleased that our heterosexual friends are beginning to realize what we have known all along… there is something truly bizarre and wrong with people who go out of their way to bash gays and lesbians.

Sure, if someone doesn’t like gays and lesbians, they are unquestionably entitled to their opinion, but those who feel the compulsion to broadcast their disapproval usually have the proverbial skeletons in the closet.

By: Truth Wins Out - Iowa’s Religious Right Suffers Setbacks

Truth Wins Out - Iowa’s Religious Right Suffers Setbacks — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:27:22 +0000

[...] my weekly column, I made the bold claim that America has reached a tipping point on LGBT issues. We have won — [...]

By: JimStone

JimStone — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:05:03 +0000

Just coming out to your friends, family, coworkers, neighbors spreads like wildfire. My partner and I have been completely out to everyone for 19 years. I cannot tell you how many minds we have changed!

By: Gary (NJ)

Gary (NJ) — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:02:35 +0000

Bigotry and hate are, of course, learned, and over time with exposure to the truth and ‘real’ people, they can be unlearned. I remember all the moaning and bitching that white people did when black people first started appearing in tv commercials and programs in the 60s, and of course the same reaction when the first inter-racial kisses began. Gays appearing in the same bed and the first on-air kisses between 2 men or women made headline news (mostly negative) the next morning on tv news and talk shows. Thankfully all of that is now another embarrassing chapter in our nations history.

By: Paul McMichael

Paul McMichael — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:52:06 +0000

I always use the old people angle.

Imagine an old person having sex, (and they do of course), do you get an ick factor? Yes? Do you control your thoughts to avoid the ick when you are with your own grand-parents? Yes? Then same for your gay brother/son/uncle/friend/neighbour.

It is every person’s right not to have others throw the ick in their faces.